One of the things I’ve always loved is a good puzzle, and what better time to start a thought exercise than the end of the week?

With that, I present you the ninth challenge:

One of the newer traditions for me over the American Thanksgiving holiday is to escape family by spending it in Tokyo (just don’t tell my parents). This has me thinking about companies becoming more global through M&A. Some of it is being encouraged by the government just like Japan.

Suppose you have a company that does almost all of its business in its home country, and you are about to close on a deal with another company that has a customer base extends beyond your own borders. What kind of considerations should you keep in mind?

We’ll make this easy and assume the customer data and applications are located in the same country.

Hit REPLY and share your take. We can compare notes next week.

Have a wonderful weekend!

cab