The Complete Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions: Process Tools to Support M&A Integration at Every Level
ince The Complete Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions was published in 2000, merger and acquisition activity has increased dramatically, and shows little sign of slowing down. Done right, M&As; result in unified, cohesive new organizations whose financial performance and strategic options are much improved.Revised and updated to meet the needs of today's business environment, the second edition of The Complete Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions gives executives, managers, and supervisors the guidance and tools they need to successfully see the M&A; process through at every organizational level. Authors Tim Galpin and Mark Herndon show why?the typical M&A; deal never realizes its?intended financial and strategic results.?Based on the authors' consulting experience with numerous Fortune 500 companies, this comprehensive resource will help organizations address the myriad integration aspects of M&As;, maximizing the strategic and financial value of integrations more quickly and effectively.The second edition expands on the authors' step-by-step advice and includes best-practices and lessons learned as well as information about:Conducting M&A; due diligence that leads to effective integrationTypical organizational dynamics created during a M&A; dealMistakes commonly made during integrationThe how-tos of comparing and combining company culturesEffective design, management, and coordination of the enterprise-wide integration processRetaining and recruiting key talentCapturing and measuring deal synergiesA proven process for integration staffing and selectionThis comprehensive resource also contains several new visual aids as well as helpful templates, checklists, graphs, and tools. In addition Galpin and Herndon provide sound guidance for successfully integrating different processes, organizations, and cultures.