Don't Let Hope Be Your Strategy

Research over many studies and many years has shown that about 70% of all acquisitions fail to deliver positive shareholder value. Success in acquisitions requires a formal and systematic process of selection, evaluation, negotiation, integration and post-acquisition management.

The following articles set out some of the strategic issues which should be considered as part of an acquisition process.

Make it part of you core strategy

Use acquisitions to overcome constraints

What can you offer an acquisition?

What do you need to harness your growth potential?

Financial Acquisitions

Strategic Acquisitions

Strip out assets

Turnarounds acquisitions

Benchmark to choose target firms

Push excess demand to your acquisition

Send intellectual property to the acquisition

Best practice acquirers