Amazon: Creating Pathways for Acquisitions
The following is an excerpt from pages 31-35 of THE SYNERGY SOLUTION: How Companies Win the Mergers & Acquisitions Game (Harvard Business Review Press, 3/15) by Deloitte Partners Mark Sirower & Jeff Weirens. Amazon: Creating Pathways for AcquisitionsPrepared acquirers don’t look at deals in isolation. They think about portfolios of assets that the deals on their watch list represent, and how those portfolios can be assembled over time to grow their existing core businesses or create new, advantaged businesses based on their organic capabilities. In other words, companies that play to win have ...