Surviving M&A : Make the Most of Your Company Being Acquired

by Scott Moeller (CEO & Director Cass Executive Education )

• ISBN13: 9780470685556
• ISBN10: 0470685557
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-10-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Practical tips and real-world advice for thriving professionally in the midst of a major M&A dealAs a follow-up to his highly popular book Intelligent M&A, author Scott Moeller expanded the chapter on surviving a merger into an in-depth discussion of the subject. Surviving M&A offers practical advice for professionals who worry about their jobs while their organizations are embroiled in the turmoil of a merger or acquisition. Moeller not only shows readers how to keep their jobs safe, but how to turn lemons into lemonade and actually move up the corporate ladder during the chaos of M&A. For anyone in this precarious position, this book offers smart ideas and winning tactics.Scott Moeller (London, UK) is the Director of the M&A Research Centre at Cass Business School, where he also teaches on mergers and acquisitions. He is a former managing director and global head of corporate venture capital at Deutsche Bank.

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Spotlights (Case Studies)

Foreword

How To Use This Book

What Happens?

Why Should I Be Interested In M&A?

What Will Happen To Me Now?

How Will I Feel?

Why Some People Win and Others Lose

The M&A Professionals

SURVIVING

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Defense Is The Best Offense

Networks and Contacts

Attitude Counts

The Politics of Self-Promotion

Be A "Doer"

Postscript: Carpe Diem

Key Terms In Mergers and Acquisitions

Acknowledgements

Other Useful Reading

Index

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