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• Title Page
• Copyright
• About the Author
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Part One: Introduction and Key Themes
• Chapter 1: Introduction and Executive Summary
• Chapter 2: Ethics in M&A
• Chapter 3: Does M&A Pay?
• Part Two: Strategy and the Origination of Transaction Proposals
• Chapter 4: M&A Activity
• Chapter 5: Cross-Border M&A
• Chapter 6: Strategy and the Uses of M&A to Grow or Restructure the Firm
• Chapter 7: Acquisition Search and Deal Origination: Some Guiding Principles
• Part Three: Diligence, Valuation, and Accounting
• Chapter 8: Due Diligence
• Chapter 9: Valuing Firms
• Chapter 10: Valuing Options
• Chapter 11: Valuing Synergies
• Chapter 12: Valuing the Firm across Borders
• Chapter 13: Valuing the Highly Levered Firm, Assessing the Highly Levered Transaction
• Chapter 14: Real Options and Their Impact on M&A
• Chapter 15: Valuing Liquidity and Control
• Chapter 16: Financial Accounting for Mergers and Acquisitions
• Chapter 17: Momentum Acquisition Strategies: An Illustration of Why Value Creation Is the Best Finan
• Part Four: Design of Detailed Transaction Terms
• Chapter 18: An Introduction to Deal Design in M&A
• Chapter 19: Choosing the Form of Acquisitive Reorganization
• Chapter 20: Choosing the Form of Payment and Financing
• Chapter 21: Framework for Structuring the Terms of Exchange: Finding the “Win-Win” Deal
• Chapter 22: Structuring and Valuing Contingent Payments in M&A
• Chapter 23: Risk Management in M&A
• Chapter 24: Social Issues
• Part Five: Rules of the Road: Governance, Laws, and Regulations
• Chapter 25: How a Negotiated Deal Takes Place
• Chapter 26: Governance in M&A: The Board of Directors and Shareholder Voting
• Chapter 27: Rules of the Road: Securities Law, Issuance Process, Disclosure, and Insider Trading
• Chapter 28: Rules of the Road: Antitrust Law
• Chapter 29: Documenting the M&A Deal
• Part 6: Competition, Hostility, and Behavioral Effects in M&A
• Chapter 30: Negotiating the Deal
• Chapter 31: Auctions in M&A
• Chapter 32: Hostile Takeovers: Preparing a Bid in Light of Competition and Arbitrage
• Chapter 33: Takeover Attack and Defense
• Chapter 34: The Leveraged Restructuring as a Takeover Defense: The Case of American Standard
• Part Seven: Communication, Integration, and Best Practice
• Chapter 35: Communicating the Deal: Gaining Mandates, Approvals, and Support
• Chapter 36: Framework for Postmerger Integration
• Chapter 37: Corporate Development as a Strategic Capability: The Approach of GE Power Systems
• Chapter 38: M&A “Best Practices”: Some Lessons and Next Steps
• About the CD-ROM
• References and Suggestions for Further Reading
• Index
• Customer Note
• EULA