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...
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,...
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