Smart Things to Know About Mergers and Acquisitions: 7 (Smart Things to Know About (Stay Smart!) Series) - Softcover

Grundy, Tony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841120863 ISBN 13: 9781841120867

Publisher: Capstone, 2003

Synopsis

Smart Things to Know About Mergers and Acquisitions is a concise, step by step account of how to conduct all the most important phases of M&A: including the strategic analysis, search process, deal--making, due diligence, integration and post--acquisition review. Illustrated with many checklists, practical pointers and real acquisition case mterial, Tony Grundy shows you all the Smart Things to Know About Mergers and Acquisitions.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Getting Mergers & Acquisitions right is one of the great business conundrums of our time. The potential benefits always appear crystal clear at the outset, but inevitably the all-important asset - adding value - is often lost or horribly mutated along the way.

Smart Things to Know About Mergers & Acquisitions is the perfect antidote to potential shareholder value destruction. It provides a critical path to success by fully exploring all the options for business growth, whether you are involved in mergers, acquisition, strategic alliance, organic growth or divestment. In particular you will learn about:

· Strategy & objectives - gap analysis, acquisition options, determining criteria

· Search processes - including approaching your target

· Due diligence - uncertainty and risk, stakeholder acceptability and implementation evaluation

· Managing the deal - options and bargaining power; deal scenarios and funding the activity

· Integration issues - effective communication, success evaluation, post-acquisition learning & review

The combination of practical strategies,essential case material, and breakthrough thinking of Smart Things to Know About Mergers & Acquisitions will enable you to become the M&A champion within your business, pushing through the critical drivers for personal and corporate development success.

SMART QUOTES:

"The acquisition-led approach is seductive, and it is easy for the wannabe acquirer to think that all that is necessary for success are a few ideas and the phone numbers of good firms of consultants and investment bankers. In these circumstances, everyone will want to do a deal, be it good, bad or indifferent, and at any price that can be funded. Remember that the road to hell is paved with good advisers." Richard Koch

About the Author:

Tony Grundy is Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management at Cranfield School of Management, and Director of Cambridge Corporate Development. He has consulted with numerous companies including Barclays Bank, BP, Ford, Lex, Hewlett Packard, ICI, The Prudential, Nokia, Norwich Union and Tesco. He is also author of Smart Things to Know About Growth and several books in the ExpressExec series. He can be contacted via a.grundy@cranfield.ac.uk or via 01494 873 934.

About this edition

• Publisher: Capstone
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1841120863
• ISBN 13: 9781841120867
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256