The Complete Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions: Process Tools to Support M&A Integration at Every Level

by Timothy J. Galpin, Mark Herndon

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) experts Tim Galpin and Mark Herndon present an updated and expanded guide to planning and managing the M&A process. This comprehensive book is unique in providing the tools to address both the human and operational sides of integration. Based on the authors' consulting experience with numerous Fortune 500 companies, this resource will help organizations capture deal synergies more quickly and effectively. Augmenting their step-by-step advice with helpful templates, checklists, graphs and tools, Galpin and Herndon provide sound guidance for successfully integrating different processes, organizations, and cultures. The authors also address pre-deal do’s and don’ts, people dynamics, common mistakes, communications strategies, and specific actions you can take to create measurable positive results throughout the integration process. The revised edition not only updates case studies and presents recent integration research, but it also adds new tools.

Genres: Business, Audiobook, Finance

336 pages, Hardcover

First published November 8, 1999

Reviews

[Sergey Kochergan · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best books on MA. Not sure why others give low marks. Worth reading and implementing.

[Priyanshi Mathur · Rating 5 out of 5]

As someone who recently went through an M&A, I found this book both enjoyable and deeply insightful. It offers detailed, practical frameworks that executives can apply to evaluate and improve every stage of the integration process. The depth of content stands out; it’s not just theory, but a set of usable tools grounded in real-world complexity. Highly recommended for anyone curious about the inner workings of an M&A process.

[Christopher Benassi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Precisely served my integration planning needs. I especially appreciated the templates provided by the authors.

[Randolph Breschini · Rating 4 out of 5]

Basic good read to aid one in the process of integration of two organizations. THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE...Culture due diligence and ultimate understanding and integration. AND communications!!