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The Art of M and A Integration: A Guide to Merging Resources, Processes and Responsibilities (Art of M & A)
 
 

The Art of M and A Integration: A Guide to Merging Resources, Processes and Responsibilities (Art of M & A) (Hardcover)

by Alexandra Reed-Lajoux (Author) "Every year, thousands of companies large and small, public and private, join forces through merger or acquisition, hoping to accomplish together what they could not..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 448 pages
  • Publisher: Irwin Professional Publishing (1 Jan 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0786311274
  • ISBN-13: 978-0786311279
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.8 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 591,502 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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In today's environment of mergers and acquisitions, executives must know everything possible to ensure M&A activities produce the profitable growth they are designed to achieve. Because what looks good on paper does not always pan out in reality, executives must be certain they understand how to control the post-acquisition situation and avoid post-merger failure. "The Art of M&A Integration" taps the experience of many experts in this field, covering the broad range of resources, processes and responsibilities that often must be integrated to complete a successful merger. Written in a down-to-earth, question-and-answer format, "The Art of M&A Integration": features interviews with 50 industry experts offering actionable advice based on their real-world experiences; allows the reader to compare how different industry executives view the essential issues that follow integration via acquisition or merger; and provides the tools to ensure a smooth transition, and make the ensuing whole better than the parts used to produce it.

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The Roadmap to Success in Postmerger Integration
After your merger or acquisition is completed, the hard work is just beginning. Considerations come at you from all directions, each one important and requiring an immediate decision. Questions such as: Which divisions, if any, will be sold off? How will you value and combine intangible assets? How will your combined companies build shareholder value?

The Art of M&A Integration answers all of these questions and hundreds more! This timely and information-packed book delivers input from dozens of executives who have been involved in mergers and acquisitions. They share wisdom based on their successes, their failures, and how they would do things differently if they had a second chance. M&A authority Alexandra Reed Lajoux gets immediately to the point on every minor detail in postmerger strategy.

More than theoretical research and details, The Art of M&A Integration brings you the stories of companies both large and small currently involved in the M&A process. Learn the M&A essentials of Bell Atlantic and NYNEX in telecommunications, NationsBank and Boatmen's in banking, Columbia/HCA and HealthTrust Inc. in healthcare, Martin Marietta and Lockheed Martin in aerospace, and many others. Find out what they did, how they did it, and what they wish they had done differently!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Before embarking on M&A integration, read this book!, 16 Jul 1999
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Alex Lajoux, an unusually gifted writer, has done it again. Having worked to make one large and difficult merger - and a host of smaller acquisitions - succeed, I wish her book had been published years ago. Succeeding at post-merger integration is tough. However, this book carefully documents the biggest challenges in aligning systems, operations, and people. Its insights are backed up with plenty of real-world examples and the latest research data available. If more top executives and managers read The Art of M&A Integration, we might very well see more mergers and acquisitions actually create rather than destory shareholder value.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A comprehensive textbook on a very timely topic, 1 Oct 1998
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Alex Lajoux cut her professional teeth on this subject, and knows her stuff! Fortunately, she also is a surperb writer, and is able to organize and explain often difficult material in a very readable and clear manner. THE ART OF M&A offers a step-by-step textbook that will prove valuable for anyone contemplating or going through the merger process. The book is logically broken down into appropriate topics (Basic Definitions and Data, Integration Planning and Communication, Integrating Financial and Tangible Resources, etc.) and sub-topics (Preserving Brand Identity after a Merger, Merging Senior Management Teams, etc.) making this a valuable reference book which will become a keeper in any executive library. Read this book before you merge or acquire, and you won't be disappointed. The small investment will save you a fortune in legal fees and headaches later!
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5.0 out of 5 stars An instant classic., 15 Jan 1998
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The M&A market should remain white hot in 1998, ISS reports. Six annual records have been broken in a row with 10,700 U.S. transactions worth $919 billion compared to 1996's record of 10,340 deals worth $626 billion according to Securities Data. What's the hottest new field in M&A? Our guess would be post-merger integration. A trio from the Boston Consulting Group provides advise to boards in the January/February edition of The Corporate Board. For more depth see The Art of M&A Integration: A Guide to Merging Resources, Processes, and Responsibilities (McGraw-Hill, 1997) by Alexandra Reed Lajoux. There are nearly 500 books in print on M&A but less than a dozen on the postmerger period. Those seeking advise on what to do after the papers have been signed will find Lajoux's work a practical guide. It fills a vacuum in the field with an instant classic.

Written in an easily understood question and answer format, Lajoux uses the knowledge she has gained though years of experience and through interviews with some of the top leaders in the field (profiled in the back of the book) to outline everything from integrating resources and processes to fulfilling stakeholder commitments. The book explodes some common myths by pointing out there is no correlation between size and growth, there is greater growth variation within industries than between them, and most cost-cutters continue to cut costs rather than grow.

Want to know what to tell your shareholders about the merger? Lajoux includes a sample letter. How do you explain the dilution that may result from issuing shares to pay for a merger? Read the sample language. When does a transaction qualify for pooling vs purchase for accounting purposes? What proportion of firms keep their names, blend names, adopt the seller's name or create an entirely new name and what are the pros and cons of these approaches? What proportion of mergers involve foreign firms? The Art of M&A Integration answers these questions and hundreds more.

There are dos and don'ts on compensation, advise on the year 2000 problem, and lists of checkpoints on everything from commitments to customers, suppliers and employees to building shareholder value. The author builds on the Caux Round Table's Principles for Business and expands on this consensus document, drawn up by leading global business executives, by providing useful checkpoints on many items. A practical guide for anyone planning M&A activity.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A valuable resource.
This book turned out to be very useful for me. It gave me the background I needed for my thinking about the effect of an M&A done wrong--and what a team can do to do it... Read more
Published on 7 Jun 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a very useful book to both academy and practice
Fortunately, I find this excellent book on the M&A integration. I have done the research on the M&A synergy for a long time, and find that there are too much facial... Read more
Published on 5 Jun 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Lajoux writes an effective guide to M&A Integration
Lajoux continues to give excellent guidance on the art of merger integration. Her summaries, although brief, are easily digestable and understandable, without being superficial... Read more
Published on 1 Oct 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb guide to making merged ventures work
The real challenge in corporate mergers begins when the mergerhas been completed, and it is time to integrate the entities. Read more
Published on 6 Feb 1998

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