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In an op-ed, Executive MBA student Maury Bradsher addresses the high failure rate of mergers and acquisitions

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Excerpt from ExecRank -- "During my career I’ve advised and reviewed more than 800 potential M&A deals and the high failure rate doesn’t surprise me. At best, one acquirer in five has a clear rationale for a transaction or truly understands that deal’s impact on their company's long-term financial future. Too often, there’s a misguided sense about why the buyer should be making acquisitions at all, and there’s far too little time spent defining how the acquisition enables them to beat competitors and increase enterprise value."

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