"Strategic Due Diligence" is critical to deal success, says new book by Booz Allen Hamilton. "The Whole Deal: Fulfilling the Promise of Acquisitions and Mergers" explores a range of M&A topics from pre-deal issues to post-merger integration.

New York, NY (PRWEB) October 4, 2006 -- What you don’t know about due diligence can hurt you.


Organizations looking to merge today face an enormously complex process that comprises many individual tasks. Due diligence is among the more well-known of these, yet most executives see this area as primarily comprising financial and legal due diligence. In fact, there’s a third component called "strategic due diligence" that is critically important to deal success. It explores whether the potential of the transaction is realistic - or not.

Strategic due diligence, which tests the strategic rationale for a proposed transaction, is one of the M&A topics examined in a new book by the management consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton titled "The Whole Deal: Fulfilling the Promise of Acquisitions and Mergers."

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