Table of Content

Part One

HISTORIC, CONCEPTUAL AND PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW OF MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

2 Historical overview of mergers and acquisitions activity

3 Alternative perspectives on mergers

4 Are acquisitions successful?

Part Two

CORPORATE STRATEGY AND ORGANIZING FOR ACQUISITIONS

5 Sources and limits of value creation in horizontal and related mergers

6 Sources and limits of value creation in vertical mergers

7 Sources and limits of value creation in conglomerate acquisitions

8 Cross-border acquisitions

9 Strategic alliances as an alternative to mergers and acquisitions

10 Corporate divestiture

11 Leveraged buyouts

12 Acquisition decision process: organizational, psychological and governance perspectives

13 Target selection for acquisition

Part Three

DEAL STRUCTURING AND NEGOTIATION

14 Target valuation

15 Accounting for mergers and acquisitions

16 Paying for the acquisition

17 Antitrust regulation

18 Regulating takeover bids

19 Advisers in takeovers

20 Bid strategies and tactics

21 Defences against takeovers

Part Four

POST-ACQUISITION INTEGRATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING

22 Organizational and human aspects of post-acquisition integration

23 Post-acquisition audit and organizational learning

24 Meeting the challenges of mergers and acquisitions

Creating Value from Mergers and Acquisitions, 2e, provides an international and multidisciplinary perspective of M&A, and considers M&A as a process and not a mere transaction. The author draws upon economics, finance, strategy, law, organizational theories to formulate a five-stage model and emphasizes the need to understand the interconnected nature of these stages. The book's central focus is on the challenges to using M&A as an instrument to create shareholder value, how M&A risks can be mitigated and how odds of success in acquisitions can be increased.

This book is suitable for those studying advanced undergraduate and MBA courses in industrial organizations, finance, business strategy, and corporate governance, as well as those preparing for professional exams. The rigorous integration of the conceptual, empirical, and practical aspects of M&A means that researchers and practitioners will also find this book extremely useful.