title: Giving mergers a head start.
abstract: Mergers with substantial business overlap face a barrier to speedy integration: Antitrust regulations limit the information companies can share before a deal closes. But as Dow Chemical and Union Carbide found, premerger planning by "clean teams" of former employees can help merging companies hit the ground running.
authors.affiliation: Dow's M&A Technology Center, Midland, Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: Randy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Croyle
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kager
mesh_terms: D016363:Antitrust Laws; D006273:Health Facility Merger / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D009935:Organizational Affiliation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States