Managing Acquisitions: Creating Value Through Corporate Renewal [Hardcover]

David B. Jemison (Author), Philippe C. Haspeslagh (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1991

Based on eight years of research at 20 companies involved in 30 mergers or acquisitions in the United States, Europe and Asia, this book argues that too much attention is paid to takeover strategies and not enough to developing resources after they have been acquired. This book aims to redress this balance by devoting as much space to the issues that arise after an acquisition or takeover as to the measures needed to pull off the initial business coup.

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Sam L. Ginn Chairman and CEO Pacific Telesis Group The authors' distinctive view of integration processes as a key to creating value is useful. They provide a way to place acquisitions into the corporation's overall strategic context, help understand what makes an acquisition work, and discuss in practical terms the problems one faces after the deal is done.

About the Author

Philippe Haspeslagh is Associate Professor of Business Policy at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France, and Director of its Strategic Issues in Mergers and Acquisitions Executive Program. David Jemison is Associate Professor of Management and Joseph Paschal Dreibelbis Faculty Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin. This book is based on the authors' research on acquisitions in ten countries as well as their experience as educators and advisors in the area of acquisition management and corporate development in international firms.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 418 pages
• Publisher: Free Press; 1 edition (April 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0029141656
• ISBN-13: 978-0029141656
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #351,865 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #76 in Books > Business & Investing > Management & Leadership > Consolidation & Merger

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is a strategy book and well done., August 23, 1997

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This review is from: Managing Acquisitions: Creating Value Through Corporate Renewal (Hardcover)

M&A books tend to be written in one of either two ways - "How-to" and strategy. This is a business strategy book. It deals primarily with the post acquisition phase and the successful integration of the business into an overall business plan. It could be used as a textbook on the subject given it's rigor. An added bonus is that it is well written by two authors that know the subject

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The M&A Book that started it all, September 10, 2001

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Jackson Talbot (Denver) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Managing Acquisitions: Creating Value Through Corporate Renewal (Hardcover)

Jemison and Haspeslagh are the high priests of M&A strategy. They created the strategic school reinforced by likeminded practitioners. The M&A thought leaders Clemente, Sikora, Greenspan, and Feldman, have taken the next step moving M&A out of the realm of the accountants and investment bankers and into the realm of business strategists. But this is the book that started it all and first took M&A beyond the numbers and valuations. This bible belongs on the shelf of every serious business man and woman.

3.0 out of 5 stars Received quickly, November 30, 2011

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This review is from: Managing Acquisitions: Creating Value Through Corporate Renewal (Hardcover)

I am happy i got the book as i had been hunting for it.

I did however expect a NEW copy, but this one is clearly used.