Takeovers, mergers and buy-outs

Are you relying on the sale of your business to provide all or part of your retirement?

Buying your own business is the shortest route to realizing that dream-and often financially safer than starting from scratch.

This book reviews both successful and unsuccessful mergers and acquisitions, exploring the reasons why so many fail to live up to expectations.

If you are buying a company how can you be sure you are buying the business you think you are?

If you are buying a company how can you be sure you are buying the business you think you are?

Management Buyouts (MBOs) first came to prominence in the US during the early 1980s, and have subsequently become a global phenomenon and a highly significant transaction within the corporate restructuring landscapeAlthough much recent attention has focused on private equity (PE) backed buyouts, these are only a subset of the total MBO market.

Management Buyouts (MBOs) first came to prominence in the US during the early 1980s, and have subsequently become a global phenomenon and a highly significant transaction within the corporate restructuring landscapeAlthough much recent attention has focused on private equity (PE) backed buyouts, these are only a subset of the total MBO market.

Consolidation activities such as mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have been one of the major strategies adopted by Indian firms to withstand global competition.

Consolidation activities such as mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have been one of the major strategies adopted by Indian firms to withstand global competition.

How can you be sure you are buying the company you think you are?

How can you be sure you are buying the company you think you are?

The articles in this volume address the fact and use of economic power in the American economy.

The articles in this volume address the fact and use of economic power in the American economy.

This book, originally published in 1985, examines the practical effects of management buy-outs in terms of improvements in financial and managerial performance and sets them in their general theoretical context.

This book, originally published in 1985, examines the practical effects of management buy-outs in terms of improvements in financial and managerial performance and sets them in their general theoretical context.

This book, first published in 1936, analyses the then-recent phenomenon of industrial combination.

This book, first published in 1936, analyses the then-recent phenomenon of industrial combination.

This updated and expanded 1985 edition of the classic 1974 work covers deindustrialisation, industrial and competition policy, the public enterprise sector, regional and urban policy, and privatisation, as well as focussing on the firm and the industrial sector in all its facets.

This updated and expanded 1985 edition of the classic 1974 work covers deindustrialisation, industrial and competition policy, the public enterprise sector, regional and urban policy, and privatisation, as well as focussing on the firm and the industrial sector in all its facets.

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do offers a unique perspective for leaders-those executives whose companies, reputations, and futures will thrive or fail because of a deal or a series of deals.

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do offers a unique perspective for leaders-those executives whose companies, reputations, and futures will thrive or fail because of a deal or a series of deals.

The challenges faced by diversified corporations-firms that operate in more than one industry or market-have changed over the years.

The challenges faced by diversified corporations-firms that operate in more than one industry or market-have changed over the years.

The growth in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity around the world masks a high rate of failure.

This book provides a holistic account of developments and patterns of mergers and acquisitions that have taken place in the Indian corporate sector, especially in the post-liberalisation era.

This book provides a holistic account of developments and patterns of mergers and acquisitions that have taken place in the Indian corporate sector, especially in the post-liberalisation era.

Recent years have seen a growth in strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions and collaborative networks involving knowledge-intensive and hi-tech industries.

Recent years have seen a growth in strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions and collaborative networks involving knowledge-intensive and hi-tech industries.

Airline Choices for the Future: From Alliances to Mergers offers an up-to-date assessment of the industry as it stands today, delivering a comprehensive insight into how the world of airline alliances is changing, and how the merger phenomenon is likely to fit into the new scenario.

Airline Choices for the Future: From Alliances to Mergers offers an up-to-date assessment of the industry as it stands today, delivering a comprehensive insight into how the world of airline alliances is changing, and how the merger phenomenon is likely to fit into the new scenario.

Business Development in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries accounts for over $5 billion in licensing deal value per year and much more than that in the value of mergers and acquisitions.

Business Development in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries accounts for over $5 billion in licensing deal value per year and much more than that in the value of mergers and acquisitions.

Commercial Due Diligence (CDD) is about telling the difference between superior businesses and poor businesses, which is why this book is a mixture of business strategy, marketing analysis and market research.

Commercial Due Diligence (CDD) is about telling the difference between superior businesses and poor businesses, which is why this book is a mixture of business strategy, marketing analysis and market research.

For private business owners, managing a successful exit from their business is one of the most important events in their business lives.

For private business owners, managing a successful exit from their business is one of the most important events in their business lives.

News of a merger or acquisition is a big event in the life of a company, which stirs uncertainty, anxiety and fear.

News of a merger or acquisition is a big event in the life of a company, which stirs uncertainty, anxiety and fear.

An exit strategy, if implemented early, is the surprising secret to ultimate startup success.

This book focusses on a parallel approach that ensures successful acquisitions are strategic and cultural fits, which meet all synergy goals while at the same time optimizing and growing the current business.

For undergraduate/graduate-level courses on Mergers and Acquisitions, or as a supplement for Business or Corporate Finance, Economics, or Strategy.

An exit strategy, if implemented early, is the surprising secret to ultimate startup success.

How much cash should a corporation have and should we worry when they have too much?

How much cash should a corporation have and should we worry when they have too much?

An insightful overview of the political, legal and social perspectives which inform corporate governance in China, this book examines the challenges of corporate governance faced by Chinese corporations and international corporations operating in China.

An insightful overview of the political, legal and social perspectives which inform corporate governance in China, this book examines the challenges of corporate governance faced by Chinese corporations and international corporations operating in China.

The recent global economic crisis has drawn a spotlight on the world of finance.

The recent global economic crisis has drawn a spotlight on the world of finance.

Thoroughly discussing the problems of uniting two independent companies (problems which are commonly underestimated), this book covers a wide range of subjects such as: laws and regulations governing mergers; consideration of financial and material resources; tax views; research and development prospects, as well as the matching and augmenting of skills and equipment of both companies and the adjustments to be made to stock-holders and servicers.

Thoroughly discussing the problems of uniting two independent companies (problems which are commonly underestimated), this book covers a wide range of subjects such as: laws and regulations governing mergers; consideration of financial and material resources; tax views; research and development prospects, as well as the matching and augmenting of skills and equipment of both companies and the adjustments to be made to stock-holders and servicers.