A new survey out this week -Mercer’s Cultural Integration Snapshot Survey -found that cultural integration issues in M&A transactions have direct financial implications on deal value. The survey involved 119 organizations in the Americas and Europe. More than half of respondents reported that the success of recent M&A was negatively impacted by integration issues.
In the American survey, 44% of respondents reported that between $1 million and $5 million was lost or not realized in a significant transaction their organization had recently undertaken, with nearly one quarter estimating that it was over $5 million.
Although 72% of survey respondents cited culture as an important contributor to creating value in M&A transactions (with nearly one-third saying it is …
The Challenges of Cultural Integration in M&A
A new survey out this week -Mercer’s Cultural Integration Snapshot Survey -found that cultural integration issues in M&A transactions have direct financial implications on deal value. The survey involved 119 organizations in the Americas and Europe. More than half of respondents reported that the success of recent M&A was negatively impacted by integration issues.
In the American survey, 44% of respondents reported that between $1 million and $5 million was lost or not realized in a significant transaction their organization had recently undertaken, with nearly one quarter estimating that it was over $5 million.
Although 72% of survey respondents cited culture as an important contributor to creating value in M&A transactions (with nearly one-third saying it is …
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