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Preventing post‐M&A problems
Author(s) -
Sherman Andrew J.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of corporate accounting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1097-0053
pISSN - 1044-8136
DOI - 10.1002/jcaf.20178
Subject(s) - closing (real estate) , work (physics) , plan (archaeology) , business , law and economics , computer science , operations research , operations management , economics , finance , engineering , history , mechanical engineering , archaeology
Abstract Closing a merger or acquisition usually brings a great sigh of relief to all parties. But don't relax just yet, warns the author of this article. The hard work is about to begin. And as many as three out of five M&As fail to properly plan how to integrate the merged companies. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.