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title: "Digitalization vs. Digitization: Busting myths about digital M&A functions."
description: Two letters can make all the difference. It’s a matter of ability to deal with data. It’s a matter of adding value to your businesses.
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# [Digitalization vs. Digitization: Busting myths about digital M&A functions.](https://www.smartmerger.com/blog/busting-myths-about-digital-ma-functions)

 Written by [Michael Klawon](https://www.smartmerger.com/blog/author/michael-klawon) | 27.November 2022

Two letters can make all the difference. It’s not a matter of wordplay. It’s a matter of ability to deal with data. It’s a matter of adding value to your businesses. 

Don’t fall into the trap of mixing up digitalization with digitization. There is a vast number of businesses that claim to have digitalized M&A processes. But it turns out, that the most digital thing that many have, is an Excel spreadsheet in pdf-format that is sitting in a data room. Sorry to say, that’s not digitalization. Let’s look at a definition of both terms as well as some examples to provide a straightforward explanation. Understanding the distinctions is important. Why? Well, digitalizing M&A processes, can deliver an efficiency increase and cost reduction of up to forty percent. 

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