While companies such as Google have built significant value as result of a well-considered mergers and acquisitions strategy, Yahoo seemed to squander value. What role did merger-and-acquisition missteps play in Yahoo’s slow death?
For Microsoft’s acquisition of LinkedIn to be successful,
integration not only must establish an appropriate starting point
(preservation). But even more important is determining the path to the desired
objectives and speed on the integration path to symbiosis and realization of
revenue synergy.
