Successful acquirers plan PMI prior to closing, conducting due diligence on the many elements that must be combined, adopted, changed or eliminated as part of the post-merger value-capture activities. Integration due diligence includes strategy, architecture, plumbing-and-wiring, and culture....

The Bosco chairman realizes that Bosco and Zeta have different work cultures and to make the integration a success, it was imperative to create a new unique identity for the new company Bosco-Zeta Pharma. He decides that the goal is to retain the best elements of the existing social capital from...