Mergers and Acquisitions Integration Handbook : Helping Companies Realize the Full Value of Acquisitions, Revised and Updated.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitaker, Scott C.

Series:

Wiley Finance Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consolidation and merger of corporations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2026.

Summary:

A comprehensive, up-to-date discussion of maximizing the value of M&A transactions In the newly updated second edition of the Mergers & Acquisitions Integration Handbook: Helping Companies Realize the Full Value of Acquisitions, Revised and Updated , 30-year M&A professional Scott Whitaker delivers a pragmatic and actionable discussion of how to.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title Page

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Introduction

Who Should Use This Book?

How This Book Is Organized

A Word to the Wise

Chapter 2: Mergers and Acquisitions 101 and Assessing Integration Complexity and Risk

Mergers and Acquisitions 101

Understanding Transaction Types and Integration Scope

Assessing Integration Complexity and Risk

Assessing Integration "Debt

The Evaluation and Measurement of Performance

Summary

Chapter 3: Making the Business Case for Integration

The Business Drivers of M&A Activity

Why M&A Can Be So Difficult

Making the Business Case for Integration Support

The Challenges of Integration

Integration Success Factors

Chapter 4: An Introduction to Integration Planning

Integration Activities

Integration Timetable Considerations

Integration and Business Planning

Managing the Change, People, and Potential Business Disruption

Chapter 5: The Pre-planning Phase

Key Activities

Reviewing Planning Documents

Assessing Potential Challenge Areas

Managing Integration Delays

Chapter 6: The Importance of Due Diligence

Due Diligence Documents Lists

A Few Words about IT Due Diligence

The Due Diligence Process and AI

Assessing "Integration Debt

Chapter 7: Establishing an Integration Management Office

Setting Up an IMO Office

Determining Functional Resource Commitments

Setting Up an IMO Project Charter

A Note on Carve-outs

Chapter 8: Executing Your Integration Plan

Defining the Overall Integration Strategy

Developing the Functional Work Plans

Project Management Tools

Functional Work Plans

Integration Workstreams

Functions Requiring Extra Attention

Chapter 12: HR Diligence and the Talent Assessment Process

Human Resource Diligence

Talent Assessment Guiding Principles

Talent Assessment Objectives

Evaluation Tools for Assessing Talent

Retention/Separation Guidelines and Policies

Dependencies for Talent Assessment/Retention and Separation Activities

Things to Avoid

Chapter 13: Synergy Program Management

"Synergy" in the M&A Context

Effectively Managing Synergies

Common Synergy Realization Pitfalls and Warnings

Chapter 14: Information Technology and Infrastructure Integration

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

IT Integration in M&A

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-394-34322-1

9781394343225

OCLC:

1572090510