Acquisitions: The Process Can Be a Problem - Harvard Business …
The use of acquisitions to redirect and reshape corporate strategy has never been greater. Many managers today regard buying a company for access to markets, products, technology, …
A Better Approach to Mergers and Acquisitions - Harvard Business …
According to new research by Bain, over the past 20 years firms have done more than 660,000 acquisitions, worth a total of $56 trillion, with deals reaching a peak in 2021. And close to 70% …
Growth Through Acquisitions: A Fresh Look - Harvard Business …
The common wisdom on successful corporate acquisitions is short and simple: Make them small and make them synergistic. Yet companies that rely solely on this view risk missing an entire …
How to Get Results Quickly After a Merger or Acquisition
2024年6月14日 · Read more on Mergers and acquisitions or related topics Strategy and Change management Jason McDannold is a partner and managing director at AlixPartners, where he …
The Big Idea: The New M&A Playbook - Harvard Business Review
Reprint: R1103B Companies spend more than $2 trillion on acquisitions every year, yet the M&A failure rate is between 70% and 90%. Executives can dramatically increase their odds of …
Mergers and acquisitions - HBR - Harvard Business Review
2023年2月17日 · Criticism of the increasing number and complex collection of mergers, tender offers, leveraged buy outs, and proxy offerings has come from consumers, government, and …
The Perils of Innovation by Acquisition - Harvard Business Review
2022年9月21日 · Read more on Mergers and acquisitions or related topic Growth strategy. BK Bijan Khezri is Chairman of KCRI (Khezri Capital Research International) AG in Switzerland, a …
Your Company Just Got Bought Out. What Do You Do Next?
If your company is undergoing a merger or acquisition, you’re apt to feel anxious. Roughly 30% of employees are deemed redundant when firms in the same industry merge. But you needn’t …
M&A: The One Thing You Need to Get Right - Harvard Business …
The rule, confirmed by nearly all studies, remains true: M&A is a mug’s game, in which some 70% to 90% of acquisitions are abysmal failures. The author has an explanation for this persistent ...
Research: How Management Practices Impact M&A Outcomes
2021年11月2日 · How do a firm’s management practices influence outcomes when it comes to mergers and acquisitions? A recent study leveraged U.S. Census data to quantify the extent to …