M&A
Cultural Integration
Today’s global
marketplace is rapidly accelerating the pace of mergers and
acquisitions. These
ventures have a great potential to be extremely profitable but success
depends
upon how smoothly operations, strategies and cultural expectations are
integrated. Poor culture fit is often cited as a reason for walking
away from a
deal. Statistics also show that the failure rate of
most mergers and acquisitions is between 40-80%.At IOR we counsel and strategize with companies undergoing mergers, acquisitions and other corporate transitions that have cultural and organizational ramifications. We understand the importance of cultural integration in merger success and offer comprehensive pre- and post-merger strategic solutions, support and training.
IOR offers support covering all three phases of the M&A process.
- Pre-Merger
Evaluation. IOR offers support in diagnosing and
understanding leadership
and management issues (organization development) and intercultural
considerations between all parties – corporate buyer to corporate
target; buyer
country to target country; management to team; and team to
team.
- Active
Merger Process. We provide
continuous consultative support through the negotiations and meetings
process.
- Post-Merger Integration. After a merger smooth integration is the key to success and productivity. We support companies in developing effective integration strategies and intercultural integration solutions that cover both corporate culture differences (corporate buyer to corporate target) and country/regional culture differences (buyer country to target country).
