Achieving Size & Scale For Sustainability: When M&A Is The Right Strategy

Strategy Track In recent years, studies have shown mergers to have a high failure rate – sometimes failing as often as 50%-90% of the time. However, economies of scale and organizational size are an integral part of strategy for health and human service organizations. The question is how to develop a merger and acquisition plan that makes your organizational strategy successful. In this session, we will discuss how to overcome the challenges of making mergers and acquisitions work, including:

• Best practices through the merger and acquisition process
• The challenges of managing a bigger and more diverse organization after the merger
• Presentations from executives of private equity firms that will share their experiences making mergers and acquisitions work