The history of business growth by Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) is not a happy one. Stories of failure far exceed those stories of success. Yet, the compelling reasons for rapid growth, rather than via natural growth, mean many continue to try to grow by M&A only to fail.

This book explores a change to the way business has tried and mostly failed, to complete M&As. It covers the reasons behind M&As and the common pitfalls. Then continues onto an alternative approach that removes these common reasons for failure and provides a method to help make rapid growth a success. Several case studies are included that are based on the real experiences of these methods, which were used to achieve an M&A with less risk successfully.