The Technology M&A Guidebook

The comprehensive, practical guide to buying, selling, and merging technology companies

The Technology M&A Guidebook provides executives and entrepreneurs interested in acquiring or selling a technology company with everything they need to know about the entire M&A process, from identifying target companies or buyers to financial analysis, due diligence, tax issues, valuation, and legal considerations.

This book explores specific issues that are unique to technology M&A: assessing the impact of technology sector high-change rates; market-driven product development; company culture issues; engineers as managers and managers as engineers; consumer and technical product differences; technology marketing issues; intellectual property considerations; Internet interaction; and more. It also provides detailed analyses of factors involved in acquiring companies from different sectors, including:
* Semiconductor equipment and chip manufacturers
* PC/workstation and related hardware companies
* Software businesses
* Data networking and telecommunications firms
* Internet-related companies


Don't enter the M&A process unprepared. Let The Technology M&A Guidebook help you beat the odds and make your sale or acquisition a complete success.

Author: Ed Paulson
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 11/06/2000
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.74lbs
Size: 9.49h x 6.41w x 1.36d
ISBN: 9780471360100

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 12/01/2001 pg. 13

About the Author
ED PAULSON is the President and founder of Technology and Communications, Inc., a Chicago-area business and technology consulting company. He has over twenty years of high-technology professional experience in such high-tech havens as Silicon Valley; Austin, Texas; and Chicago. Paulson has worked with or for such notable companies as Seagate Technology, Wang Laboratories, and IBM. He can be reached via his Web site www.edpaulson.com or by e-mail at author@edpaulson.com.

COURT HUBER, PhD, is a Director of the Executive MBA Program and Senior Lecturer, Department of Accounting, at the University of Texas at Austin. Huber received his BSBA from Ohio State University and his PhD from Stanford University. He teaches graduate courses in financial accounting and managerial decision making.

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