Focusing on market strategy, communications, culture and brand alignment, and stakeholder relations can help companies get the most out of a transaction and ensure deal value does not erode.
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Incite is Western Canada’s boutique mid-market M&A advisory firm specializing in market strategy, communications, culture and brand alignment, and stakeholder relations. We work with strategic buyers, private equity firms, family offices, and owner-managed companies to drive growth.

Market Strategy, Culture and Brand Alignment, and Communications are Critical for Success
65
of acquires said culture issues adversely affected value creation in deals (1)
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of companies that involve the integration team early in the deal process are more likely to see favorable results and capture revenue synergies (2)
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of employees acquired in a transaction will leave in the first year due a lack of communications and cultural integration with their new company (3)
95
of executives describe cultural fit as critical to the success of integration and a lack of cultural cohesion and alignment as the primary reason integration efforts fail (4)
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of deals had marketing significantly involved pre-close despite the fact that the most successful integrations define the new value proposition before launching new branding (5)
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of acquirers say value creation should have been a priority on day one (6)
– 1 “Evolving with Agility: PwC’s 2020 M&A Integration Survey” (2020) – 2 PwC’s 2020 M&A Integration Survey (2020) – 3 “Startup Acquisitions as a Hiring Strategy: Worker Choice and Turnover,” Wharton School, March 2020 – 4 “Organizational Culture in Mergers: Addressing the Unseen Forces,” McKinsey & Company, March 2019 – 5 “Integrating Marketing and Brand in M&A: The Way to Superior Growth,” McKinsey & Company, March 2020 – 6 “Creating Value Beyond the Deal,” PWC, 2019