Postclosing Integration: Mergers, Acquisitions, and Business Alliances
Abstract
The integration phase is an important contributor to the ultimate success of the merger or acquisition, and ineffective integration is commonly given as one of the primary reasons M&As sometimes fail to meet expectations. This chapter outlines a practical process for realizing successful integration and how the acquirer determines the degree of integration necessary to achieve their objectives. The critical success factors include careful premerger planning, candid and continuous communication, adopting the right pace for combining the businesses, appointing an integration manager and team with clearly defined goals and lines of authority, and making ...
Get Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Restructuring Activities, 10th Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
