{"product_id":"mergers-acquisitions-a-guide-to-creating-value-for-stakeholders-9780195112856","title":"Mergers \u0026 Acquisitions: A Guide to Creating Value for Stakeholders","description":"In 1999, MCI WorldComm and Sprint agreed to merge. Valued at $129 billion, this expected transaction was the largest in history. However, it fell victim to regulators in Europe concerned with the potential monopoly power of the merged firm. This M\u0026amp;A action was merely the latest in a growing\u003cbr\u003etrend of blockbuster mergers over the past several years. Once a phenomenon seen primarily in the United States, mergers and acquisitions are increasingly being pursued across national boundaries. In short, acquisition strategies are among the most important corporate-level strategies in the new\u003cbr\u003emillennium. The need for clear, complete, and up-to-date guide to successful mergers and acquisitions had never been greater.\u003cbr\u003e This book more than fills that need. Looking at successful--and unsuccessful--mergers and acquisitions in a number of different industries, \u003cem\u003eMergers and Acquisitions: A Guide to Creating Value\u003c\/em\u003e explains how to conduct an acquisition and how to avoid pitfalls that have doomed many such ventures.\u003cbr\u003eThe authors take the reader step-by-step through the process, starting with the elements of a successful merger, due diligence to ensure that the target firm is sound and fits well with the acquiring firm, and how mergers and acquisitions are financed. They move on to explore how firms find\u003cbr\u003epartners\/targets for acquisitions that have complementary resources and how to find partners with which integration and synergy can be achieved. Finally, they discuss the potential hazards found in M\u0026amp;A's and how to avoid them, how to conduct successful cross-border acquisitions, and how to ensure\u003cbr\u003ethat ethical principles aren't breached during the process.\u003cbr\u003e Based on 15 years of research, this essential guide goes beyond specific case studies to cover all aspects of these ventures, making it required reading for all managers seeking to build a successful strategy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael A. Hitt, Jeffrey S. Harrison, R. Duane Ireland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195112856\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael A. Hitt\u003c\/strong\u003e holds the Weatherup\/Overby Chair of Executive Leadership at Arizona State University. He is co-author, with Richard E. Hoskisson, of \u003cem\u003eDownscoping: How to Tame the Diversified Firm\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP 1994).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJeffrey S. Harrison\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Management in the College of Business Administration at the University of Central Florida.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eR. Duane Ireland\u003c\/strong\u003e holds the W. David Robbins Chair of Business Policy in the E. Claiborne Robins School of Business at the University of Richmond. Along with Mike Hitt and Richard Hoskisson, he is co-author of \u003cem\u003eStrategic Management: Competitiveness and Globalization\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39929243107443,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_8a8c1ee1-b089-4ea0-8c0f-6e001bb0f570.jpg?v=1647612645","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/mergers-acquisitions-a-guide-to-creating-value-for-stakeholders-9780195112856","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}