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Commercial Due Diligence (CDD) is about telling the difference between superior businesses and poor businesses, which is why this book is a mixture of business strategy, marketing analysis and market research. However CDD is not about the bland application of analytical techniques, it’s about understanding how businesses and markets work and what is really important … Read more

The contents of this book include: Introduction (L. Renneboog) – Part 1: Corporate restructuring; mergers and acquisitions in Europe (M. Martynova, L. Renneboog); the performance of acquisitive companies in the US (K. Cools, M. V. D. Laar); The announcement effects and long-run stock market performance of corporate spin-offs: The international evidence (C. veld, Y. Veld-Merkoulova); … Read more

Research suggests that an increasing number of people experience organisational changes such as mergers and acquisitions as highly emotional life events. Indeed, given that, as the authors prove, 70% of all mergers and acquisitions fail to reach their initial goals largely because of neglected people issues, it is a must for every manager and M&A … Read more

detailed look at the worst M&A deals ever and the lessons learned from them It’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 time the deal is announced. In Deals from Hell, Robert Bruner, … Read more

A powerful guide for seeking out the best acquisition and merger targets.As increasingly more companies look to mergers and acquisitions (M&As) as a source of new growth and revenue, there is an even greater chance that these M&As will go bad. This insightful guide focuses on one of the most often debated and key issues … Read more

This book offers an exclusive and remarkably candid look at management buyouts and buy-ins from a man who has had an intimate role in 11 such deals since 1991. Acting in a variety of positions – chairman, executive director, non-executive director, personal coach to a managing director – Andy Nash has seen it all, and … Read more

Topics include: venture capital and its role in financing and risk management; industry overview; buyouts through venture capital; the investment process; role of the business plan in securing financing; sources and structures of financing; leveraged buyout financing; venture capital portfolios. Table of Contents The Venture Capital Industry Buyouts The Investment Process The Business Plan Sources … Read more

News of a merger or acquisition is a big event in the life of a company, which stirs uncertainty, anxiety and fear. The changes, redundancies and so on, that often follow this news, are a further source of turmoil for the employees of both companies involved. There is no magic formula to avoid these effects … Read more

Cross border acquisitions of US companies have become increasingly important over the last few years, especially as the overall volume of deals in the US continues to evaporate. European buyers have represented a significant portion of this cross border activity. However, successful deal-making across borders today requires more than just an expertise in the laws, … Read more