Acquisitions self-assessment: How good are you at handling acquisitions?
Company managers often over-estimate their own skill in making successful acquisitions. The truth is that acquisitions require a specialised skill set and contain different nuances than most managers’ typical work day. Being successful in running a company does not guarantee success in evaluating, valuing, negotiating, and most of all, integrating an acquired firm. Use this.. read more →
30 Nov 2010
Morgan Cradock’s 5 Gs: right reasons to make an SME acquisition
It’s easy to talk about all the ways in which mergers and acquisitions can go wrong – but what about the ones that succeed? What are the “right reasons” to make an acquisition? It all comes down to “the five Gs.” Get bigger: Acquisitions can make your organisation grow faster than organic growth alone. Geography:.. read more →
23 Nov 2010