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A FRESH LOOK AT THE M&A LANDSCAPE Twenty years ago, a group of experts from Bain wrote a book that revealed a disappointing fact. Companies were investing billions every year in deals, yet 70% of mergers and acquisitions resulted in failure. Recently one of the book’s authors, David Harding, and two Bain colleagues decided to take a fresh look at the M&A landscape. What they found surprised them. Over the past 20 years, firms have done more than 660,000 acquisitions, but the odds of failure have inverted: Today, close to 70% of mergers succeed. So, what has changed? Find out the four reasons in this Harvard Business Review article: https://lnkd.in/eTB4pmit

A Better Approach to Mergers and Acquisitions

A Better Approach to Mergers and Acquisitions

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