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225: Mark Sirower, How to thrive and win in M&A

The Strategy Skills Podcast: Strategy | Leadership | Critical Thinking | Problem-Solving

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What's Your Base Case?

You've always got to man the acquisition as the existing business and based on the value you expect to create. Otherwise, think of it like an economic balance sheet. If i, you don't pay a if i pay that 300 million, and i'm really going to get 200 million dollars a value out of it, well, you got to keep that economic balance sheet balanced. But there are plenty of dealstat where the deal gets paid for from cost reductions. That can come from cost, cost reduction programmes. Yyouwa youdon't want to mix those up.

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