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Monthly Archives: April 2010
Acquisitions: a health warning
Acquiring companies is a common way to drive growth into new markets, buttress market share and generally achieve a strategic vision. But does it actually work? And if not, why not? Continue reading
In 1987, Harvard professor Michael Porter observed that between 50 and 60% of acquisitions were failures. There have been several other studies since then, and the results have continued to support his conclusions.
In 1995, for example, Mercer Management Consulting noted that between 1984 ...MORE >