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CMlaesrgseprrso&filAecquisitions: How to Maximise Success
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Overview Between 70% and 90% of acquisitions fail, yet businesses frequently pursue acquisitions to meet investor growth expectations. By blending theoretical insights with practical applications, this programme is essential for anyone involved in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) activities, including strategy, due diligence, deal-making, and the crucial integration process. You’ll gain valuable insights from industry guest speakers who share their real-world M&A experiences, as well as exploring the lessons to be learnt from the Private Equity approach to M&A and value creation.
The course will give you the opportunity to interface with case studies and industry guest speakers to learn more about the common mistakes made in the M&A cycle. This will include addressing common challenges such as cultural differences, overvaluation, and integration hurdles. Participants will dive deep into the post-merger integration phase, focusing on strategies to ensure smooth transitions and sustainable growth. Consolidating the learning across the 3 days, you’ll develop action plans to maximise M&A success in your own organisations. As well as learning from WBS faculty, you’ll also hear from expert industry speakers including an M&A Advisor and a Private Equity specialist. You’ll also have the opportunity to build your professional network through a WBS hosted evening dinner in London. Who is this course for? This programme is for anyone likely to be involved in M&A activities, from determining strategy to performing due diligence and ensuring successful integrations. This could include Senior level Executives responsible for organisational growth strategies as well as Senior Managers who are involved in growing their organisation through M&A. Sample job titles: ■ Director of Transformation ■ Director of Strategy and Change ■ M&A Director ■ Chief Operations Officer ■ Chief Finance Officer
John Colley Course Director
Duration
3 days
Location
London – The Shard
“In most industries, organic growth alone is insufficient to meet stakeholder expectation. For this reason, boards turn to mergers and acquisitions (M&A). M&A can deliver rapid growth, scale economies, market power and the new knowledge and technology required in a rapidly changing world. However, it is not without risk. Many acquisitions destroy value and the majority fail to meet expectations. This programme will help you to successfully navigate this difficult terrain with the latest insights from leading academics and practitioners.”
Format
Part-time
Website
wbs.ac.uk/go/MA
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What will I learn
successfully navigate the difficult terrain of M&A with the latest insights from leading academics and practitioners. We suggest solutions to the main pitfalls, and we also use learning from private equity and their ‘buy, improve and sell model’. You’ll explore key trends in M&A and Private Equity markets, discussing the key paths to growth available to firms and examine how to unlock the potential of acquisitions through effective implementation strategies.
Explore the strategies and critical factors which influence the success or failure of M&A growth. Understand the stages of the M&A process and how to pursue best practice and avoid the most common pitfalls. Focus on the key elements influencing the success of the integration process. Learn how to value a business and consider the factors which influence worth. Understand the Private Equity approach and how they are able to create value from the M&A process. Learn about the latest developments and best practice in the M&A and Private Equity industries.
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