Escaping merger and acquisition madness
John G. Lynch
(John Lynch, a principal at the Hawthorne Group, specializes in the areas of corporate strategy and mergers and acquisitions (Pallium@aol.com). He has held senior management positions in a number of multi‐national companies.)
Barbara Lind
(Barbara Lind is President of The Hawthorne Group, a consulting firm located in Medford, Massachusetts (a suburb of Boston) that focuses on mergers and acquisitions, strategy development, business and technology driven change, and HR strategy (BJLind@HawthGroup.com).)
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Abstract
Is the average M&A adventure just an executive ego trip? Is it management folly, or can it be done so that it reliably produces growth? A model presented here may help executives who are engaged in making acquisitions and making them work navigate the shoals of mergers and acquisitions more successfully.
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Citation
Lynch, J.G. and Lind, B. (2002), "Escaping merger and acquisition madness", Strategy & Leadership, Vol. 30 No. 2, pp. 5-12. https://doi.org/10.1108/10878570210422094
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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