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Mergers and acquisitions / [edited by] Duncan Angwin.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Images seriesPublisher: Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2007Description: xvi, 464 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1405122390
  • 9781405122399
  • 140512248X
  • 9781405122481
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.162 22
LOC classification:
  • HD2746.5 .M453 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
1. M&A as horizons / Duncan Angwin -- 2. M&A as success / Mark Whittington and Ken Bates -- 3. M&A as illusion / Chris Smith -- 4. M&A as warfare / Stephen Cummings and Sally Riad -- 5. M&A as power / Glenn Morgan -- 6. M&A as risk / Matthew Checkley -- 7. M&A as project / Philippe Very and Stephen Gates -- 8. M&A as boundaries / Derek O'Byrne -- 9. M&A as knowledge / Laura Empson -- 10. M&A as stereotypes / Eero Vaara and Janne Tienari -- 11. M&A as imperialism / Simon Collinson -- 12. M&A as linkages / David Schweiger, Erin Mitchell, Justin Scott and Caroline Brown -- 13. M&A as practice / Duncan Angwin -- 14. M&A as time / Duncan Angwin, Scott Dacko and Matthew Checkley -- Mergers and acquisitions : a primer -- App. 1. A+ what price should Tesco buy Greggs?
Summary: "This highly topical book provides a multi-disciplinary perspective, ranging from finance to psychology, on the subject of mergers and acquisitions.Each chapter introduces key frameworks that relate to a particular perspective and incorporates case studies where these frameworks can be used for interpretive and diagnostic purposes Invites readers to apply the frameworks as maps or tools for analyzing their own organizational experiences via a series of general discussion questions. Seeks to develop its perspective by offering analytical insights into actual experiences of mergers and acquisitions in different global contexts, successful and unsuccessful, presenting new empirically based evidence to support the arguments Drawn from around the world, each author is a leading exponent in his or her perspective on mergers and acquisitions"--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-454) and index.

1. M&A as horizons / Duncan Angwin -- 2. M&A as success / Mark Whittington and Ken Bates -- 3. M&A as illusion / Chris Smith -- 4. M&A as warfare / Stephen Cummings and Sally Riad -- 5. M&A as power / Glenn Morgan -- 6. M&A as risk / Matthew Checkley -- 7. M&A as project / Philippe Very and Stephen Gates -- 8. M&A as boundaries / Derek O'Byrne -- 9. M&A as knowledge / Laura Empson -- 10. M&A as stereotypes / Eero Vaara and Janne Tienari -- 11. M&A as imperialism / Simon Collinson -- 12. M&A as linkages / David Schweiger, Erin Mitchell, Justin Scott and Caroline Brown -- 13. M&A as practice / Duncan Angwin -- 14. M&A as time / Duncan Angwin, Scott Dacko and Matthew Checkley -- Mergers and acquisitions : a primer -- App. 1. A+ what price should Tesco buy Greggs?

"This highly topical book provides a multi-disciplinary perspective, ranging from finance to psychology, on the subject of mergers and acquisitions.Each chapter introduces key frameworks that relate to a particular perspective and incorporates case studies where these frameworks can be used for interpretive and diagnostic purposes Invites readers to apply the frameworks as maps or tools for analyzing their own organizational experiences via a series of general discussion questions. Seeks to develop its perspective by offering analytical insights into actual experiences of mergers and acquisitions in different global contexts, successful and unsuccessful, presenting new empirically based evidence to support the arguments Drawn from around the world, each author is a leading exponent in his or her perspective on mergers and acquisitions"--Publisher description.

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