Restructuring for Growth : Alternative Financial Strategies to Increase Shareholder Value

In today's turbulent market, managers are under relentless pressure to increase shareholder value. Restructuring for Growth takes an in-depth look at IPOs, carve-outs, spin-offs, and other increasingly common value-enhancement techniques.

With emphasis on the special requirements of growth companies, this uncompromising book provides case studies and analyses of actual restructuring events­­what worked, what didn't, and why­­and discusses techniques for delivering increased value after the transaction.

John C. Michaelson is president of Needham Asset Management, which manages more than $1.2 billion in private venture and hedge fund partnerships and public mutual funds. Prior to that, Michaelson ran corporate finance at Needham & Company, a leading mid-sized investment banking firm, where he was involved in hundreds of complex advisory assignments and public offerings. Michaelson cofounded the restructuring group at First Boston, where he worked on numerous large restructurings in the 1980s, and has been quoted and featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and other prominent publications. He is a graduate of both Oxford University and Harvard Business School.