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Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Restructuring Activities

An Integrated Approach to Process, Tools, Cases, and Solutions

  • 2nd Edition - December 5, 2002
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Donald DePamphilis
  • Language: English

Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Restructuring Activities, Second Edition, is written for readers who crave real world learning. This edition presents all updated cases as well as… Read more

Description

Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Restructuring Activities, Second Edition, is written for readers who crave real world learning.

This edition presents all updated cases as well as 18 new case studies.

This book is recommended for entrepreneurs, chief financial officers, investment bankers, portfolio managers, MBA students taking courses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring and strategy, and entrepreneurship; and graduate students in industrial economics.

Key features

  • Includes 18 new case studies; all 70 cases have been updated

Readership

Entrepreneurs, chief financial officers, investment bankers, portfolio managers, MBA students taking courses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring and strategy, and entrepreneurship; graduate students in industrial economics.

Table of contents

Preface

Part I. The Mergers and Acquisitions Environment

1. Introduction to Mergers and Acquisitions

2. Regulatory Considerations

3. Common Takeover Tactics and Defenses

Part II. The Mergers and Acquisitions Process: Phases 1-10

4. Planning: Developing Business and Acquisition Plans--Phases 1 and 2 of the Acquisition Process

5. Implementation: Search Through Closing--Phases 3 to 10

6. Integration: Mergers, Acquisitions, and Business Alliances

Part III. Merger and Acquisition Tools and Concepts

7. A Primer on Merger and Acquisition Valuation

8. Applying Financial Modeling Techniques to Value and Structure Mergers and Acquisitions

9. Analysis and Valuation of Privately Held Companies

10. Structuring the Deal: Payment, Legal, Tax, and Accounting Considerations

Part IV. Alternative Strategies and Structures

11. Leveraged Buyout Structures and Valuation

12. Shared Growth and Shared Control Strategies: Joint Ventures, Partnerships, Strategic Alliances, and Licensing

13. Alternative Exit and Restructuring Strategies: Divestitures, Spin-Offs, Carve-Outs, Split-Ups, Bankruptcy, and Liquidation

Part V. Putting It All Together

14. The Acquisition Process: The Gee Whiz Media Case

Appendix
Index

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 19, 2002
  • Language: English

About the author

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Donald DePamphilis

Donald M. DePamphilis has a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University and has managed more than 30 acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, minority investments, as well as licensing and supply agreements. He is Emeritus Clinical Professor of Finance at the College of Business Administration at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He has also taught mergers and acquisitions and corporate restructuring at the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Irvine, and Chapman University to undergraduates, MBA, and Executive MBA students. He has published a number of articles on economic forecasting, business planning, and marketing. As Vice President of Electronic Commerce at Experian, Dr. DePamphilis managed the development of an award winning Web Site. He was also Vice President of Business Development at TRW Information Systems and Services, Director of Planning at TRW, and Chief Economist at National Steel Corporation
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus of Computer Information Systems and Finance, Department of Computer Information Systems & Finance, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, USA