The decade of 1990s saw a spate of M&A in all the important sectors of business. However, the success rate of these M&As is estimated to be a mere 40--50%. Companies do announce that their mergers have been successful, but they also accept that they have not been able to derive the kind of benefits that they expected, from a merger or an acquisition. What are the major reasons for this failure (partial or complete) of M&A? Companies do go through a detailed analysis and due diligence review on all fronts— business, markets, financial, legal etc. Then, what is stopping these companies from achieving complete success?

Statistics show that one of the major reasons for failure of M&As is the human resources aspect. Companies which have failed to acknowledge the importance of human resources in their organizations and their role in the success of an integration, have failed to reach the pinnacle of success. What is it that companies have been missing out on, while planning an integration of businesses? What should they do to avoid any hurdles on their path to a successful merger or acquisition?

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