Walter E. Johnson (walter@wejohnson.org) is Senior Advisor at Compliance Strategists LLC specializing in compliance, ethics, risk and governance.
Innovation across industries continues to rapidly drive change. To synergize complementary strengths and weaknesses, to eliminate competition and ensure growth, to facilitate easier entries into new markets, and meet the expectations of shareholders and/or demands of consumers, corporations may decide to merge with a similar organization or acquire a different organization.[1]