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Research Shows That Smaller M&A Deals Work Out Better

Harvard Business

Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. Several companies we studied show the value of programmatic M&A strategies. Walter Thompson Company for $566 million in 1987 and Ogilvy for $864 million in 1989 — big acquisitions that stretched the company’s balance sheet. In 2004 PCC was in a poor position.