Super Searchers on Mergers & Acquisitions The Online Secrets of Top Corporate Researchers and M&A Pros

by Tudor, Jan Davis; Basch, Reva

• ISBN13: 9780910965484
• ISBN10: 091096548X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: CyberAge Books

Summary

Merger and acquisition activity is breaking recordsthere are more transactions every year and the size of the transactions is constantly going up as well. However, a merger, acquisition, or divestiture deal is only as good as the information on which it is based. This guide details how and where M&A experts go online to compile lists of companies that are in the market to buy or sell, find the prices paid for similar businesses, and identify the legal issues that may surface in a given purchase or sale. Business researchers will find sources for hard-to-find information on companies that may be privately held, subsidiaries of another company, or based outside of the United States. Thirteen super searchers from widely varying backgrounds contributed their best sources so this book will be extremely helpful to researchers in virtually any field of mergers and acquisitions.

Author Biography

Jan Davis Tudor is the president of JT Research LLC, an information brokering company that serves business appraisers, financial analysts, and economists. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Martin Sikora
Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(12)
Middle Market Information Specialist	13	(14)
Mark Tygart
Law Librarian and Knowledge Manager	27	(12)
Luci Barry
Business Valuation Researcher	39	(10)
Lisa Doble Johnson
Specialist in International M&A Research	49	(18)
Sylvia James
Wall Street Library Veteran	67	(12)
Penny Cagan
Law Librarian	79	(8)
Reed Nelson
University Library Director	87	(10)
Steven J. Bell
M&A Newspaper Editor-in-Chief	97	(6)
Rob Teitelman
M&A Database Product Manager	103	(10)
Jim Mallea
Business Intermediary	113	(10)
Jack Sanders
Business Appraiser	123	(12)
Rob Schlegel
M&A Database Product Developer	135	(14)
Ed Vazquez
Librarian and Information Professional	149	(14)
Bruce Liebman
Appendix A: Referenced Resources	163	(10)
Appendix B: Glossary of Terms	173	(8)
Appendix C: Bibliography	181	(2)
About the Author and Editor	183	(2)
Index	185