Merge Ahead: Mastering the Five Enduring Trends of Artful M&A (Future of Business Series; Strategy + Business) - Softcover

Adolph, Gerald; Pettit, Justin; Sisk, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071508325 ISBN 13: 9780071508322

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2009

Synopsis

Prior to the economic downturn of 2008–2009, the number of mergers and acquisitions reached an historic high. Whatever happens next, one thing is clear: mergers, acquisitions, and growth will be more important than ever. Those who prepare their organizations for a multifaceted growth strategy―integrating acquisitions, organic growth, and alliances―will be the ones most likely to survive the difficult years and seize the opportunities in tomorrow’s restructured industries. If you’re a corporate leader―of a company large or small―there’s a merge ahead in your future.

With Merge Ahead, corporate leaders and M&A professionals across the deal-making spectrum will have at their fingertips an insightful, accessible guide to the forces driving today’s deal environment and the most effective strategic and tactical responses for managing them.

Merge Ahead provides key advice on managing the five major M&A trends that are shaping the corporate landscape:

• Creating the relevant scale and coherence a company needs for profitable growth
• Using deliberate speed to manage increasing velocity and stakeholder impatience
• Coping with increased competition as the new blue chip companies from emerging markets pursue deals globally
• Competing with a host of agile and deeppocketed financial buyers, including private equity and sovereign wealth funds
• Managing growing waves and bubbles of M&A activity that can drive valuations to unsustainable heights

Merge Ahead contains the most up-to-date information available on recent mergers and trends in the world of M&A. It conveys critical information inconcise and fast-paced language, providing busy executives a hands-on resource that won’t bog them down.

All signs point to M&A as one of the most useful vehicles of growth now and in the future. Let Merge Ahead be your guide through the sometimes rocky but ultimately fruitful and exciting new landscape of mergers and acquisitions.

About this title

From the Publisher

Gerald Adolph is a New York-based senior partner with Booz & Company. He leads the firm’s work for mergers and restructuring clients.
Justin Pettit is a partner with Booz & Company. Based in New York, he specializes in corporate finance and shareholder value.

From the Back Cover

MERGE AHEAD...or fall behind

“This timely book makes the case for the important role that M&Aplays in fostering profitable growth in these turbulent times.”
—ENRIQUE R. ARZAC, professor of finance and economics,Columbia Business School

“Merge Ahead provides a compelling and lucid case for ‘merganic growth’—integrated make, buy, and borrow capabilities—essential to companies thataspire to sustained, profitable growth in today’s ultra-challenging world.”
—M. CARL JOHNSON, III, senior vice president andchief strategy officer, Campbell’s Soup Company

“The road ahead has never been less well marked, making success allthe more rewarding for those who navigate well. Merge Ahead will keepyou pointed in the right direction.”
—LEE KAPLAN, SVP and chief administrative officer,Enterprise Rent-a-Car Company

“In a very accessible way, Justin and Gerald provide practical and thoughtfulways to advance the art and science of mergers and acquisitions.”
—CHARLES SIMMONS, vice president, corporate development,Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0071508325
• ISBN 13: 9780071508322
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240