Transforming Portfolios for Long-Term Growth in a Red-Hot M&A Market
By Andrea Guerzoni, Brian Salsberg, and Rich Mills
We are in the biggest mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market in history. CEOs are reshaping portfolios to address new technology needs, changing customer behavior, and heightened environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concerns.
Companies are using M&A to build scale and quickly fill gaps that cannot be satisfied fast enough through organic initiatives and specific investments such as joint ventures. At the same time, they are selling businesses that are not expected to be market leaders and those that are …
