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Managing your integration manager
By Michael J. Shelton – McKinsey & Company An integration manager can help make a merger more successful, but only if the top
June 21, 2003
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The Role Of Human Capital In M&A
by Towers Perrin
European merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions are surprisingly successful: over 70% of respondents report their M&A deals achieved targeted objectives. New desk research into 50 large mergers and acquisitions in Europe backs-up the respondents’ claims. In 45% of the deals the share price of the merged company outperformed the rest of its sector in the following year. […] Read more
January 15, 2003
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From Pre-Deal To All Systems Go: Eight Practical IT Integration Imperatives To Help Drive M&A Success
by Accenture
In spite of a softer economy and a changing business landscape, mergers and acquisitions remain a vital part of many companies’ overall strategies to attain and maintain competitive advantage. But even in the best of economic times, merger and acquisition (M&A) execution is a challenge. Statistics have shown that anywhere from 40 percent to 60 percent of M&As either fail outright or fall well short of the value they’re expected to bring. Improving the financial return for M&As, even incrementally, offers a huge potential value. […] Read more
May 19, 2002
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From Pre-Deal To All Systems Go: Eight Practical IT Integration Imperatives To Help Drive M&A Success
By Richard A. Chang, Gary A. Curtis, Justin Jenk – Accenture In spite of a softer economy and a changing business landscape, mergers and acquisitions
May 19, 2002
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Why HR Can Make or Break Your M&A
By Andrew F. Giffin and Jeffrey A. Schmidt In implementing an M&A, most managers focus on the financials. But success often
February 2, 2002
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Merger Integration: Delivering On The Promise
By Gerry Adolph, Ian Buchanan, Jennifer Hornery, Bill Jackson, John Jones, Torbjorn Kihlstedt, Gary Neilson and Harry Quarls – Booz•Allen & Hamilton Executive Summary From airlines to automobiles
November 13, 2001
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Post-Merger And Acquisition Integration In An Enterprise Solutions Environment
By Eric M. Gauthier – Accenture Mergers and acquisitions are never easy. All too often M&As fail to integrate quickly, fail at operations
September 30, 2001
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What’s The Deal? A Tailored Approach To Post-Merger Integration
By Charles F. Kalmbach – Accenture Last year witnessed the greatest rush of merger and acquisition activity in history. The number of deals
July 24, 2001
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Successful Post-Merger Integration: Realizing The Synergies
By Nils Bohlin, Eliot Daley, Sue Thomson – Arthur D. Little Merger and acquisition activity has grown sharply in the last five
November 4, 2000
