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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824460803321

Autore

Halibozek Edward P

Titolo

Mergers and acquisitions security : corporate restructuring and security management / / Edward Halibozek, Gerald L. Kovacich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; London, : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005

ISBN

1-280-96440-5

9786610964406

0-08-047065-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KovacichGerald L

Disciplina

658.162

Soggetti

Consolidation and merger of corporations

Corporations - Security measures - Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Section 1; Chapter 1 - What are mergers and acquisitions?; Chapter 2 - The current global business Environment: is it merger and acquisition friendly?; Chapter 3 - The role of security and the security manager in mergers and acquisitions; Chapter 4 - Gathering information and producing competitive intelligence; Chapter 5 - Why premerger and acquisition security support?; Chapter 6 - Security's role in the due diligence assessment; Chapter 7 - Short-term postmerger security; Chapter 8 - Long-term postmerger support; Chapter 9 - Divestitures

Chapter 10 - Mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures summary by checklistsIndex

Sommario/riassunto

In reaction to the continually changing business climate companies develop many business strategies to increase their competitiveness and improve profitability. Companies regularly reshape themselves continually exploring new markets and developing new products. When they can't expand into new markets or develop new products on their own, they seek alternatives. These alternatives include merging with or acquiring other companies to create a single more capable company. Companies acquire other companies for a wide variety of reasons. In some cases company survival may actually be the reason. W