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3 Common M&A Pitfalls, and How to Avoid Them

Harvard Business

Experience has taught me that the art of good M&A requires a combination of careful research, emotional intelligence, and attention to detail that might otherwise get overlooked; due diligence requires more than a scan through boxes of contracts and reviewing the balance sheet. In 2005, eBay spent $2.6

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Hay Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Things continued in this vein, with Daniel Goleman using Hay Group research to publish “Working With Emotional Intelligence” in 1999. Enterprise sales effectiveness. The first decade of the new millennium saw Hay Group experience a number of important victories. In 2002, World at Work posthumously honored Edward N. Industries .

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