What’s shaping up to be a banner year for M&A has finally begun to register at least some indication of a pullback. A survey of C-Suite executives at 150 companies nationwide finds that M&A is top of mind for only 18 percent of respondents in the current quarter. Harnessing data is nearly as important as dealmaking among respondents, and focusing on digital technologies, digital products, and/or marketing expansion to react to a more digital business environment is far more prevalent at 52 percent of responses.

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