Mergers and acquisitions are a key strategy lever in driving business growth. Unlike organic growth strategies, the growth needle can move very quickly. In one transaction, you can make significant gains in customer acquisition, market share penetration, talent acquisition, product/service diversification, technological capability, and financial capacity. Unfortunately, only a minority of M&A transactions ever achieve their intended objectives. In this category we offer advice and information on how to “bolt on” or “tuck in” other companies into your growth model.
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View moreAcquisitions and alliances are two pillars of growth strategy. But most businesses don’t treat the two as alternative mechanisms for attaining goals. Consequently, companies take over firms they should have collaborated with, and vice versa, and make a mess of both acquisitions and alliances. It’s easy to see why companies don’t weigh the relative merits […]
Read moreWhile M&A deals may be an appealing option in the new normal, they are also notoriously hard to pull off. Naturally, incompatibility in organizational culture can be a stumbling block for merging companies. Cultural differences may contribute to misunderstandings between the involved workforces, leading to us-versus-them conflicts and eventually attrition.
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