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Takeovers, Restructuring and Corporate Governance, 4/e


Takeovers, Restructuring and Corporate Governance, 4/e
Author(s)  J. Fred Weston, Prashant Salwan, J. Harold Mulherin and Mark L. Mitchell
ISBN  9788131730638
Imprint  Pearson Education
Copyright  2011
Pages  736
Binding  Paperback
List Price  Rs. 935.00
  
 
 

This book, meant fundamentally for undergraduate- and graduate-level courses on mergers and acquisitions as well business and corporate finance, economics and strategy methodically combines conceptual and enhanced empirical data. It offers students a practical insight into understanding mergers and acquisitions as well as corporate restructuring in the arrangement of strategic planning experienced by managers in all business organizations.
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J. Fred Weston is from The Anderson School, University of California, Los Angeles

Mark L. Mitchell is from Harvard Business School and CNH Partners

J. Harold Mulherin is from Claremont McKenna College

Prashant Salwan is from Indian Institute of Management, Indore
 

PART I. TAKEOVERS AND MERGERS IN PRACTICE
  1. The Takeover Process.
  2. The Legal and Regulatory Framework.
  3. Accounting for M&As.
  4. Deal Structuring

PART II. M&AS—THEORIES AND EMPIRICAL TESTS
  1. Strategic Processes.
  2. Theories of Mergers and Tender Offers.
  3. The Timing of Merger Activity.
  4. Empirical Tests of M&A Performance.

PART III. VALUATION—THE STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE.
  1. Alternative Approaches to Valuation.
  2. Increasing the Value of the Organization.

PART IV. RESTRUCTURING.
  1. Corporate Restructuring and Divestitures
  2. Empirical Tests of Corporate Restructuring and Divestitures.
  3. Financial Restructuring.

PART V. M&A STRATEGIES
  1. Alliances and Joint Ventures.
  2. Employee Stock Ownership and MLPs
  3. Going Private and Leveraged Buyouts.
  4. International Takeovers and Restructuring.

PART VI. STRATEGIES FOR CREATING VALUE.
  1. Share Repurchases.
  2. Takeover Defenses.
  3. Corporate Governance and Performance.
  4. Merger Arbitrage.
  5. Implementation and Management Guides for M&As.
 

  • Chapters on strategic processes, theory of mergers and tender offers, the timing of merger activity, empirical tests of corporate restructuring and divestitures are fully updated.
  • Explains the merger and acquisition process within a broad framework of company’s strategic plans.
  • Features Indian cases like Aditya Birla Nuvo, the inorganic growth of Videocon, the mergers and acquisitions of Indian companies and Crompton Greaves’s growth strategy
 
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