PART ONE: OVERVIEW OF MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS AND THE M&A PROCESS
1. Introduction
2. What causes merger waves?
3. Perspective on Mergers
4. Assessing the success of acquisitions
PART TWO: SOURCES AND LIMITATIONS OF VALUE CREATION IN DIFFERENT ACQUISITION TYPES
5. Horizontal mergers
6. Consolidating Fragmented Industries
7. Vertical integration
8. Conglomerate Acquisitions
9. Cross-border acquisitions
10. Joint Ventures and Strategic alliances as alternatives to M & A
11. Corporate divestitures
12. Leveraged buyouts (LBOs)
PART THREE: ACQUISITION DECISION, DEAL STRUCTURING AND NEGOTIATION
13. Acquisition decision making and deal structuring
14. Target valuation
15. Accounting for mergers and acquisitions
16. Paying for the acquisition
17. Antitrust regulation
18. Regulating takeover bids
19. Advisers in takeovers
20. Bid strategies and tactics
21. Defences against takeovers
PART FOUR: MAKING ACQUISITIONS WORK
22. Organisational dynamics and human aspects of acquisitions
23. Post-merger audit and organizational learning
24. Meeting the challenges in mergers and acquisitions