Have you ever wondered why some cultures morph into their surroundings, while others do not? Failure to sufficiently consider differing cultures during a merger and …
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Culture: A Critical Success Factor in Mergers and Acquisitions
Category Archives: Mergers & Acquisitions
Profitable innovation while executing a merger
How do merging operations balance the need for speed, throughput and quality of their multiple innovation processes during the difficult first 18 months? Innovation was …
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Rationalization: Successful Integration of Operations Requires It
M&A deals rarely accomplish the great financial success outlined in the agreements. Failures in integrating operations dominate those unsatisfactory transactions. About 2 years ago I …
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Knowledge and technology optimization in Mergers & Acquisitions
Sharing of knowledge and technology while merging operations will not happen automatically or well without a defined plan. This is true within an organization, and …
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Supply Chain Management in Mergers & Acquisitions
Success of any merger or acquisition depends on the effective integration of operations. My earlier series on that operations integration addressed 8 key factors, one …
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Follow This Process for Successful Integration of Manufacturing Operations
Why do so many Mergers and Acquisitions fail to find promised success? These next several podcast expand on an earlier series in which I addressed …
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The Private Equity Game has Changed for Manufacturers
While your experience working for a PE firm-owned manufacturer may have been miserable and driven by short term views, that world is changing significantly. More …
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