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Summary: Gerald Adolph, Senior Vice President of Booz & Company and leader of the firm's global merger and restructuring practice, explains why mergers are more successful today than over the past decade, when one-half to two-thirds of them failed. Adolph attributes the change to a jump in the number of consolidation deals (rather than strategic deals), better pre-merger planning, and greater oversight from key stakeholders.