Integration Wins: How Buyers (and Sellers) Protect Value in the First 100 Days After a Deal
Most deal value is not created at signing—it is created (or destroyed) after closing. The first 100 days determine whether synergy targets are real, whether customers stay, whether key staff remain, and whether the transaction achieves its strategic logic. This article explains the “integration truth”: integration is a disciplined operating plan, not a goodwill exercise....


