In 1999, MCI WorldComm and Sprint agreed to merge. Valued at $129 billion, this expected transaction was the largest in history. However, it fell victim to regulators in Europe concerned with the potential monopoly power of the merged firm. This M&amp;A action was merely the latest in a growing trend of "blockbuster" mergers over the past several years. Once a phenomenon seen primarily in the United States, mergers and acquisitions are increasingly being pursued across national boundaries. In short, acquisition strategies are among the most important corporate-level strategies in the new millennium. The need for clear, complete, and up-to-date guide to successful mergers and acquisitions had never been greater. This book more than fills that need. Looking at successful--and unsuccessful--mergers and acquisitions in a number of different industries, Mergers and Acquisitions: A Guide to Creating Value explains how to conduct an acquisition and how to avoid pitfalls that have doomed many such ventures. The authors take the reader step-by-step through the process, starting with the elements of a successful merger, due diligence to ensure that the target firm is sound and fits well with the acquiring firm, and how mergers and acquisitions are financed. They move on to explore how firms find partners/targets for acquisitions that have complementary resources and how to find partners with which integration and synergy can be achieved. Finally, they discuss the potential hazards found in M&amp;A's and how to avoid them, how to conduct successful cross-border acquisitions, and how to ensure that ethical principles aren't breached during the process. Based on 15 years of research, this essential guide goes beyond specific case studies to cover all aspects of these ventures, making it required reading for all managers seeking to build a successful strategy.

Mergers and Acquisitions: A Guide to Creating Value for Stake Holders

Business & Money

Hitt, Michael A.

Ireland, R. Duane

Harrison, Jeffrey S.

Biography & History

Oxford University Press

"Managing for Stakeholders: Survival, Reputation, and Success," the culmination of twenty years of research, interviews, and observations in the workplace, makes a major new contribution to management thinking and practice. Current ways of thinking about business and stakeholder management usually ask the Value Allocation Question: How should we distribute the burdens and benefits of corporate activities among stakeholders? "Managing for Stakeholders," however, helps leaders develop a mindset that instead asks the Value Creation Question: How can we create as much value as possible for all of our stakeholders? Business is about how customers, suppliers, employees, financiers (stockholders, bondholders, banks, etc.), communities, the media, and managers interact and create value. World-renowned management scholar R. Edward Freeman and his coauthors outline ten concrete principles and seven practical techniques for managing stakeholder relationships in order to ensure a firm's survival, reputation, and success. "Managing for Stakeholders" is a revolutionary book that will change not only how managers do business but also how they recognize and evaluate business opportunities that would otherwise be invisible.

Managing for Stakeholders: Survival, Reputation, and Success (The Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics Series in Ethics and Leadership)

Wicks, Andrew C.

FREEMAN, R. EDWARD

Management & Leadership

Yale Univ Pr

This casebook contains 40 case studies that illustrate a wide variety of external and internal environments. Cases are up-to-date and cover a large number of companies in service industries, reinforcing the increasing emphasis on service in the global economy. Also included are a number of companies facing global and ethical issues. Cases can be customized.

Strategic Management of Organizations and Stakeholders: Cases

St. John, Caron H.

Cengage Learning'

Comprising the first ten chapters of Theories and Cases, this text introduces students to strategy and strategic management concepts. It defines strategic management and examines internal and external stakeholders and environments. Concepts also informs students how to approach case analysis.

Strategic Management of Organizations and Stakeholders: Concepts

This combined text provides a unique stakeholder perspective to strategic management. Global issues and examples are woven into each chapter instead of one separate chapter. Also heavily integrates quality, small business and non-profit strategic issues. Cases (40) are up-to-date and cover a broad range of issues and environmental contexts. Adopters can select a combined text/casebook, separate paperback text concepts, cases, or customized cases.

Strategic Management of Organizations and Stakeholders: Theories and Cases

Foundations of Strategic Management provides a concise and balanced introduction to the important theories and views of the field. The authors present an up-to-date look at the most critical topics in strategy today and use examples from cutting-edge firms to help learners begin to understand and develop decision-making and analysis techniques that are relevant in all types of organizations. Its brevity allows instructors to tailor their course by incorporating additional readings and cases of their choosing.

Foundations in Strategic Management

FOUNDATIONS IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT, 4E, embraces recent business changes by now including strategizing in the global arena, the challenges of the increased globalization, and a more dedicated coverage of ethics along with the more traditional teachings. Although much more concise than its competitors, it remains a well-rounded and indispensable source covering the foundations of strategic management.

South-Western Pub.

Foundations of Strategic Management provides a concise and balanced introduction to the important theories and views of the field. The authors present an up-to-date look at the most critical topics in strategy today and use examples from cutting-edge firms to help learners begin to understand and develop decision-making and analysis techniques that are relevant in all types of organizations. Its brevity allows instructors to tailor their courses by incorporating additional readings and cases of their choosing.

Cengage Advantage Books: Foundations in Strategic Management (with InfoTrac)

Competing for Advantage

Discover what it takes to create a sustainable competitive advantage in management and business today with this straightforward, powerful strategic management resources. COMPETING FOR ADVANTAGE, 2E focuses specifically on the issues most important to today's current or future practitioner. The book details the processes and tools you need to better understand and effectively contribute to your organization's strategic management process. Applied examples illustrate the latest thinking, practices, and research in strategic management today with in-depth discussions that examine critical topics such as strategic leadership and corporate governance. Access to relevant cases, a focus on the emerging issues such as ethics, and an emphasis on technology throughout prepare you for success in the fast-paced, ever-changing global economy in which today's firms compete.

Hoskisson, Robert E.

South-Western College Pub.

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Mergers and Acquisitions: A Guide to Creating Value for Stake Holders

Managing for Stakeholders: Survival, Reputation, and Success (The Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics Series in Ethics and Leadership)

Strategic Management of Organizations and Stakeholders: Cases

Strategic Management of Organizations and Stakeholders: Concepts

Strategic Management of Organizations and Stakeholders: Theories and Cases

Foundations in Strategic Management

Foundations in Strategic Management

Cengage Advantage Books: Foundations in Strategic Management (with InfoTrac)

Competing for Advantage

Foundations in Strategic Management