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This book provides executives with an in-depth look at the consequences of M&As for acquired top management teams. It examines M&As as a corporate growth strategy, the importance of top management teams to a firm's long-term performance, the reasons why executives depart after an acquisition, and the effects of these departures on target company performance.
A comprehensive guide to best practices within the investment industry Investment Leadership provides readers with the tools to understand the leadership factors that contribute to sustainable growth; diagnose their firm's culture and understand why it is important; and replicate best practices from leading firms. With the help of diagnostic tools, practical advice from industry leaders, and real-life case studies, this book sets out to explain what is wrong with the status quo and reveal the secrets of long-term success in the investment industry. James W. Ware, CFA, currently works as a consultant to money managers. He is the coauthor of The Leadership Genius of George W. Bush (0-471-42006-9). Beth Michaels has worked with many organizations, including Chevrolet Motors and the McDonald's Corporation. Dale Primer has worked with business executives from more than 700 individual businesses in over eighty-five separate industries.
Divine Father was an opportunity for me to explore masculinity, the male spirit, and the relationship between feminine and masculine energy. It was an opportunity for me to reflect, to examine what I think and believe about what it means to be a man in todays world, how and when I stifle that spirit, and what I can do to touch and release the Divine Father that exists within me. It was an opportunity for me to reflect on the important concepts of balance, my changing role of son, spouse, father, grandfather and all the masculine possibilities that still exist for each of us. Chick Moorman, Author of Parent Talk, Talk Sense to yourself and many more The Divine Father will inspire both men and...
Whatever the practice setting—acute care, rehabilitation, outpatient, extended care, or in a school—turn to this handy guide to the neurological examination. It covers all of the common neuromuscular conditions, disorders, and diseases you might encountered in patients throughout their lifespans. Thumb tabs and nearly 240 illustrations insure you can find just what you’re looking for.
In August of 2012, during the period where planetary and human changes were taking place, author Sylvia Dokter received a special request from Sri Babaji Nagaraj, an ascended master. He asked her to work with her friend, mentor, and business partner, Ivonne Delaflor Alexander, to create a book that could be shared with humanity in order to facilitate a global awakening. Unplug Your Mind is the final product of the messages received by telepathic transmission and recorded by Delaflor Alexander from such masters as Jesus, Lord Maitreya, Hermes, Mary Magdalene, and many more ascended gestalts of consciousness. Dokter also provides commentary and explanations of her own experience of walking through the sacred messages. These messagesexposing secrets of hidden societies, governmental organizations, and those of the powerful elitecommunicate clear recommendations and suggestions for how to unplug from this fifteen-dimensional time matrix system, where the mindset of humanity has been controlled for thousands of years through cultural and religious indoctrination.
When Chinese leaders announced in late 1978 that China would "open to the outside world," they embarked on a strategy for attracting private foreign capital to spur economic development. At the same time, they were concerned about possible negative repercussions of this policy. Margaret Pearson examines government efforts to control the terms of foreign investment between 1979 and 1988 and, more broadly, the abilities of socialist states in general to establish the terms of their own participation in the world economy. Drawing on interviews with Chinese and foreigners involved in joint ventures, Pearson focuses on the years from 1979 through 1988, but she also comments on the fate of the "op...
"When is the Deal Done?" The greatest barrier to successful integration is cultural incompatibility. Undervaluing or ignoring the human dynamics related to an M&A transaction can prompt the departure of key talent that were among the assets that made the acquisition attractive to the buyer in the first place. The importance of an organization s culture, particularly as a risk factor in M&A integration, cannot be underestimated. Harvard researchers report that firms that managed their culture realized a nearly seven-fold increase in revenue, compared with only 166% for firms that did not manage culture. You will discover how using transition teams, an integration manager, and a comprehensive employee communications strategy rank among the best practices the 5C Integration Model for strengthening your M&A Integration the 5C Self Assessment workbook for your M&A planning the importance of the human dimension to overall M&A success.
Inside this book, you'll find.. Three root causes of most M&A failures (Chapter 1) Ten lessons we should all learn from the history of mergers and acquisitions (Chapter 2) What every manager should know about the odds of succeeding in mergers and acquisitions today (Chapter 3) Six reasons that acquirers become enamored with acquisition targets, and overpay for them (Chapter 3) Seven "best practices" of today's most successful business acquirers (Chapter 3) Advice from C-level executives in M&A-built companies about what works, what doesn't, and why (Chapter 3) How to avoid the most commonly cited problems that drain financial performance from M&A transactions (Chapter 4) How to assess your c...
With the growth of international business and the rise of companies with subsidiaries around the world, the question of where a company should file bankruptcy proceedings has become increasingly complicated. Today, most businesses are likely to have international trading partners, or to operate and hold assets in more than one country. To execute a corporate restructuring or liquidation under several different insolvency regimes at once is an enormous and expensive challenge. With International Bankruptcy, Jodie Adams Kirshner explores the issues involved in determining which courts should have jurisdiction and which laws should apply in addressing problems within. Kirshner brings together t...