TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface Acknowledgments Ch. 1 The Promising World of Mergers and Acquisitions Ch. 2 Strategic and Financial Objectives: The Drivers of Integration Ch. 3 Laying the Groundwork: Managing the Transaction Stage Ch. 4 Assessing Key Target People Ch. 5 Preparing Stakeholder Communications and Value Preservation Ch. 6 Preparing for Integration: Managing the Transition Sta…
In recent years, risk management has been defined as merely eliminating or reducing risk exposure. Companies are learning today that is far to naroow and constaring a definition. Risk, exploited judiciously, is absolutely central to business success. In this book, author covers both sides of the risk equation, offering a complete framework for maximizing profit by 'limiting' some risk and 'expl…
Corporate Financial Strategy is a practical guide to understanding the elements of financial strategy, and how directors and advisors can add value by tailoring financial strategy to complement corporate strategy. The book sets out appropriate financial strategies over the key milestones in a company’s life. It discusses the practicalities behind transactions such as: * Raising venture ca…
The past twenty years have seen great theoretical and empirical advances in the field of corporate finance. Whereas once the subject addressed mainly the financing of corporations--equity, debt, and valuation--today it also embraces crucial issues of governance, liquidity, risk management, relationships between banks and corporations, and the macroeconomic impact of corporations. However, this …
In today's competitive business environment, corporate managers must find innovative ways to promote rapid and sustainable growth. As part of the CFA Institute Investment Series, Corporate Finance has been designed to help you develop the skills to achieve this goal. The distinguished team of Michelle R. Clayman, CFA, Martin S. Fridson, CFA, and George H. Troughton, CFA—together with a num…
corporate finance as the working of a small number of integrated and powerful intuitions, rather than a collection of unrelated topics. They develop the central concepts of modern finance: arbitrage, net present value, efficient markets, agency theory, options, and the trade-off between risk and return, and use them to explain corporate finance with a balance of theory and application. The well…
This books contains seven articles focusing on both policies and strategic challanges for senior managers working with boards or dealing with government issues. Contents: ; Crisis prevention: How to gear up your board ( Walter J. Salmon ); Empowering the Board ( Jay W. Lorsch ); A New tool for Board: The strategic audit ( Gordon Donaldson ); The promise of the governed corporation ( John P…