How are evaluation and control different for each stage of the strategic process (planning, implementation, evaluation, and control)?  How are they similar?  Respond substantively to at least two other students’ posts.

Find a recent merger or acquisition that has been announced in the media, it does not need to be related to your chosen audit exercise business.  What are the implications for the merger or acquisition and what are the plans for implementing a blending of the firms?  Also, evaluate and describe two possible technological innovations that may have led to the merger or acquisition.  Would you have obtained this new technology or innovation differently?  Why? Include the reference information of the article from which you learned about the recent merger or acquisition.  Respond substantively to at least two other students’ posts.