This Encyclopedia provides a strategic perspective on mergers and acquisitions to review and analyse current knowledge, give fresh insights and inspire dialogue. It examines a wide range of foundational, emerging and new topics, addresses core issues in mergers and acquisitions and offers solutions to fundamental questions.Key Features:Includes more than 160 entriesContributions from over 70 expert authors specialising in a variety of disciplines

The process of identifying and evaluating a target firm, completing a deal after its negotiation and announcement, and then integrating a target firm after legal combination is a multi-year process with uncertain returns to acquiring firms. Research on mergers and acquisitions (M&As) is progressing rapidly yet it remains fragmented across multiple research perspectives that largely examine different acquisition phases separately and coincide with a focus on different research variables. As...

This book provides an engaging exploration of how corporate strategy and restructuring can significantly shape the competitiveness of firms.Corporations – firms with more than one business unit – require managers to decide how best to allocate resources to ensure the overall corporation thrives. This book provides a concise yet holistic and dynamic approach to corporate restructuring measures, such as alliances, R&D investments, acquisitions, and the exiting of businesses. Successf...