When the Deal is Done: A 24-Point Checklist for the Morning After

How to integrate two firms after a merger: carefully.

By August Aquila

The tough negotiations and hard-fought agreement were the hard parts, right? Think again. Now you must move your eye from the financial to the human side of the merger.

Your work has just begun and may last for 12 months or more. In order to make sure your merger has a better than average chance of succeeding, here are at least two dozen questions that need to be answered: