{"id":48949,"date":"2016-05-16t15:18:04","date_gmt":"2016-05-16t19:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=48949"},"modified":"2019-10-21t11:31:09","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21t15:31:09","slug":"cultural-optimization-making-mergers-successful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2016\/05\/16\/cultural-optimization-making-mergers-successful\/","title":{"rendered":"cultural optimization: \u00a0making mergers successful"},"content":{"rendered":"
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how to begin successful post-merger integration strategies\u00a0before the contracts are written.<\/b><\/p>\n

by\u00a0r. peter fontaine
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rereading\u00a0the<\/em> rational optimist <\/em>by british author matt ridley revived my belief in \u201ccultural optimization\u201d when it comes to accounting firm acquisitions. ridley\u2019s perspective is quite simple \u2013 over the millennia, human cultures have only progressed when the interaction between societies was collaborative. \u00a0people are better-off today because of the ancestral exchange and integration of ideas, language, beliefs, skills, customs, habits, technology and social structure; rather than as a result of isolation or cultural dominance and extinction.<\/p>\n

more peter fontaine: \u00a0what to ponder before issuing a letter of intent<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0why due diligence is done<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0| \u00a0the four ways ‘non-competes’ #fail in the social media age<\/a> \u00a0|<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

while ridley\u2019s notion of optimizing cultural differences<\/a> makes perfect sense, it does not seem to be regularly applied in the context of accounting firm m&a activity. read more →<\/a><\/p>\n