Suzanne Francis

Suzanne Francis is a senior partner at Schaffer Consulting, a management consulting firm that helps clients with mergers and acquisitions. www.schafferresults.com.

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Reaping the rewards of cross-business collaboration in mergers and acquisitions
by Suzanne Francis and Jonathan Stearn |

The success rate for mergers and acquisitions could increase considerably if managers from the two companies jointly developed what these authors call the “merger intent,” a picture of what the combined organization should look like one year later. Readers...

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