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HBS Working Knowledge
April 26, 2004
Jim Heskett |
Summing Up: M&A Value Destruction: Who's to Blame? Reader responses to an article on the "flawed process" of mergers and acquisitions.   |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2005
John J. Bowen |
Purchasing Power If you want to expand your financial advisory business by acquiring another firm, look before you leap. |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 12, 2004 |
Readers Respond: Should We Brace Ourselves for Another Era of M&A Value Destruction? Managing soft stuff of communication... Someone must loose... etc. |
The Motley Fool
November 2, 2005
Tom Taulli |
Return of the Big Mergers After a long drought, M&A is back. Is that a good thing for shareholders? While it's not as exciting, maybe giving back profits to shareholders -- in dividends and buybacks -- is a better option. |
Inc.
October 1, 2002
Kenneth Klee |
Mergers and Accusations Yes, most mergers are misguided. But savvy investors shouldn't overlook those few companies that get them right. |
The Motley Fool
June 20, 2005
Richard Gibbons |
Think Like a Dealmaker Acquisitions can be great for investors. Here's how to identify acquisition targets before deals are announced. |
CFO
February 1, 2005
Kris Frieswick |
Fool's Gold These deals might indeed make their synergy numbers. Then again, they might not. A recent McKinsey & Co. study finds that 70 percent of mergers fall short when it comes to achieving their targets for revenue synergies, while 40 percent lead to cost-synergy disappointments |
U.S. Banker
September 2004
Holly Sraeel |
M&A Pace Picks Up, But To Whose Advantage? Banks have more than Eliot Spitzer to contend with as mergers pick up and bigger banks are created. There are shareholders, consumer activists and communities to worry about. |
Registered Rep.
February 19, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
Where the Sellers At? RIAs are Holding Out for Better Deals Schwab executives predicted a decline mergers & acquisitions between RIAs in 2009, as potential sellers hold out for a stronger market and a better deal. |
CFO
September 1, 2005
Kate O'Sullivan |
Secrets of the M&A Masters The hard-won lessons of frequent acquirers can cut through the clutter of acquisition statistics and theory and serve as practical deal-making guidelines. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2001
Ashoka Mody & Shoko Negishi |
Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions in East Asia: Trends and Implications Mergers and acquisitions across national borders have increased in East Asia since the onset of the financial crisis. What has caused this new wave of mergers and acquisitions and what advantages might they offer to the region's financially distressed economies? |
The Motley Fool
December 7, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Don't Swallow the Poison Pill Corporate takeovers are often profitable for investors, so why stop them? |
CFO
July 1, 2005
Roy Harris |
Soft in the Middle While blockbuster mergers and acquisitions abound, the next tier of deals shrinks a bit. That could be a good thing. |
BusinessWeek
February 21, 2005
David Henry |
Have Dealmakers Wised Up? Acquiring companies seem to be taking a closer look -- and paying less. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2007
David Blanchard |
Changes Abound In The Tech Sector Mergers & acquisitions are rapidly reshaping the technology landscape. |
Insurance & Technology
October 28, 2003
Julie Gallagher |
Tech Not M&A Motivator Technology tends to be a consideration, not the driver, of insurance carrier mergers and acquisitions. |
Fast Company
April 2001
Christine Canabou |
In M&A Game, Mind Your Ps & Qs Basically, we flaked on due diligence, and we ended up with a bad fit... |
Fast Company
January 2002
George Anders |
7 Lessons From WaMu's Playbook Mergers and acquisitions are, once again, shaking up all kinds of industries. The big question: How do you do them right? Here's the playbook according to Washington Mutual, one of the best in the business... |
InternetNews
June 22, 2005
Paul Shread |
Ameritrade Nabs TD Ameritrade acquired TD Waterhouse and is rumored to have interest in E*Trade... Ford and Morgan Stanley reported disappointing earnings... The Nasdaq was up a point... Datawatch soared... etc. |
The Motley Fool
October 13, 2004
Rich Duprey |
How to Spot a Serial Acquirer Acquisitions can juice sales but can also lead to messy balance sheets. A simple test can sort them out. |
InternetNews
January 6, 2011 |
Microsoft Loses Two Acquisition Execs Microsoft bids farewell to two leaders of its mergers and acquisitions division, including the executive who was enmeshed in the company's effort to purchase Yahoo in 2008. |
CFO
June 15, 2012
Andrew Sawers |
Do Mergers Add Value After All? The perception that mergers and acquisitions destroy shareholder value may be out of date. |
The Motley Fool
August 24, 2005
Nathan Parmelee |
Blyth Burns the Candle at Both Ends This candle and knick-knack company's underlying business does not appear as bad as the quarter's results, but the decision to pour its free cash flow into acquisitions is not bearing fruit. Shareholders have the right to expect a stronger performance. |
CFO
July 15, 2011
Marielle Segarra |
A Feel for the Deal Companies with a long history of M&A may want to think twice before acquiring again; a new report finds that on average, serial acquirers create less value during deals than infrequent acquirers. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Bank of America and FleetBoston: Dud Deal? It was the third largest bank merger in history, promising to create a mega-bank that would span the country. But though bank executives promise economies of scale and cross-selling opportunities, investors have not been impressed. |
