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Before a Merger, Consider Company Cultures Along with Financials

Harvard Business Review

A normal acquisition process seeks to ensure something basic: a strategic rationale for a deal, supported by a thoughtful selection process, with known risks identified by a short, intense due diligence. What this requires is doing some integration due diligence as part of the M&A process.

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6 Ways to Keep Good Ideas from Dying at Your Company

Harvard Business Review

For example, at Lowe’s, the $53 billion retailer, Lowe’s Innovation Labs has a team that collaborates with outside startup companies to build prototypes. And he cautions that trying to apply “conventional retail metrics” will kill any idea “that looks remotely different from what is currently out there.”