Book Review: Financial Times, 1 August 2007
The Financial Times published a long (almost 700 word) review of the book, Intelligent M&A: Navigating the Mergers and Acquisitions Minefield, on 1 August 2007. The review was entitled ‘Giving diligence its due’, and noted in summary that ‘the authors have strong points to make on any activity [M&A] in which thoroughness and common sense are sometimes lacking.’
The full review can be seen on FT.com at http://www.ft.com/cms/s/352c1298-403f-11dc-9d0c-0000779fd2ac,_i_rssPage=f38b85e4-51de-11da-9ca0-0000779e2340.html.
Intelligent Mergers 
The FT’s comment “The authors’ main argument, that business intelligence techniques should be applied at every stage of a takeover, is too general to have a practical application.
But for neophytes, such as managers who have little experience of corporate finance, or students, the book could be a useful guide, particularly at this point in the cycle.” is more aposit, if a little generous.
James Quinn
Tuesday, 11 December 2007