Issue 21: Corporate Acquisitions – Yes or No??

Acquisitions!!

Do they CREATE or DESTROY value?

Both!

So choose your Acquisition Targets carefully.

Over 50% of ALL Acquisitions do NOT create Value, so what is the point in doing them?

Well, in this Insights, I discuss an Acquisition I executed 25 years ago, with great success in generating shareholder value.

For fairness, I also discuss a not-so-good one as well!

What stands out about the successful one?

A great cultural fit! All the other elements also fell into place, but without the matching of Culture, it still would not have worked.

Acquisitions can be transformational – in many ways.

But they can also distract Management.

So tread carefully!