Mergers & Acquisitions

Merger and Acquisition mania appears alive and well in the world. A 1999 study reports that over  9,000 mergers valued at $1.4 trillion occurred that year. Unfortunately, at many as 75% of domestic deals fail to achieve their goals. In spite of these failures, the competitive advantage to be gained continues to attract companies to these strategies. This page examines the forces that make M&A's attractive, reports the risks and failure rates, proposes useful questions to consider regarding the decision, and presents some cases and research on the process and outcomes.

• Reasons why M&A's can fail.
• Basics of M&A--
• M&A in 2005--
  
• Financial reporting considerations.
• Keys for successful mergers.
• M&A News.
• Why some fly and some don't--
• M&A in global economy--
• M&A Glossary.
• Leadership in M&A--
• Why M&A fail--
  

Case Examples

• Corporate affiliations-- huge listing of acquisitions
• Acquisitions Monthly--
  

PPT Slides

• M&A overview-- (use IE browser)

Last updated 2-23-05