Table of Content
Foreword Preface Part 1 Introduction and Key Themes 1 Chapter 1 Introduction and Executive Summary 3 Chapter 2 Ethics in M&A 13 Chapter 3 Does M&A Pay? 30 Part 2 Strategy and the Origination of Transaction Proposals 67 Chapter 4 M&A Activity 69 Chapter 5 Cross-Border M&A 98 Chapter 6 Strategy and the Uses of M&A to Grow or Restructure the Firm 123 Chapter 7 Acquisition Search and Deal Origination: Some Guiding Principles 183 Part 3 Diligence, Valuation, and Accounting 205 Chapter 8 Due Diligence 207 Chapter 9 Valuing Firms 247 Chapter 10 Valuing Options 296 Chapter 11 Valuing Synergies 325 Chapter 12 Valuing the Firm across Borders 348 Chapter 13 Valuing the Highly Levered Firm, Assessing the Highly Levered Transaction 393 Chapter 14 Real Options and Their Impact on M&A 424 Chapter 15 Valuing Liquidity and Control 455 Chapter 16 Financial Accounting for Mergers and Acquisitions 478 Chapter 17 Momentum Acquisition Strategies: An Illustration of Why Value Creation Is the Best Financial Criterion 511 Part 4 Design of Detailed Transaction Terms 529 Chapter 18 An Introduction to Deal Design in M&A 531 Chapter 19 Choosing the Form of Acquisitive Reorganization 547 Chapter 20 Choosing the Form of Payment and Financing 564 Chapter 21 Framework for Structuring the Terms of Exchange: Finding the "Win-Win" Deal 589 Chapter 22 Structuring and Valuing Contingent Payments in M&A 609 Chapter 23 Risk Management in M&A 636 Chapter 24 Social Issues 668 Part 5 Rules of the Road: Governance, Laws, and Regulations 683 Chapter 25 How a Negotiated Deal Takes Place 685 Chapter 26 Governance in M&A: The Board of Directors and Shareholder Voting 703 Chapter 27 Rules of the Road: Securities Law, Issuance Process, Disclosure, and Insider Trading 725 Chapter 28 Rules of the Road: Antitrust Law 742 Chapter 29 Documenting the M&A Deal 766 Part 6 Competition, Hostility, and Behavioral Effects in M&A 771 Chapter 30 Negotiating the Deal 773 Chapter 31 Auctions in M&A 790 Chapter 32 Hostile Takeovers: Preparing a Bid in Light of Competition and Arbitrage 804 Chapter 33 Takeover Attack and Defense 824 Chapter 34 The Leveraged Restructuring as a Takeover Defense: The Case of American Standard 856 Part 7 Communication, Integration, and Best Practice 877 Chapter 35 Communicating the Deal: Gaining Mandates, Approvals, and Support 879 Chapter 36 Framework for Postmerger Integration 891 Chapter 37 Corporate Development as a Strategic Capability: The Approach of GE Power Systems 914 Chapter 38 M&A "Best Practices": Some Lessons and Next Steps 926 About the CD-ROM 939 References and Suggestions for Further Reading 945 Index 1001
