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Your M&A map for success
Author(s) -
Sharifi Mohsen,
Karan Vijay,
Khan Zafar
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of corporate accounting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1097-0053
pISSN - 1044-8136
DOI - 10.1002/jcaf.20082
Subject(s) - shareholder , value (mathematics) , process (computing) , business , shareholder value , accounting , finance , operations management , marketing , operations research , process management , actuarial science , computer science , economics , engineering , corporate governance , machine learning , operating system
Nearly 70 percent of M&As fail to meet executives' financial expectations. And a large number of acquisitions create no value for stockholders. There are many reasons for these failures, but lack of planning and effective execution may be the most important. What's the solution? The answer, say the authors of this article, is to map the M&A process. Here's how one company did that. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.