Salon.com
November 21, 2002
Farhad Manjoo |
The Homeland Security merger mess A Harvard analyst says government consolidation won't improve the fight against terrorism quickly, and maybe not at all. The reason: Most big corporate mergers fail. |
Chemistry World
May 29, 2014
Derek Lowe |
Messy megamergers There is a good deal to be said about drug company mergers in general. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
M&A Activity: Back with a Whimper To some market watchers, a flurry of transactions signals a comeback for the merger and acquisition market, which has been in a slump for the past few years. But Wharton faculty and other experts say the M&A frenzy of the 1990s is unlikely to be repeated this time. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
RBC Dain Rauscher: The Next Brokerage Buyer? The regional brokerage is aiming to increase its rep force to 2,500 brokers within five years, from 1,650 today. The firm's new CEO John Taft reported that acquisition is part of the strategy to meet the goal. |
The Motley Fool
June 2, 2005
Chris Cather |
The Buyback Cash Cow Companies are flush with cash on their balance sheets, and stock buybacks are increasing. |
CFO
August 1, 2006
Wu Chen |
View from China In the rush to gain a foothold in a market of 1.3 billion people, multinationals are pursuing mergers and acquisitions in China more religiously than ever. But the social tension that simmers beneath the rich/poor divide in China is now spilling over into foreign acquisitions. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Will Mergers & Acquisitions Take Off in Europe? The art of the deal is alive and well in Europe -- yes, traditionally merger-averse Europe -- even if it has entered something of a slump... |
AskMen.com
Sunder Ramachandran |
Surviving A Company Merger Reporting to a new boss and dealing with a different work culture are also part of the package. Here are some strategies to help you keep your job, your status and your sanity. |
Information Today
September 20, 2004
Marshall Breeding |
ISACSOFT Acquires Library Automation Vendor BiblioMondo This acquisition is the latest in a series, and the largest in value to date, increasing the size of ISACSOFT to a market value of about CDN $70 million (about $54.3 million U.S.). |
The Motley Fool
February 9, 2005
Bill Mann |
Watch Where the Earnings Go Earnings are great. What management does with the earnings is the difference between mediocre returns and great ones. |
CFO
September 1, 2009
Alix Stuart |
Undue Diligence New accounting rules for mergers take a bite out of deal activity. |
Financial Advisor
May 2007
Alan Lavine |
Real Estate Matchmaking The REIT market is being propelled by consolidation. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 15, 2004
Harding & Rovit |
Writing a Credible Investment Thesis Every deal your company proposes to do---big or small, strategic or tactical---should start with a clear statement how that particular deal would create value for your company. A credible investment thesis should describe a concrete benefit, rather than a vaguely stated strategic value. |
The Motley Fool
March 30, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
What the Best Companies Are Doing Right Now Companies that aim to survive and thrive in the coming recovery aren't wasting any time on apocalyptic hype. They're putting cash to work -- and building future shareholder value for years to come. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2007
David Blanchard |
M&A Scorecard SAP and RedPrairie lead the way in the latest round of supply chain technology deals. |
eCFO
December 2000
Tim Reason |
Batteries Not Included For some CFOs, high-tech takeovers can make for some unduly difficult due diligence... |
CFO
April 1, 2004
Kris Frieswick |
Acquired Tastes Being CFO on the target end of a deal brings challenges -- like having to coach ''redundant'' staffers. |
CFO
Roy Harris |
A Lesson Before Buying University executive-education programs tackle one of the business world's toughest jobs: teaching M&A... |
InternetNews
February 17, 2010 |
Tech Sector's M&A Climate Improving: Study Search, security and cloud computing are three of the most attractive markets for mergers and acquisitions in 2010 according to the latest study by PricewaterhouseCoopers. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2006
David Blanchard |
Industry Consolidation: Tracking The Tech Shakeout In recent months, a number of big companies have expanded their portfolios. |
CRM
November 1, 2005
Chris Selland |
Acquisition Predictions Oracle's plan to acquire fallen CRM star Siebel Systems begs the question: Which company is next? |
Inc.
April 2005
Norm Brodsky |
What's Your Business Really Worth? Some people are saying that 2005 will be a big year for acquisitions, and many business owners will be looking for opportunities to cash out. Unfortunately, most of them have grossly inflated notions of what their companies are worth. |
CFO
December 1, 2004
Kris Frieswick |
Is Fair Value Flawed? Some say FASB's reform proposals for merger-and-acquisition expense-reporting could stifle corporate management planning. |
Insurance & Technology
June 22, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Deloitte: Insurance M&A Likely to Increase in Late 2009 New report identifies five situations in which mergers are likely to increase, a strategic objectives checklist for insurance M&A and a four-phase approach to planning and executing M&A. |
CIO
August 15, 2001 |
Off the Shelf Mistrust any business book that has three authors... Wilfred Drath, a senior fellow at the Center for Creative Leadership, explores three principles of leadership: personal dominance, interpersonal influence and relational dialogue... etc. |
