Mergers: What Can Go Wrong and How to Prevent It

AT&T, WorldCom, DaimlerChrysler, Quaker Oats, United Airlines, Sears, and Mattel all did megabillion-dollar flops

These highly touted, high-profile mergers failed miserably. Even to most experts and advisors they looked good on paper. However, until now, it was hard to know exactly what to look for!

Mergers: What Can Go Wrong and How to Prevent It changes that. Noted authority Patrick Gaughan researches past merger successes and failures and zeros in on determining factors. He goes beyond the financials and strategies to examine the motives, the process, the laws, valuations, the role of corporate governance, and current trends in mergers.

If you're a CEO, COO, accountant, auditor, corporate attorney, consultant, director, or shareholder, this book keeps you from being swept up by merger-mania and tells you what to look for, and what to look out for, in mergers.