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Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey Krug teaches strategic management and international business in the Ph.D.! Executive MBA! MBA! and undergraduate programs at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is also an adjunct professor of international management at the University of Munster in Germany. He was named Outstanding Instructor of the Year by the University of Illinois Executive MBA program in 2003 and 2000. He also received the Faculty Service Award from the Executive MBA program for his work leading consulting projects in Europe with such companies as Porsche! Volkswagen! Caterpillar! Warsteiner! Deutsche Telekom! BASF! and Bertelsmann. Before entering academia! Dr. Krug was manager of planning & analysis in Latin America for PepsiCo's Kentucky Fried Chicken International division. Krug's research focuses on mergers and acquisition! corporate strategy! corporate governance! top management team effectiveness! and global strategy. His articles have been published in Harvard Business Review! Strategic Management Journal! California Management Review! Journal of World Business! Journal of Management & Governance! Journal of International Management! and other related journals Klappentext Mergers and acquisitions play a major role in shaping business activities worldwide and, consequently, is a widely researched area within the field of business and management. It is also a multi-disciplinary area, with very few topics cutting across so many different functional areas of business or generating interest across such a wide range of groups as this one. This three-volume major work critically examines the research on the 'soft side' of mergers and acquisitions, that is strategy and organizational issues. The three volumes cover the following topics: Volume One: Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A): Merger Trends; Corporate Strategy and M&A Merger Types; Theoretical Explanations for M&A. Volume Two: The M&A Process: Acquisition Analysis; Negotiation Process; Decision Making Processes; Stakeholder Effects of M&A. Volume Three: Post-Merger Integration: Corporate Governance; Integration Capabilities; Value Creation. Zusammenfassung Mergers and acquisitions play a major role in shaping business activities worldwide and so this is a widely researched area within the field of business and management. This set will focus on the soft side of M&A and will be an essential addition to library collections. Inhaltsverzeichnis VOLUME I: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Definitions and Concepts The Art of M&A - Reed, Stanley Foster, Alexandra Reed Lajoux, and H. Peter Nesvold Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Restructurings - Gaughan, Patrick A., Applied Mergers and Acquisitions - Bruner, Robert F. Merger and Acquisition Motives A Typology of Merger Motives - Baker, H. Kent, Thomas O. Miller, and Brian J. Ramsperger Management Objectives in Mergers and Acquisitions - Walter, Gordon A. and Jay B. Barney Merger Motives and Merger Prescriptions - Trautwein, Friedrich Merger Motives and Target Valuation: A Survey of Evidence from CFOs - Mukherjee, Tarun K., Halil Kiymaz, and H. Kent Baker Theoretical Determinants of Mergers & Acquisitions An Economic Disturbance Theory of Mergers - Gort, Michael Types of Synergy and Economic Value: The Impact of Acquisitions on Merging and Rival Firms - Chatterjee, Sayan Fashions, Fads, and Bubbles in Financial Markets - Shiller, Robert J. The Q-Theory of Mergers - Jovanovic, Boyan and Peter L. Rousseau Manne, Henry G. - Hubris, Agency Costs, and The Market for Corporate Control Mergers and the Market for Corporate Control The Market for Corporate Control: A Review of the Evidence - Dodd, Peter The Hubris Hypothesis of Corporate Takeovers - Roll, Richard Takeovers: Their Causes and Consequences - Jensen, Michael...