This book provides a practical primer on mergers and acquisitions for corporate executives and anyone involved in the deal. Comprehensive approach covers each step of the acquisitions process from finding an opportunity, to analyzing it, and closing the transaction.
Book Details:
- Author: Jeffrey C. Hooke
- ISBN: 9780470302798
- Year Published: 1996
- Pages: 352
- BISAC: BUS015000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Mergers & Acquisitions
About the Book and Topic:
This book provides a practical primer on mergers and acquisitions for corporate executives and anyone involved in the deal. Comprehensive approach covers each step of the acquisitions process from finding an opportunity, to analyzing it, and closing the transaction.
The only book that authoritatively takes you through the complete mergers and acquisitions process, from the initial discussion of acquisition to the deal closing.
A practitioner’s guide to M&A, this book takes us through the entire process. It presents unique strategies to focus the search and transaction process in order to match the acquiring management’s objectives and financial capabilities, and takes into account it’s shareholder’s risk-taking profile. Contents include: Reasons to Acquire a Business, Key Risks, The Importance of a Business Plan, Finding a Deal, How Big a Deal?, Common Buyer Concerns, Financial Projections, LBO’s, When to Sell a Company or Division, Going Through the Sale Process, and more. Several books cover the valuation and legal aspects of M&A but information on how to look for an acquisition, pricing a business, and negotiating the deal are scarce.
About the Author
JEFFREY C. HOOKE is an investment executive covering Latin America for the World Bank. A former investment banker, he is an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland School of Business and a lecturer at George Washington University.