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Oct 2019
28m 40s

How to Prepare a Company for an Acquisit...

KISON PATEL
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Kison speaks with Jordan Lampos, a director specializing in healthcare M&A at Duff & Phelps, about how to best prepare a company for an acquisition and the role project management plays in improving this process. 

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