1、Reinventing M&A with Generative AIThe opportunity is nowAuthorsJ.NeelyNayanjyoti A.PaulAustin CorbettKevin MillanMarkus RimnerSenior Managing Director Accenture Strategy Mergers&Acquisitions Global LeadAssociate Director Data&AI Managing Director Accenture Strategy Mergers&AcquisitionsSenior Princip

2、al Accenture ResearchManaging Director Accenture Strategy Mergers&AcquisitionsContributorsArun AnantharamanAlejandro AnayaNicole DAgostinoBridget ConnellyDwight FontillaSebastien GaltierDavid Kimble 2Reinventing M&A with generative AIDigital technology has been a crucial consideration for dealmakers

3、 for decades.On the one hand,acquiring digital capabilities is a frequent deal goal.We found that nearly 60%of mergers and acquisitions(M&A)executives expected their deals to accelerate their journeys to becoming digital businesses,with operating models anchored in a strong digital core.3Reinventing

4、 M&A with generative AIOn the other hand,technology is also a tool to streamline and accelerate the processes associated with M&A.Advances in virtual data rooms,cloud-based tools for managing complex integration programs,and Big Data and analytics,for example,have transformed due diligence,collabora

5、tion,risk evaluation and decision-making processes.These improvements have translated into smoother and faster integrations and separations of business entities and better deal outcomes overall.In fact,recent Accenture research found that in 80%of transactions that beat their sector averages,dealmak

6、ers placed significant emphasis on technology.For many dealmakers,technology is both the“means”and“ends”of their M&A strategies.Despite embracing technology to generate and accelerate M&A value,the stark reality is that a majority of M&A executives say that more than half of their transactions faile