Managing Aquisitions

by Philippe C. Haspeslagh and Phillippe G. Haslagh

Book Overview

Based on eight years of research at 20 companies involved in 30 mergers or acquisitions in the United States, Europe and Asia, this book argues that too much attention is paid to takeover strategies... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0029141656
• ISBN13: 9780029141656
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 418 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

A must-read as you think about acquisitions

Most acquisitions fail because of integration and operations, not because of the deal. Managing Acquisitions provides a valuable and practical view to think about leading an acquisition to long-term success, not just closing. For my clients, it is recommended reading if they're on the buy-side. Kenneth H Marks, lead author of The Handbook of Financing Growth: Strategies, Capital Structure, and M & A Transactions (Wiley Finance)

The M & A Book that started it all

Jemison and Haspeslagh are the high priests of M & A strategy. They created the strategic school reinforced by likeminded practitioners. The M & A thought leaders Clemente, Sikora, Greenspan, and Feldman, have taken the next step moving M & A out of the realm of the accountants and investment bankers and into the realm of business strategists. But this is the book that started it all and first took M & A beyond the numbers and valuations. This bible belongs on the shelf of every serious business man and woman.

This is a strategy book and well done.

M & A books tend to be written in one of either two ways - "How-to" and strategy. This is a business strategy book. It deals primarily with the post acquisition phase and the successful integration of the business into an overall business plan. It could be used as a textbook on the subject given it's rigor. An added bonus is that it is well written by two authors that know the subject