Maximizing Corporate Value through Mergers and Acquisitions: A Strategic Growth Guide

Discover a solid, strategic foundation for analyzing and evaluating mergers and acquisitions

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) offer high returns, but at the cost of high risks that are often hidden until after the deal has closed. Understanding the wide range of growth options available—as well as which have worked best in the past, and which have failed—can help all those involved in M&A create outcomes with long-term, sustainable gains. Maximizing Corporate Value through Mergers and Acquisitions offers a comprehensive resource for analyzing the costs and benefits of any given deal.

This guide delves into the large (though often underutilized) body of research on successful and unsuccessful M&As to examine factors for both success and failure. Drilling down beyond superficial considerations, the coverage reveals the contradictions and buried time bombs in various deals that can easily slip by decision-makers, resulting in billion-dollar mistakes. Author Patrick Gaughan—a respected consultant to leading corporations—presents frank discussion of specific M&A flops with a critical look at the poor managerial planning and strategies that led to these failures, plus expert know-how to help your business dodge such bullets in the future, with discussion on:

• Merger growth strategy
• Valuation
• Corporate governance
• Vertical and horizontal growth
• Emerging markets
• Joint ventures and strategic alliances
• Downsizing and divestment
• Strategic alternatives to M&A
• And more

Filled with detailed case studies, Maximizing Corporate Value through Mergers and Acquisitions provides a complete treatment of the risks, consequences, and benefits of various M&A deals.