When merging two companies, after the deal is signed the CEO faces few challenges more risky than integrating the businesses to capture maximum value. Speed is essential to successful merger integration. But it is not everything. Only 25 to 50 percent of deals create shareholder value. This is...

Mergers may be the truest test of great leaders.

The legal framework for extending innovation beyond the corporate boundary is the Strategic Alliance (or partnership) Agreement. Before entering into any type of alliance involving a joint development arrangement, every company whose core assets are comprised of intellectual property should...