In this podcast, Professor Scott Moeller (Director of the M&A Research Centre at the Business School (formerly Cass)) and Jordan Ellison (Competition Partner at Slaughter and May) discuss why companies engage in M&A, what makes a successful deal and what the latest research studies tell us about the impact of transactions on shareholder value and innovation. In a world where competition authorities are increasingly likely to block deals on the basis of limited competition harms, communicating the value of M&A is now more important than ever.