Mergers & Acquisitions
Bolt-on acquisitions: a corporate development playbook for Europe
How a mid-market corporate development team can turn occasional deals into a repeatable bolt-on programme, from criteria and pipeline to integration. The report sets out the considerations and practical implications discussed in the article.
- Format
- PDF · 14 pages
- Published
- Published Oct 2026
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What's inside
- 01Repeatable bolt-ons outperform, yet very few companies manage them
- 02Start with two or three acquisition themes, not a long list
- 03Write the acquisition criteria down before the first target call
- 04A warm pipeline matters more than a long list in a volatile market
- 05Large deals dominate headlines, so small-deal discipline becomes an edge