Culture, Not Capital, Kills Mergers

EQ BEAM predicts people-related risks in deals and provides solutions.- Acquisitions destroy more value than any other single action taken by companies.* In 2024, hundreds of mergers and acquisition transactions were conducted in Sweden to a value of over 150 billion SEK. It is well known that over 70% of investments fail to meet their objectives. At least 30% of these failed transactions are caused directly by cultural integration issues such as unsynchronised leadership and culture clashes. (McKinsey, Deloitte, KPMG). The due diligence process simply isn´t good enough at minimizing