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Mergers & Acquisitions: The Importance of Creating a Shared Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

Employees from the announcement start to wonder how this change will impact them personally, such as redundancy of their position, changes in reporting structure, changes in responsibilities and their capabilities to meet the changes, and many more factors. REFERENCES Cameron, K. & Quinn, R.

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Research Shows That Smaller M&A Deals Work Out Better

Harvard Business

Our data shows that from 2004 to 2014, WPP made a staggering 271 acquisitions — which averages to more than one every two weeks — 60% more than the next busiest acquirer during that decade, Google (now Alphabet). In 2004 PCC was in a poor position. Strong capital expenditure. times the industry median.

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Value-Based Care Alone Won’t Reduce Health Spending and Improve Patient Outcomes

Harvard Business

Most health systems will need to manage a multitude of reimbursement methodologies. The increasing complexity of having to track performance for many different payment systems and meet different reporting requirements of quality and safety outcomes will likely increase administrative costs.