Part of a business acquisition is to conduct a due diligence, or in popular parlance, the book examination. What exactly a due diligence entails, what is involved and how you can use the results, we discuss in this paper. We do so using the following 7 questions.

1. What is due diligence?
2. When do you conduct due diligence?
3. How does it differ from the IM?
4. What should you consider?
5. What aspects are examined in a due diligence?
6. What are the steps involved in a due diligence?
7. What are common discussion points arising from due diligence?

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