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I. The Foundation for Success
1. Acquiring the Future: New Foundations of Competitive Advantage
2. Warning Signs: Danger Ahead!
3. Steering Clear of Disaster: Best Practices of Successful Acquirers
4. The Mating Dance: From Selection of Partner to Announcement of Intent to Merge
5. “What Have I Gotten Myself Into?” Due Diligence and Pre-Close Integration Planning
II. After the Deal is Sealed
6. Creating the Future Together: Staffing the Senior Team and Clarifying the Strategic Direction
7. Form Follows Function: Arriving at the Integration Strategy
8. Making the Marriage Work: Managing the Merger
9. Who Does What to Whom? Organizational Design and Staffing
10. Getting the Message Out - and Back: Communications During Mergers
11. Keeping it Going: Processes and Tools for Developing the New Organization
12. Cross-Border Mergers: Notes on International Acquisitions
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