Dealing with Integration Issues in Southwest’s AirTran Acquisition Southwest Airlines is moving beyond its strategy of organic growth with its acquisition of AirTran. It went as far as it could go with the strategic model that it first sketched out in 1970 and needed...
Integration 2.0 Evolves Beyond Post Merger Integration We were now in the era of Integration 2.0. While traditional Post Merger Integration focuses on the mechanics of integrating an acquired company after the”deal”, Integration 2.0 is strategic, looking...
We are moving into an era of M&A Integration 2.0. The developments of technology and a shift in attitudes now gives companies considering major acquisitions the chance to remake their approach to acquisitions to make it more inclusive, collaborative, quicker,...
Quote of the Month: “Watch the turtle. He only moves forward when he sticks his neck out.” Lew Gerstner In this Newsletter This first article in this Newsletter is a set of observations from my November trip to Shenzhen, China for a Knowledge Cities...
September 2009 Quote of the Month: “Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible.” Anonymous An emerging M&A market, but will acquirers be better at integrating this time? Major acquisitions have been announced over the...
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