Companies inevitably face the question: how to grow the business outside your existing market? Emerging companies as well as established companies face this question. When a company is started, the best strategy is to focus on a single product and a single market to...
Some M&A strategies involve more risk than others. The biggest risk factor is the disruptive change required in your core business. For example, if you are trying to consolidate an industry through multiple acquisitions, then significant risk exists in the...
Choosing a buy-side M&A advisor requires deciding what skills and expertise you need to make your deal successful. Most M&A advisors focus on sourcing and structuring the deal, which is logical since most M&A advisors come from investment banking. However,...
Everyone has heard the statistic that over 50% of buy-side M&A deals fail to meet their stated objectives. The reason is fairly straightforward: the M&A industry is geared towards “getting deals done” and not making deals successful. Companies don’t engage in...
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