Communications Strategies for Integrations

Quote of the Month Comment on Microsoft’s $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype: “Certainly Microsoft will be buying a fast-growing, well-positioned global asset with an unbeatable brand. But that’s what eBay thought when it bought Skype in 2005 for $2.6...

Integration Issues & Partnering: A Capability to be Cultivated

Quote of the Month: “Any dope with a checkbook can buy a company.  It’s what you do afterward that matters.” Henry Silverman, CEO of Realogy Group, 2006 In the May Blog: In this edition we first look at several acquisitions that illustrate broad...

Could Your Approach to M&A Be Both Confused and Wrong?

Will Your Proposed Acquisition Be Worth It? Trying to figure out if your proposed acquisition will be worth it?  Clayton Christensen and his colleagues, Richard Alton, Curtis Rising and Andrew Waldeck, offer a framework for sorting out what they see is complete...