Read Kotter et al$.(2021)$ Chapter $7.$ Mergers and acquisitions $(M$&$A)$ are a tool companies use to create organizational value. Research best practices in mergers and acquisitions and identify the top three methods.

Find an $M$&A event that took place in the past $10$ years. If it is a publicly$-$traded company, you may find details on the transaction in the annual report located on the company's investor relations website or through the company's news report for example, Microsoft's Acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Based on the company you selected, how did the transaction and outcome seem to exhibit the identified best practice?

Instructions

Complete the reading and research outlined above.

Post an initial discussion addressing the following prompts:

Share the three best practices you discovered.

Share a company that had an M&A event in the past $10$ years and how one of these three practices was used in the transaction.

Why do you think these best practices are important?

Instructions

Complete the reading and research outlined above.

Post an initial discussion addressing the following prompts:

Share the three best practices you discovered.

Share a company that had an M&A event in the past $10$ years and how one of these three practices was used in the transaction.

Why do you think these best practices are important?

What would happen if these practices were not utilized$/$demonstrated$?$