Introduction: Improve the Odds -- Take Stock of Human Capital -- Create a New Vision -- Retain and Motivate Key Players -- Integrate Deliberately and Swiftly -- Survive the Regulatory Process -- Beef Up the Board -- Conclusion: The Lucky Seven: Best Practices for Successful Mergers -- Smart...

There are thousands of mergers every year and, by some estimates, two-thirds of them either fail or fall far short of expectations. How can leaders keep their merger from becoming a head-on collision?In The Human Side of M & A, Dennis Carey and Dayton Ogden argue that most failed mergers looked...