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

Harvard Business Review

Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. The current cohort of acquisitions goes well beyond the typical defensive, synergy-driven, horizontal integration that marked previous M&A spurts. However, back-office functions might be integrated. Insight Center. Competing in the Future. But there’s more to it than that.

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A Board Director's Perspective on What IT Has to Get Right

Harvard Business Review

The biggest opportunities for these companies are simplification and horizontal integration projects. Participating in Strategy Formulation. Whether formal or informal, all large-scale companies have strategy-formulation and strategy-implementation processes.