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HBS Working Knowledge
April 12, 2004 |
Readers Respond: Should We Brace Ourselves for Another Era of M&A Value Destruction? Managing soft stuff of communication... Someone must loose... etc.   |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 5, 2004
Jim Heskett |
Should We Brace Ourselves for Another Era of M&A Value Destruction? Research tells us that the short-term value in an acquisition accrues primarily to shareholders of acquired companies. On the other hand, short-term value is more often destroyed than created for shareholders of acquiring organizations. |
BusinessWeek
January 10, 2005 |
Here Comes The Year Of The Deal Fallout from a new M&A boom could turn out to be a major unanticipated policy issue in 2005. Rapid consolidation could increase pricing power in many industries. It's the right time for the U.S. government's trustbusters to stay alert. |
CFO
September 1, 2005
Kate O'Sullivan |
Secrets of the M&A Masters The hard-won lessons of frequent acquirers can cut through the clutter of acquisition statistics and theory and serve as practical deal-making guidelines. |
The Motley Fool
February 20, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
On CEOs and Overconfidence Contrary to popular belief, mergers don't always reward shareholders. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2009
Jill Jusko |
IP Assets Deserve Their Due Diligence in M&A Transactions Companies believe that intellectual property assets will become more important to overall M&A activity in the next five years. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Will Mergers & Acquisitions Take Off in Europe? The art of the deal is alive and well in Europe -- yes, traditionally merger-averse Europe -- even if it has entered something of a slump... |
InternetNews
February 17, 2010 |
Tech Sector's M&A Climate Improving: Study Search, security and cloud computing are three of the most attractive markets for mergers and acquisitions in 2010 according to the latest study by PricewaterhouseCoopers. |
CFO
June 15, 2012
Andrew Sawers |
Do Mergers Add Value After All? The perception that mergers and acquisitions destroy shareholder value may be out of date. |
CFO
July 1, 2005
Roy Harris |
Soft in the Middle While blockbuster mergers and acquisitions abound, the next tier of deals shrinks a bit. That could be a good thing. |
BusinessWeek
February 21, 2005
David Henry |
Have Dealmakers Wised Up? Acquiring companies seem to be taking a closer look -- and paying less. |
The Motley Fool
November 2, 2005
Tom Taulli |
Return of the Big Mergers After a long drought, M&A is back. Is that a good thing for shareholders? While it's not as exciting, maybe giving back profits to shareholders -- in dividends and buybacks -- is a better option. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2005
John J. Bowen |
Purchasing Power If you want to expand your financial advisory business by acquiring another firm, look before you leap. |
InternetNews
January 6, 2011 |
Microsoft Loses Two Acquisition Execs Microsoft bids farewell to two leaders of its mergers and acquisitions division, including the executive who was enmeshed in the company's effort to purchase Yahoo in 2008. |
Fast Company
January 2002
George Anders |
7 Lessons From WaMu's Playbook Mergers and acquisitions are, once again, shaking up all kinds of industries. The big question: How do you do them right? Here's the playbook according to Washington Mutual, one of the best in the business... |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
M&A Activity: Back with a Whimper To some market watchers, a flurry of transactions signals a comeback for the merger and acquisition market, which has been in a slump for the past few years. But Wharton faculty and other experts say the M&A frenzy of the 1990s is unlikely to be repeated this time. |
The Motley Fool
January 23, 2009
Robert Steyer |
BAX to the Future After minding its own business, Baxter International starts thinking about acquisitions again. |
Inc.
October 1, 2002
Kenneth Klee |
Mergers and Accusations Yes, most mergers are misguided. But savvy investors shouldn't overlook those few companies that get them right. |
Insurance & Technology
February 19, 2004
Katherine Burger |
Growing Pains Now that there are some faint but recognizable signs of economic recovery, it's appropriate for organizations to renew their focuses on growth. |
CIO
August 15, 2001 |
Off the Shelf Mistrust any business book that has three authors... Wilfred Drath, a senior fellow at the Center for Creative Leadership, explores three principles of leadership: personal dominance, interpersonal influence and relational dialogue... etc. |
The Motley Fool
August 26, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
When Acquisitions Go Awry Steer clear of companies engaging in obviously silly or reckless deals. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2009
Jonathan Katz |
Merger Meltdown: By the Numbers In 2008 only 8 manufacturing mergers with a value of $50 million or more were completed in Q 3. |
CFO
Roy Harris |
A Lesson Before Buying University executive-education programs tackle one of the business world's toughest jobs: teaching M&A... |
Salon.com
November 21, 2002
Farhad Manjoo |
The Homeland Security merger mess A Harvard analyst says government consolidation won't improve the fight against terrorism quickly, and maybe not at all. The reason: Most big corporate mergers fail. |
BusinessWeek
November 10, 2003
David Henry |
M&A Deals: Show Me Aware that many mergers haven't paid off in the past, investors don't have the enthusiasm they once did. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2001
Ashoka Mody & Shoko Negishi |
Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions in East Asia: Trends and Implications Mergers and acquisitions across national borders have increased in East Asia since the onset of the financial crisis. What has caused this new wave of mergers and acquisitions and what advantages might they offer to the region's financially distressed economies? |
