Surviving M&A: Make the Most of Your Company Being Acquired

by Scott Moeller

Overview

Practical tips and real-world advice for thriving professionally in the midst of a major M&A deal

As a follow-up to his highly popular book Intelligent M&A, author Scott Moeller expanded the chapter on surviving a merger into an in-depth discussion of the subject. Surviving M&A offers practical advice for professionals who worry about their jobs while their organizations are embroiled in the turmoil of a merger or acquisition. Moeller not only shows readers how to keep their jobs safe, but how to turn lemons into lemonade and actually move up the corporate ladder during the chaos of M&A. For anyone in this precarious position, this book offers smart ideas and winning tactics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470685563
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	10/15/2009
Sold by:	JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	264
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Scott Moeller is Director of the Mergers and Acquisitions Research Centre at the Cass Business School in London. He is widely recognised as an international expert on the M&A process.
He was previously a management consultant and investment banker, working for Booz Allen Hamilton (now Booz & Co.) and Morgan Stanley in New York, Tokyo and Frankfurt, then Deutsche Bank in London). He remains active as a non-executive director of several large European and American companies.
Scott is co-author of the book Intelligent M&A: Navigating the Mergers and Acquisitions Minefield (Wiley, 2007). He blogs about M&A at survivingmergers.com.

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Table of Contents

LIST OF FIGURES.

LIST OF SPOTLIGHTS (CASE STUDIES).

FOREWORD.

1 HOW TO USE THIS BOOK.

PART I: WHAT HAPPENS?

2 WHY SHOULD I BE INTERESTED IN M&A?

3 WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ME NOW?

4 HOW WILL I FEEL?

5 WHY SOME PEOPLE WIN AND OTHERS LOSE.

6 THE M&A PROFESSIONALS.

PART II: SURVIVING.

7 SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO?

8 DEFENSE IS THE BEST OFFENSE.

9 NETWORKS AND CONTACTS.

10 ATTITUDE COUNTS.

11 THE POLITICS OF SELF-PROMOTION.

12 BE A “DOER”.

POSTSCRIPT: CARPE DIEM.

KEY TERMS IN MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

OTHER USEFUL READING.

INDEX.