This statistic illustrates the leading reasons why a corporate merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions have failed to generate their expected value in the United States in 2019, according to executives surveyed. The leading external factor behind a failure to generate the expected value were economic forces with 32 percent. The leading internal factor behind a failure to generate the expected value were that the expected sales did not materialize after the transaction with 30 percent.
Main reasons why corporate merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions fail to generate their expected value in the United States in 2019
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* Consists of 750 executives at US headquartered corporations ** External factors. The source added the following information "All survey participants work either in private or public companies or private equity firms with annual revenues of at least $10 million."
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