The Complete Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions: Process Tools to Support M Integration at Every Level, 3rd Edition

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Executive Summary—The State of M&A Integration Effectiveness Survey, 2014

Overview

The objectives of this survey (the “Survey”) include:

• Determining the extent to which corporate acquirers are improving the results of M&A integration through development of more effective internal M&A capabilities
• Confirming the extent to which skilled acquirers apply common M&A integration best practices
• Identifying major remaining obstacles that are not yet consistently well-managed and that may limit future M&A integration effectiveness

The Survey consisted of a total of twenty-six questions, many of which included multiple answer components which enabled the study to sample approximately 75 different elements or specific dimensions which, ...