Description: How Today's Leading Corporations Use Mergers & Acquisitions as a Competitive WeaponMergers and acquisitions are designed to build market leadership and create long-term value--in theory, anyway. "M&A from Planning to Integration provides complete guidelines for ensuring these optimistic theories become reality, and outlines a systematic plan for developing, implementing, and monitoring a successful M&A deal. Examples from companies including Cisco Systems, GE, Microsoft, and others reveal M&A strategies that have worked in the real world, illustrate the book's concepts in action, and help you apply those concepts and strategies to your own company.Covering each step, from identifying a promising target to managing the post-merger transition, this comprehensive book details: Six pre-deal techniques for boosting the odds of a successful merger Methods for performing due diligence to ensure appropriate legal and tax structures Strategies to confront and overcome legacy issues during the integration process Is your company ready to pursue a strategic acquisition? Do you currently find yourself the target of a potential acquirer? Let "M&A from Planning to Integration provide you with the tools you need to successfully guide your organization through both sides of the M&A equation.In 1970, Ted Turner merges his father's small-time billboard company with the publicly traded operator of an Atlanta television station. Turner uses this new access to the capital markets to build cable television pioneer Turner Broadcasting In 1996, Quaker Oats pays $1.7 billion for specialty beverage producer Snapple. A little more than two years later, debilitating losses and miscalculations forceQuaker to sell Snapple for $300 million--less than 20 percent of what they had paid How can acquiring companies experience the success of Ted Turner, while avoiding the disaster of Quaker Oats' Snapple acquisition?"M&A from

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