Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Restructuring

Available in our e-library on M&A at IMAA!

Authors: S R Vishwanath, Chandrashekar Krishnamurti

Publisher: Sage Publications

Year: 2008

ISBN: 978-0761935865

Content

This book covers the entire spectrum of activities in a typical merger transaction—starting from searching for candidates to closing the deal. It is designed to be a rigorous yet relevant book on mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructuring for students, research scholars and practitioners of finance.

The key features of the book include:

– Rationale for diversification via acquisition, searching for acquisitions, valuation of publicly and privately held companies, design of consideration in acquisitions, cross-border acquisitions and empirical evidence on mergers.
– Various forms of corporate restructuring like spin-offs, carve outs, targeted stocks, reorganization of debt contracts, lay offs and downsizing are covered.
– There is also a summary of the research conducted in this subject over the last 20 years.

Table of Contents

Preface

Diversification via Acquisition

Searching for Acquisitions

Value Drivers and Target Valuation

Valuation of Privately-held Companies

Real Options Analysis in Mergers and Acquisitions

Design of Consideration in Acquisitions: Cash and Stock Offers

Accounting and Tax Factors in Mergers and Acquisitions

Cross-Border Acquisitions

The Empirical Evidence on Mergers

Takeover Defenses

Spin-offs, Equity Carve-outs and Targeted Stocks

Bankruptcy and Reorganization

Employee Share Ownership Plans

Index