1.   Publicly, too, some obfuscation may actually be favoured and letterheading designed to indicate an incorporation of the acquired firm into the expanded practice.

2.   There may be a corresponding disadvantage in having to accommodate the partners of the acquired firm who are unwilling to retire from practice.

3.   Ariba took a similarly thorough approach to integrating acquired firms.

4.   By definition, shareholders of acquired firms are happy with their dowry, or they would not have parted with their shares.

5.   In many mergers and acquisitions, holders of the acquired firm expect to be compensated by getting a better-than-market price for their holdings.

6.   Integration will vaporize the processes and values of the acquired firm.

7.   It has relied instead on its autonomous divisions absorbing acquired firms in bite-sized chunks.

8.   The key is how client services are passed along and how much the assets of the acquired firms grow as a result of the alliance.

9.   They try to keep local executives in charge of the day-to-day running of newly acquired firms and continue to list their shares on local stock exchanges.