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A busted deal is costly in terms of time, money, and lost opportunity.
CFO Insights: Deal or no deal: Can busted M&A deals be avoided?
It’s one of a CFO’s worst nightmares. A possible acquisition is identified; initial due diligence is completed; a price is negotiated; an acquisition deal is signed; and then for some unforeseen reason, the M&A deal falls apart. Why? And, more importantly, could the nightmare have been avoided?
In this issue of CFO Insights, we’ll introduce new research by Hollis Skaife, professor from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Deloitte Fellow and Scholar, and Daniel Wangerin of Michigan State University, that looks at what impact low quality financial reporting may have on the outcome of M&A deals – and offers a metric that may capture its existence before a deal closes.
Download the CFO Insights article, "Deal or no deal: Can busted M&A deals be avoided?," to learn more.
Deal or no deal: Can busted M&A deals be avoided?
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