Mergers & Aquisitions

Deloitte Debates

This series examine today’s most pressing business issues from many angles. The Debates offer a healthy discussion of options, immediate impacts and long-term consequences. The following Debates address some of your M&A-related concerns.

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High Stakes Merger Integration: Is Leadership’s Primary Role to Mitigate Risks or Capitalize on Opportunities?
Would leaders improve the odds of creating value by focusing on risks associated with a mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) transaction? Or by generating strategic opportunities to seize the moment?
M&A Strategy in a Rebound Economy: Top-line Growth or Bottom-line Profits?
Should companies, eyeing potential acquisition targets, look for stand-alone companies that may improve top-line revenue growth and market share or continue to grow their bottom line by focusing on targets that can be integrated into the business?
Who’s Marrying Your Ex? Choosing a Carve-out Buyer
When you detach a new entity from an existing business, who’s the best buyer – a corporation that will integrate and operate it, or a private equity firm that will likely operate it as a standalone entity?
Post-merger IT Integration: Custom or Off-the-Rack?
When it comes to post-merger IT integration, which is better – a customized or standardized process? Explore the debate.
Which M&A Strategy is Best – One Big Deal or Several Smaller Ones?
Today’s economic environment creates temptations that even risk-averse companies can find hard to resist. CFOs with access to cash reserves and low financing rates are eyeing large, possibly undervalued, companies as potential acquisition targets.
Does Sustainability Add Value to M&A Deals?
Increased regulation, stakeholder activism and changing consumer behaviors have made companies realize that sustainability is more than just a public relations issue. But when it comes to M&A, is sustainability really a critical deal issue?
Irreconcilable Differences?
One key question posed by the new health reform act is whether hospitals should continue to own health plans. In a reformed environment, the potential problems and conflicts might outweigh those benefits.
M&A Deals: Do You Have the Horses?
Mergers and acquisitions are cranking back up even as the pressure to preserve capital and minimize costs in the wake of the downturn remains steady. The old debate over whether it’s worth bringing in outside help is picking up steam.
Art or Science? How to Select a New Leadership Team After a Merger or Acquisition
Should CEOs use a scientific approach that is fact-based, analytical and objective? Or should they focus on what some might consider a softer side of leadership?
M&A Integration: Fast or Slow?
Since an integration plan usually identifies the desired end state early on – why delay the process of getting there? When is faster better? When does patience pay off?