Summary
THE one grim statistic that every company thinking of making an acquisition has to bear in mind is that around 70percent of acquisitions fail to deliver the expected value. A substantial percentage of them actually destroy shareholder value instead of enhancing it.
Simon Rawlings, managing director of the global project management consultancy PIPC, has considerable experience in advising companies through the whole acquisition lifecycle. He has also been called in to attempt to "rescue" many failing acquisitions. "The biggest problem we come across is where the organisation has spent many months trying to secure the deal, and no time at all planning what to do with the company when they get it, " he says.See the full content of this document
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Need for Post-Deal Planning
If a company spots an opportunity, because a trade ...
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