Smart Things to Know about Mergers & Acquisitions

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 inevitable 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 for your business, pushing through the critical drivers for personal and corporate development success.

1. Introduction & Acquisitions and Growth
2. The Acquisition Strategy
3. Search
4. Acquisitions — Strategic Due Diligence
5. Gaining the Overview — Success in Due Diligence
6. Financial Evaluation
7. Managing the Deal
8. Acquisition Integration
9. The Champney's Case
10. Conclusion

This book tells you what you need to think about and why, when it comes to M&A. You can tell it is based on executive seminars, but it makes it even more valuable.

Highly recommended as one of the best books on the subjuects.