A Practical Guide to Acquisitions: How to Increase Your Chances of Success / Edition 1

A Practical Guide to Acquisitions: How to Increase Your Chances of Success / Edition 1

by Denzil Rankine
ISBN-10:
0471975982
ISBN-13:
9780471975984
Pub. Date:
12/29/1997
Publisher:
Wiley
ISBN-10:
0471975982
ISBN-13:
9780471975984
Pub. Date:
12/29/1997
Publisher:
Wiley
A Practical Guide to Acquisitions: How to Increase Your Chances of Success / Edition 1

A Practical Guide to Acquisitions: How to Increase Your Chances of Success / Edition 1

by Denzil Rankine

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Overview

A concise handbook for managers who are looking at growing theirbusinesses through acquisitions. This book provides a step-by-stepstructure to help managers ensure success.

This book contains the results of Europe's largest survey on thereasons for success and failure of acquisitions, based on 350cases. The survey results provide practical guidelines to where thedangers lie and how to avoid them.

It also has case studies and checklists, making it the essentialtool for anyone involved in acquisitions.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780471975984
Publisher: Wiley
Publication date: 12/29/1997
Pages: 170
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.54(d)

About the Author

About the Author Denzil Rankine is Chief Executive of AMR, a strategic research consultancy specialising in acquisitions. He has 15 year's experience of advising companies on acquisitions and strategic development. He has worked on hundreds of acquisition programmes with British, French and American acquirers on agreed and hostile deals valued up to #400m. He has advised on acquisitions in 26 different countries as well as multi-million dollar cross-border mergers.

Table of Contents

Creating Value for Shareholders.

Does Acquisition Make Sense?

Finding the Opportunities.

Making the Approach.

Evaluating the Potential Benefit to the Acquirer.

Due Diligence.

Approaches to Valuation for Acquisition.

Negotiation and Deal Structuring.

Using the Law to Protect the Buyer.

Management and the Human Factor.

Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances.

Acquiring in Europe.

Timing.

Conclusion.

Index.
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