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The Digital Deal: How Transformation Is Rewriting M&A Strategy
Digital is reshaping M&A from thesis to integration with new risks, new levers, and a fresh playbook for value creation. This article maps the impact across strategy, screening, diligence, valuation, and integration with practical checklists and tips for deal teams. What digital practice has made the biggest difference in your post close value capture?
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Serial Acquirers 101 and Beyond: SoftBank Group’s Bold Buy, Build, and Sometimes Bye Strategy
SoftBank Group’s evolution from telecom investor to AI infrastructure orchestrator is a masterclass in serial acquisitions, timely divestitures, and inventive financing. From Sprint and Arm to the planned “Stargate” data center buildout, SoftBank is recycling legacy wins into chips, compute, and applications that will power the AI economy. Do you think its next big move…
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The Top 10 Most Innovative Legal Strategies Used In M&A Litigation
In M&A, the real action often starts after the term sheet and sometimes after the closing. Here are ten innovative, casetested strategies from Delaware’s front lines that can swing outcomes in MAE fights, appraisal wars, earnout battles, and cleansing skirmishes. Which tactic would most change how you structure your next deal?
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What Is The Value Of Leadership Alignment Workshops Before Day One?
Before Day One, leadership alignment workshops turn deal hype into an executable plan with clear decision rights, a unified operating model, and a credible communications cascade. The result is faster decisions, fewer reversals, and a team that models the behaviors the rest of the organization will follow. What is the one move you have seen…
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The Rise of Carve Outs: Why Companies Are Divesting Non Core Assets
Companies are accelerating carve outs to sharpen focus, rotate capital, and unlock trapped value, but execution is where value is won or lost. This article breaks down the why, how, and what next, with a pragmatic playbook for assessing fit, structuring the deal, standing up the carved business, and avoiding classic pitfalls. Where do you…
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Serial Acquirers Unpacked: Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Playbook for Global Dominance
Thermo Fisher Scientific has mastered the art of serial acquisitions, transforming into a global leader in life sciences through strategic deals and seamless integrations. From billion-dollar blockbusters like PPD to niche bolt-ons, the company’s approach reflects a clear vision for dominating the entire value chain. But as regulatory pressures mount, will this strategy continue to…
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The Top 10 Biggest Talent Retention Challenges After M&A
Most M&A playbooks focus on synergies and systems while the real value walks out the door if you miss the people side. This article maps the top ten talent retention risks after a deal, shows how to spot them early, and gives practical mitigation moves that work in the first 120 days. Which challenge has…
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The Value of Continuous KPI Tracking for Post-Merger Success
Postmerger success depends on more than headline synergies. This guide shows how a focused set of continuous KPIs across value, execution, stability, and risk can turn a deal thesis into measurable results, with clear formulas and operating rhythms you can put to work. Which KPI has been your difference maker in an integration, and what…
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Picking Your Path: Joint Venture or Acquisition?
Choosing between a joint venture and an acquisition is a strategy decision first and a legal decision second, and the right choice depends on how much control, speed, capital flexibility, and risk sharing your mission requires. This article breaks down the strengths, weaknesses, and situational patterns for both structures, offers a practical decision checklist, and…
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Serial Acquirers Spotlight: Marriott International and the Art of Buying Growth Without Losing the Plot
Marriott International shows how a serial acquirer can stay coherent. One mega merger with Starwood set the stage then targeted buys like Protea and City Express expanded reach and opened new segments while an asset light model kept risk in check. The next chapter likely favors more City Express style platform tuck ins plus organic…
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What Is The Value of Digital Transformation Planning During Integration?
Mergers are messy and IT sits at the heart of the chaos. This piece shows how planning digital transformation and integration together saves money, avoids dead ends, and accelerates value with concrete examples leaders can use today. What is one integration decision you would redo if you had aligned it to your transformation plan.
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The real brains behind successful deals: The top 10 management science researchers shaping M&A, business transformations, and change management
Some think M&A is won at signing. The researchers behind the best integrations know value is created in how you design the combined company, what you choose to integrate, and how you lead people through change. Here are the top 10 active scholars shaping that playbook, plus a practical 2×2 you can use tomorrow. What…
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