STRATEGY IS SIMPLY THE GOALS YOU CHOOSE AND THE ACTIONS YOU TAKE TO ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS. Whatever you've accomplished in your life, you had a strategy, made up of the goals you chose and the actions you took to achieve those goals. Think about strategy as a path across time.

Programmatic M&A has consistently proven, in the aggregate, to be the most effective approach to dealmaking. By analyzing key actions that programmatic acquirers take, we can better understand why these acquirers tend to outperform their peers.

One way to assess the success of an acquisition is to monitor the retention rate of customers after the acquisition. If a business is able to retain the majority of its customers three years after an acquisition, this is a positive indicator that the acquisition was successful.

We work closely with clients to create a clear M&A blueprint that accelerates their progress toward strategic goals. Broad perspective on M&A. We help clients determine which sectors and capabilities offer the most potential, based on deep understanding of industry value chains and the underlying economics.