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Driving long-term business transformation
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What it takes to get transformation right, setting a company up to operate better today and handle disruption and change tomorrow with energized, creative employees.
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Using M&A as a launchpad for transformation
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Transactions can play a significant role in large-scale transformation, presenting a time of intensified focus on change and...
Agile business portfolio management
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Companies that regularly refresh their portfolios tend to outperform, but deciding when and how to divest a business may be the...
Collaborations between corporates and start-ups
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How to raise the odds of lasting mutual benefits when large and small companies team up.
Getting a grip on revenue synergies
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Capturing revenue synergies is harder and takes longer than cost synergies, but some companies have cracked the code. Here is...
Business priorities in the postpandemic era
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John Waldron, Kevin Sneader, and Carolyn Dewar on the state of global business and the future of M&A.
Ensuring the health of your business partnerships
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Regular partnership check-ins are essential to make sure that, like any relationship, both sides are getting what they need.
In conversation: Culture in M&A
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Why assessing the cultural fit cannot be an afterthought in deal making
Growth through a downturn
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How companies outperform on growth during downturns and the subsequent recovery
Why you need to keep changing your company’s business mix
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Because the market is always moving, a static portfolio of businesses tends to underperform.
A winning formula for deal synergies
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The experiences of the most successful acquirers yield some counterintuitive lessons.
Digital disruption and the role of M&A
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Mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures are an important way for companies to reposition their organizations to compete in the...
Extracting value from M&A
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It’s often the softer sides of deal execution that trip up merging companies.
Partners in profit: Creating successful business alliances
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As partnerships grow more complex, putting the right foundations in place from the start becomes even more crucial to lucrative...
Active portfolio management: Interview with Andy West
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Senior partner Andy West discusses the latest trends in M&A in light of several recent high-profile divestitures.
The pros and cons of activist investors
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Management teams that engage positively with attackers may find activist campaigns bring ideas that create value and improve...