Understanding M&A Processes for Large- and Medium-Sized Companies
152 pages
6 hours of reading
Mergers and acquisitions serve as vital tools for strategic corporate management across various company sizes. The effectiveness of an M&A project hinges on thorough preparation, swift execution, and the expertise of all participants. Each transaction is unique, influenced by a multitude of internal and external factors, ensuring that no two deals are identical in their specifics.
With the book the authors want to make a contribution towards discovering and developing the subject of sustainable business management. To do so, they initially put sustainable business management in its scientific context and then illuminate the areas of direct relevance for management. This includes the positioning within strategic management, the demands of sustainability on personnel management, innovation management, international management as well as operative environmental management. With a focus on corporate leadership, sustainability is discussed in the context of financial management and controlling, including the already existing instruments for implementing sustainability used by practitioners as well as legal requirements. Next, the reader learns how the value chain and marketing activities can be structured in a sustainable fashion. Finally an outlook on the possible future development of sustainable management is provided.
Corporate Finance in der Praxis. The authors present all core aspects of Corporate Finance: M& A, Private Equity, Acquisition Financing, IPO, and Going Private. Furthermore, the techniques Due Diligence and Valuation are scrutinised. The book includes various case studies, which help to get a practical understanding and apply the techniques in the user´s day-to-day business. Investment bankers, lawyers, accountants, experts working in strategic departments, consultants, shareholders, management professionals, professors, and students seeking in-depth knowledge of Corporate Finance will profit from the book`s practice oriented approach. The information supplement includes - for students: samples of final written examinations - for professors: Excel solutions for the final written examinations as well as a course syllabus - for business professionals: a fully integrated Excel valuation model covering all spreadsheets analyzed in the valuation section of this book The authors Dr. Dr. Dietmar Ernst is Professor for International Finance at Nürtingen University (Germany) and Director of the German Institute of Corporate Finance. Dr. Dr. Joachim Häcker is Professor for Finance at Munich University, the University of Louisville (USA), as well as Director of the German Institute of Corporate Finance.
