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Why Companies Are Using M&A to Transform Themselves, Not Just to Grow

Harvard Business Review

An internet technology company picks up a mobile phone manufacturer. The current cohort of acquisitions goes well beyond the typical defensive, synergy-driven, horizontal integration that marked previous M&A spurts. Joe Beck/Unsplash/HBR Staff. A brick-and-mortar retailer buys an e-commerce platform. Capability upgrades.