Mergers and Acquisitions Strategy and Execution: Integrating Governance, Decision-Making and Value Creation

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) remain among the most powerful yet perilous tools of corporate strategy. Despite trillions invested globally, decades of research show that many transactions fail to meet their stated objectives, with failure rates often estimated between 50–70%. This paradox highlights the pressing need for a modern, interdisciplinary text that integrates strategic rationale, financial structuring, corporate governance, behavioral dynamics, and emerging technologies. Thus, this paradox underlines the need for a new kind of M&A book. M&A Strategy and Execution directly tackles this need by providing an integrative perspective that guides readers through the entire M&A lifecycle while addressing why deals succeed or fail in practice.