02521cam a22004098i 4500001000400000003000500004005001700009008004100026010001700067020002800084020001800112035001300130040002900143042000800172050002400180082001600204100002600220245011800246246004100364264004200405264001100447300004600458336002600504337002800530338002700558490002500585504005100610505082000661520034701481650004601828650002501874700003001899906004501929942001201974952011201986999001302098841MYCC20260824162557.0240809s2024    nju      b    001 0 eng    a  2024031604  a9781394204762qhardback  z9781394204786  a23816890  aDLCbengerdacDLCdMYCC  apcc00aHD2746.5b.L47 202400a658.1/62231 aLev, Baruch,eauthor.14aThe M&A Failure Trap :bWhy Most Mergers and Acquisitions Fail and How the Few Succeed /cBaruch Lev and Feng Gu.3 aMergers and AcquisitionsFailure Trap 1aHoboken, New Jersey :bWiley,c[2025] 4c©2025  axxv, 214 pages :billustrations ;c24 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier1 aWiley finance series  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aAppetizer: 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  a"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"--cProvided by publisher. 0aConsolidation and merger of corporations. 0aSuccess in business.1 aGu, Feng,d1968-eauthor.  a7bcbccorignewd1eecipf20gy-gencatlg  2ddccBK  00102ddc4070aMYCCLIBbMYCCLIBcGENd2026-08-24l0o658.16 LEV 2025r2026-08-24 16:25:30w2026-08-24yBK  c841d841