The British firm Interserve, whose work ranges from building airports and schools to cleaning London’s underground and placing people in jobs, has spent around £400 million on buying businesses over the past few years. Numerous acquisitions were made that captured headlines, including Topaz Oil and...
Why is that M&A success rates continue to hover around or below the 50% mark year on year? What distinguishes those companies with a track record of M&A success? It's a quest of mine to get to the very heart of M&A; understanding what makes some...
We are living in an world that's becoming more interconnected than ever. The digitisation of our global economy is like a tsunami sweeping over industries, changing business models in its wake. As individuals and as consumers we welcome these changes. There is more choice and more...
Six questions the CEO should ask before an Acquisition. The less M&A integration you need to do the better you are. This is a general rule for M&A. If deal value can be delivered with little or no integration of the acquired firm then there's less...