6 Stages Of The M&A Process Optimized With A Virtual Data Room
06-Oct-2012 12:17:00 / by Francisco Lorca posted in Corporate Finance, due diligence, dataroom
Acquisition Rationale (What creates value in acquisitions)
04-Oct-2010 03:00:36 / by Francisco Lorca posted in M&A News, M&A, Corporate Finance, virtual data room, dataroom, Uncategorized, McKinsey
- Improve the target company’s performance
- Consolidate to remove excess capacity from industry
- Accelerate market access for the target’s (or buyer’s) products
- Get skills or technologies faster or at lower cost than they can be built
- Pick winners early and help them develop their businesses
There are other factors that are normally used as part of a "deal rationale" such as "We are Buying Cheap", "This is a transformation deal", "This is a key part of our roll-up strategy". The research shows that those reasons rarely create value.