Acquisition or buy and build is at the core of many Irish business’s strategies for growth. If well planned, executed and integrated; a successful acquisition can be a significant accelerator to organic business growth as well as in many cases offering the business access to a product, service, market, technology or capability which is more difficult to access organically.
Management teams considering acquisitions should ask themselves some key questions to aid in their evaluation of whether any particular target acquisition, or indeed an acquisition strategy in general, makes sense and is likely to be value enhancing to their business overall. These include the following:
…well considered acquisition strategies and well prepared processes are key – Anya Cummins, Partner, Head of M&A