Oliver Engert, Max Floetotto, Greg Gryzwa, Milind Sachdeva, Patryk Strojny

At the start of a typical integration effort, the integration team uses the deal model and due-diligence results to identify opportunities and set synergy targets. But financial due diligence is seldom deep or exhaustive enough to provide a solid foundation for maximizing value because the effort focuses on justifying the deal, not on creating value (in other words, “figure out what to pay for the … [ Read more ]

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