TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lev,Baruch
AU  - Gu,Feng
TI  - The M&A Failure Trap: Why Most Mergers and Acquisitions Fail and How the Few Succeed 
T2  - Wiley finance series
SN  - 9781394204762
AV  - HD2746.5 .L47 2024
U1  - 658.1/6 23
PY  - 2025///]
CY  - Hoboken, New Jersey
PB  - Wiley
KW  - Consolidation and merger of corporations
KW  - Success in business
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Appetizer: The good, the bad, and the ugly -- The ever-changing nature of M&As (1): Deal characteristics -- The ever-changing nature of M&As (2): Markets and merger sizes -- Internal development: the alternative to acquisitions -- The folly of the conglomerate acquisitions -- Are there "best times" to acquire business (1)? External opportunities -- Are there "best times" to acquire business (2)? Internal opportunities -- Integration - the Achilles' heel of M&A -- Accounting matters -- Killer acquisitions -- Holding onto losers -- Means of acquisition payment: Cash, stocks, or mix? Does it matters -- But what if executives are irrational or self-centered? -- The human elements: Acquisitions, executives, and employees -- Do it yourself: Predict an acquisition's outcome -- How to spring the M&A Failure Trap
N2  - "Major corporate decisions, such as business restructuring and mergers & acquisitions are also predicated on financial indicators of profitability and asset/liabilities values. This book examines the usefulness of financial (accounting) information for capital market decisions and provides an unsatisfactory report"--
ER  -