Working Under the Tent: Confidentiality and Restricted Information Disclosure

Joseph Joy
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Joseph Joy: Deloitte Consulting LLP

Chapter Chapter 10 in Divestitures and Spin-Offs, 2018, pp 97-109 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The year 2016 ended with announcement of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals worth $3.2 trillion. Multiple studies put the failure rate of M&A transactions at 70–90%, which is remarkably high. This failure can be in the form of falling short of the initial financial expectations of the combined entity, not producing benefits in terms of shareholder value, etc. The divestiture, which is one of the M&A transactions, of a company or business unit involves the change in structure of the company including restructuring of the workforce, information technology (IT) systems, and potentially the business strategy. Now consider a divestiture in terms of distinct personalities and behaviors of thousands of employees spread across multiple countries with different laws and regulations. When an M&A deal is viewed in light of these complexities, the failure rate appears to be not so surprising.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7662-1_10

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