M & A course 2007 June-Sep Session Sequence

Text; Weston, Mithcell and Mulherin


Ch.1. The Takeover Process
Ch.5. Strategic Processes
Ch.6.Theories of Mergers and Tender Offers
Ch.7. The Timing of Merger Activity
Ch.8. Empirical Tests of M & A Performance
Ch.11. corporate Restructuring and Divestiture
Ch.12. Empirical Tests of Corporate Restructuring and Divestitures
Ch.22. Implementation and Management Guides for M & As
Ch.9. Alternative Approaches to Valuation
Ch.10.Increasing the Value of the Organization
Merger and Takeover Mechanics in India
Ch.4. Deal Structuring
Ch.3. Accounting for M&As
Ch.17. International Takeovers and Restructuring
Ch.16. Going Private and Leveraged Buyouts
Ch.19. Takeover Defenses

Recommended for Additional Reading


For broadening the knowledge:


1. Wyatt & Kieso, Business Combinations: Planning and Action, International Text Book company, 1969
2. Weston & Samuel C. Weaver, Mergers and Acquisitions, Tata Mcgraw Hill, 2001
3. James W. Bradley and Donald H. Korn, Acquisition and Corporate Development, Lexington Books, D.C. Heath & Co., Lexington, 1981 ( a book by Arthur D. Little Executives)
4. P.S. Sudarsanam, The Essence of Mergers and Acquisitions, Prentice Hall of India Private Limited, New Delhi, 1997
5. Fred Weston et al., Takeovers, Restructuring, and Corporate governance, second edition

For deepening the knowledge

1. Book on Income tax of India,
2. Company Act of India,
3. Advanced Accounting by Maheshwari and Maheshwari
4. Valuation by Copeland,
5. Book on Joint Ventures by Yoz and Hamel,
6. M&A:A Practical Guide to Doing the Deal by Jeffrey Hooke,
7. Strategic Management:Concepts and Cases by Thompson and Strickland 13th edition, 8. Mergers et al, Issues, Implications, and Case Laws in Corporate Restructuring by S. Ramanujam.
9. Schweiger, David M., M&A Integration: A Framework fo Executives and Managers, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2002
10. Research papers given in the references by Weston, Mitchell and Mulherin