New research shows that programmatic M&A helps companies outperform peers more than ever, creating value and resilience, even during a pandemic.

In this episode the authors of our recent research on M&A discuss their latest findings that programmatic M&A—doing many small and midsize deals—helps build resilience in addition to outperformance over peers. Jeff Rudnicki and Tobias Lundberg lead our M&A strategy work globally, and Patrick McCurdy is global co-lead of our M&A capability building work. They were joined by Joanna Stone Herman, a partner at the M&A advisory firm Oaklins DeSilva+Phillips. 

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New research shows that programmatic M&amp;A helps companies outperform peers more than ever, creating value and resilience, even during a pandemic.
In this episode the authors of our recent research on M&amp;A discuss their latest findings that programmatic M&amp;A—doing many small and midsize deals—helps build resilience in addition to outperformance over peers. <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/jeff-rudnicki">Jeff Rudnicki </a>and <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/tobias-lundberg">Tobias Lundberg</a> lead our M&amp;A strategy work globally, and <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/careers/meet-our-people/careers-blog/mckinsey-qa-patrick">Patrick McCurdy</a> is global co-lead of our M&amp;A capability building work. They were joined by <a href="https://dp.oaklins.com/profile/joanna-stone-herman/">Joanna Stone Herman</a>, a partner at the M&amp;A advisory firm Oaklins DeSilva+Phillips. 
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New research shows that programmatic M&A helps companies outperform peers more than ever, creating value and resilience, even during a pandemic.

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