I will focus my reply on why the size of the acquired company would not necessarily be a constraint or a factor that will lead to a different time for integration. If the acquirer company has a clear strategy in place and great processes, the goal of the integration can be achieved within the same time frame nevertheless the size of the acquired company, in fact:
– the process would be the same and lead by the acquirer
– even if the smaller company has less employees, most of the time the key stakeholders have many areas to be responsible for, while bigger acquired company can count different group on managers and stakeholders.
