Ronald J. Recardo, Managing Partner, The Catalyst Consulting Group LLC

Many Presidents and CEO’s have come to the realization that they cannot achieve their growth objective by relying only on their internal growth engines (e.g. new product development, 5 P’s of marketing).  Unfortunately, there have been a plethora of studies that have concluded the success rates of M&A deals are in the 30-40% range.  Instead of having 1+1=4  scenario and value is created, all too often post close the companies have less shareholder value.