Merger and acquistions（MBA系列：兼并与收购--简装）（英文原版）

The last few years have witnessed the largest merger wave in history. From Travelers and Citibank to Chrysler and Daimler-Benz, M&A activity has hit record numbers. With the explosion in this activity, executives of all levels must master the elements essential to a successful merger, acquisition, buyout, takeover, or restructuring. Internationally-renowned M&A expert J. Fred Weston shares the key insight and knowledge in Mergers & Acquisitions, one of the lead-off books in the new McGraw-Hill Executive Education Library. Weston, author of countless books and articles, will show readers how today's mergers are strategic maneuvers designed to build a firm's competitive advantage. He shows readers how acquisition decisions must be weighed carefully to determine costs and benefits. Based on UCLA's executive education mergers and acquisitions program, Mergers & Acquisitions provides coverage of today's most important M&A topics, from the takeover process and strategic planning frameworks to financial restructuring and integration. Readers will find a concise guide loaded with the tools and insight they need to understand legal and regulatory environments, how to best structure deals fr

J. Fred Weston, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus Recalled of Managerial Economics and Finance at the John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA. Since 1968, he has been Director of the UCLA Research Program on Takeovers and Restructuring.

Samuel C. Weaver, Ph.D., is associate professor of finance at Lehigh University, where he formerly served as the Theodore A. Lauer Adjunct Professor of Finance. He is a veteran of over 100 acquisition valuations and numerous other restructuring activities.

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THE MCGRAW-HILL EXECUTIVE MBA SERIES

"Executive education is suddenly every CEO's favorite strategic weapon."

--BusinessWeek

Now repackaged in easily transportable paperback editions, these informative titles--written by frontline executive education professors and modeled after the programs of the nation's top business schools--will find new popularity with today's on-the-go, every-second-counts executive.

Chapter 1 Change Forces and Mergers
Chapter 2 Antitrust Policies
Chapter 3 Strategy
Chapter 4 Deal structuring
Chapter 5 Mergers and Takeovers-Theory and practice
Chapter 6 Alternative Paths to Growth
Chapter 7 Valuation
Chapter 8 Restructuring and Financial Engineering
Chapter 9 Cash Flows,Dividends,and Share Repurchases
Chapter 10 Takeover Defenses
Index