The Chief Data Officer Management Handbook: Set Up and Run an Organization’s Data Supply Chain

© Martin Treder 2020

M. TrederThe Chief Data Officer Management Handbookhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6115-6_22

22. Data in Mergers and Acquisitions

Martin Treder¹ 

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Königswinter, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

 

Figure 22-1

Same size and same genre may not make it easier

What is going wrong today?

Many mergers of different organizations – be it between equals or as an acquisition – fail.

Since mergers and acquisitions have become common in our free-market economy, the perception has developed that most failures are caused by a neglect of cultural and human aspects.

This perception has resulted in an increased focus by organizations around the world ...