1.How does the size of the premium paid forJos.A. Bank affect the pace and extent of postmerger integration? 2.How did private equity investments in both time affect the size of the premium paid for Jos.A. Bank? Were the Private equity firms simply interested in getting a deal since it boosted the value of their investment? Explain your answer. Answer: Generally Private Equity Firms invest in a company to make it more valuable, also Private Equity offers lower volatility there by affect size of the premium paid. Private Equity investors accept an additional element of risk therefore, sometimes Private equity firms simply interested in getting a deal to boost the value of their investment. 3.What key external and internal factors affected postmerger integration? 4.How does hostile takeover impact the likelihood of a successful integration? 5.What is the key premise underlying Men's Wearhouse 's belief that the two rms can be successfully integrated? Was the premise correct? Be specific. E.What is the fatal 'flow in the integration effort? ?.George Zimmer. the founder of Men's Wearhouse. argued that the integration was too fast. Why would his argument to slow the integration make sense only if the premium paid had been smaller