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Summary: Gerald Adolph, Senior Vice President of Booz & Company and leader of the firm's Mergers and Restructurings group, discusses the importance of integration planning that incorporates both the first 100 days and the merged organization's longer-term strategic goals. He explores three areas where this type of planning is most important and analyzes the impact of the current economic environment on planning.