Deals from hell M & A lessons that rise above the ashes
A detailed look at the worst M&A deals ever and the lessons learned from themIt's common knowledge that about half of all merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions destroy value for the buyer's shareholders, and about three-quarters fall short of the expectations prevailing at the...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, NJ :
Wiley
c2005.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009849077406719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Deals from Hell: M&A Lessons that Rise Above the Ashes; Contents; Foreword by Arthur Levitt, Jr.; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK; OVERVIEW OF THE FINDINGS; CONCLUSION: ANTICIPATING M&A FAILURE CAN ENHANCE SUCCESS; NOTES; Part I: The Foundations of M&A Failure; Chapter 2: Where M&A Pays and Where It Strays: A Survey of Research; Chapter 3: Profiling the Outlying M&A Deals; Chapter 4: Real Disasters and M&A Failure; Part II: Case Studies of M&A Failure; Chapter 5: February 1968: Merger of the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads
- Chapter 6: December 1986: The Leveraged Buyout of Revco Drug StoresChapter 7: September 1989: The Acquisition of Columbia Pictures by Sony Corporation; Chapter 8: September 1991: The Acquisition of NCR Corporation by AT&T Corporation; Chapter 9: December 1993: Renault's Proposed Merger with Volvo; Chapter 10: December 1994: The Acquisition of Snapple by Quaker Oats; Chapter 11: May 1999: Mattel's Acquisition of The Learning Company; Chapter 12: January 2001: Merger of AOL and Time Warner; Chapter 13: December 2001: Dynegy's Proposed Merger with Enron
- Chapter 14: January 2002: Acquisition Program of Tyco InternationalPart III: Avoiding the Deal from Hell; Chapter 15: Conclusions and Implications; Chapter 16: Memo to the CEO: A Coda on Growth; References; About the Author; Index
