In this issue we first take a look at the active sectors for acquisitions in 2011 and what the drivers are for this broad upswing. Then, before you get too comfortable in the mainstream view of things, we make a departure to glimpse on the impact of the emergence of...
Google’s Acquisition Bid for Groupon Takes Us to the New Reality On rare occasions a clearly spectacular and indicative acquisition bid gets underway. Google’s offer to Groupon for $6 billion is definitely in that very special number. A Groupon...
Seasons Greetings! I wish everyone a wonderful holiday season and an outstanding New Year in 2011! As you can see below, we are in a transition into a year of promising outcomes. Thanks for being part of the Beyond the Deal Newsletter community. We appreciate your...
Your newly emerging company should start with the capabilities it has been developing and then apply all six of the key springboards during integration implementation to transform it into a high performance, quantum leap company. The six springboards are: 1. Customer...
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...
M&A is Not a Strategy – Taking a Look at Intel We are indebted to Blogger Steve Cheney (Steve’s Blog: Thoughts on technology, business and strategy) for his very incisive statement concerning Intel’s recent major acquisitions of McAfee for $7.7 billion,...
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,...
Welcome to the Beyond the Deal Blog: Achieving Quantum Leap Acquisition Integrations in Unsettled Times The world of mergers and acquisitions transitioned in the past year from the recession period of bottom feeding and fire sales (when iconic financial institutions...
Beyond the Deal Blog: Post Acquisition Integrations that Create Unprecedented Value The Beyond the Deal Blog is geared to continually develop and renew a unique approach to create extraordinary value through acquisitions. This approach is in our book, Beyond The...
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