Jul 2026
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What Half a Million Deals Can Teach Us
Why do so many mergers and acquisitions still fail to create value—even when the evidence on how to improve has been hiding in plain sight?
Now you can learn from more than half a million M&A transactions without spending years analyzing them.
In the latest Mergers & Acquisitions Podcast, Associate Professor of Strategy Killian McCarthy of Radboud University in the Netherlands shares insights from one of the most comprehensive deal inventories ever assembled, revealing the patterns that separate successful deals from costly disappointments.
In just 30 minutes, you’ll gain practical lessons drawn from over 500,000 transactions.
The Mergers & Acquisitions podcasts offer insights and strategic assessments based on publicly available information at the time of recording. They are not intended as investment advice or as decision guidance to shareholders or any other participants in the specific deals discussed. The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the speakers.
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