Archive for November, 2009
What next in M&A?
An excellent study was issued by IntraLinks and mergermarket a few weeks ago. (You can find it here.) In August and September, they conducted a survey of experts in M&A – the people within each company responsible for deals. The key finding: almost two-thirds of those surveyed thought that the overall economic environment in their [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Where next in M&A? Who will be targeted now?
According to Reuters a few months back on 10 September 2009 (‘Deal Talk — Rallying stock markets help accelerate M&A plans’), a report by Natixis predicts a higher incidence of M&A in sectors including pharmaceuticals, luxury goods, transport, IT software and oil services. It said International Business Machines Corp could pursue SAP and lists AstraZeneca [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )M&A Valuation: The truth
M&A valuation is simple. Yet it often appears to be, in the words of Winston Churchill, ‘a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma…’ For the maths, all you need to be able to do is add, subtract, multiple and divide. Oh, and to punch in some numbers to a relatively simple financial calculator [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )YouTube Video: M&A Deal successes and failures
On 8 October 2009, I was interviewed about why merger and acquisition deals fail or succeed. Together with several other experts in the industry (including Paul Schiavone of Zurich Financial), the conversation is now available on YouTube here: M&A – successes and failures. This clip is actually one of eight that are available on YouTube [...]
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M&A and Strategic Change
Posted on Monday, 30 November 2009. Filed under: Business Intelligence, Commentary, Scenario Planning |
Dr Robert Davies, in his fascinating blog on strategy (see weblink at the bottom of this page in the blogroll or check it out here), has written an interesting article on what he sees as the eight major issues that will drive corporate strategy and behaviour over the next several years (see his blog: ‘2010 [...]
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