Opinion: M&A philosophies

Human nature can be a problem when you are sizing up a piece of
M&A.
People are happiest when they can control their own destinies,
when they have certainty about their positions. And when they have
something that they feel is their own.
And frequently M&A doesn't look like that. Instead it
brings new leadership along with new ownership. Restructures,
strategic shifts, synergies. All of which can be destabilising and
upsetting for the people that work in target businesses.
And...