Warning Against Binge Buying: There Are Growth Alternatives to M&A

On May 15, Laurence Caprton will be leading a Geneva Alumni Event on the topic Build Borrow or Buy. Learn more about why she says that mergers and acquisitions often create more headlines than value. Some studies indicate that 70% of deals fail to achieve their objectives. In her research on 150 ICT firms (“Build, Borrow or Buy: Solving the Growth Dilemma”, Harvard Business Review Press, 2012), only 27% of the responding firms reported they were able to extract the value that they wanted to achieve from their target firms’ capabilities following their acquisitions. Read more here.

[important]Tickets for the event are available now. http://www.amiando.com/BBB2014.html[/important]

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