Why Deals Fail and How to Rescue Them: M&A lessons for business success - Softcover

Faelten, Anna; Driessen, Michel; Moeller, Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1781254532 ISBN 13: 9781781254530

Publisher: Economist Books, 2016

Synopsis

Mergers and acquisitions are part of the fabric of business and economic life: they help drive growth in companies of all sizes. Most executives will at some point in their careers experience a takeover, as buyer, seller or intermediary. Yet, despite M&A's obvious attractions, deals often fall short of expectations and, in extreme cases, can go disastrously wrong, with devastating consequences.

From their unique perspective as practitioners and researchers, Faelten, Driessen and Moeller have seen it all when it comes to M&A, and they've used this experience to develop their Three Big Mistakes of Deal-Making. Using case studies from a wide range of companies, many household names (Diageo, BMW, Microsoft, Kraft, HP and even Manchester United), and for deals ranging from the highly to the less successful to the downright questionable, Why Deals Fail offers both a commentary on the inexorable tendency for companies to merge, for good or ill, and a guide to the benefits and pitfalls of M&A as a growth strategy.

The result is a fascinating insight into why some deals work and why others go awry for anyone interested in how the corporate world works, or contemplating or facing a merger or acquisition themselves.

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About the Authors

Anna Faelten is a corporate finance advisor at EY, advising firms when raising and investing capital, and a visiting lecturer at Cass Business School.

Michel Driessen is a Senior Partner within the Transaction Advisory Services practice at international accounting firm EY. He has previously held senior executive positions at Accenture, Visa and Rabobank. During his nine years at EY he has worked on and led over 100 multi-billion pound transactions with the world's largest corporates and private equity firms on some of the biggest and most complex cross-border engagements. His focus has been on synergy identification and valuation, post merger integration and divestments/carve-outs. He is a board member of the M&A Research Centre and a senior visiting Fellow at Cass Business School.

Scott Moeller is a professor at Cass Business School and director of the M&A Research Centre. He is a former investment banker with Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank.

Edition details

• Publisher: Economist Books
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1781254532
• ISBN 13: 9781781254530
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224