Chapter TwoThe Deal Flow ModelPitfalls and Best Practices Throughout the M&A Process

(This chapter was written by the authors in conjunction with Dr. J. Lee Whittington, professor of management at the University of Dallas.)

If you don't have a roadmap, how do you know where you are going?

Managerial and organizational experience with M&As has long been cited as a key factor to success. For example, a study of 135 executives and senior managers from firms in various industries found that companies with the most deal experience reported higher levels of deal success (PWC, 2011). Moreover, combining experience with a clearly codified and documented M&A process improves success. From their study of fifty-nine companies that had gone through a ...

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