The Integration Map: Five Ways to Wreck a Deal
Most people think the deal is done when it is signed. It is not. Signing is the easy part. The real work starts the day after.

Most people think the deal is done when it is signed. It is not. Signing is the easy part. The real work starts the day after.

A joint venture is built with two bosses by design. It only works when governance is as practical and enforceable as the shareholder agreement.

Most acquisitions fail in the months after signing. A GE story shows how fast it can happen, and how the damage gets fixed.

Contracts uninvoiced for six months, taxes unpaid, drivers stopped by the police. Inside a GE integration recovery, and the method that saved the business.