(Abitibi-Price), Philip Mathias (1976).
Takeover: The 22 Days of Risk and Decision That Created the
World’s Largest Newsprint Empire, Abitibi-Price.
(Toronto: Maclean-Hunter Limited, 287 p.). Abitibi Paper
Company; Price Company; Newsprint industry--Canada; Paper
industry--Canada; Consolidation and merger of
corporations--Canada.
(Allied Stores), John Rothchild (2000).
Going for Broke: How Robert Campeau Bankrupted the Retail
Industry, Jolted the Junk Bond Market, and Brought the Booming
80s to a Crashing Halt. (Washington, DC: Beard, 286 p.
[orig. pub. 1991]). Campeau, Robert; Allied Stores Corporation;
Federated Department Stores; Leveraged buyouts; Department
stores--Corrupt practices--United States; Bond market.
(Anheuser-Busch), Julie MacIntosh (2010).
Dethroning the King: The Hostile Takeover of Anheuser-Busch, an
American Icon. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 408 p.). U.S.
Mergers and Acquisitions Correspondent (Financial Times). Busch
family; Anheuser-Busch, inc.; Consolidation and merger of
corporations --United States. Takeover of one of most
well-known, beloved American brands by InBev, Belgian company
controlled by Brazilians; once lauded by beer industry (factory
workers, distributors), state of Missouri; Augie III despised, Augie IV laughingstock; how
InBev pulled it off: timing, missteps made by Busch family, AB
board.
(Barry Wright), Ervin Pietz (1989).
Managing a Corporate Marriage: The Story of Barry Wright
Corporation. (Stoughton, MA: Alpine Press, 151 p.). Barry
Wright Corporation--History; Consolidation and merger of
corporations--United States--Case studies.
(Baxter Travenol), Thomas G. Cody (1990).
Strategy of a Megamerger: An Insider's Account of the Baxter
Travenol-American Hospital Supply Combination. (New
York, NY: Quroum Books, 299 p.). Medical supplies
industry--United States; Hospital care--Economic aspects--United
States; Health facilities--Economic aspects--United States;
Consolidation and merger of corporations--United States--Case
studies.
(Beatrice), Neil R. Gazel (1990).
Beatrice: From Buildup Through Breakup. (Urbana, IL:
Bureau of Economic and Business Research by the University of
Illinois Press, 235 p.). Beatrice Foods Company--History; Food
industry and trade--United States--History; Consolidation and
merger of corporations--United States--Case studies.
(Bendix-Martin Marietta), Allan Sloan (1983).
Three Plus One Equals Billions: The Bendix-Martin Marietta War.
(New York, NY: Arbor House, 270 p.). Bendix Corporation; Allied
Corporation; Martin Marietta Corporation; United Technologies
Corporation; Consolidation and merger of corporations--United
States.
(Bendix-Martin Marietta), Hope Lampert (1983).
Till Death Do Us Part: Bendix vs. Martin Marietta. (San
Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace, 264 p.). Bendix Corporation; Martin
Marietta Corporation; Consolidation and merger of
corporations--United States--Case studies.
(Bendix-Martin Marietta), Mary Cunningham with
Fran Schumer (1984).
Powerplay: What Really Happened at Bendix. (New York,
NY: Simon & Schuster, 286 p.). Agee, William M., 1938- ; Agee,
Mary Cunningham, 1951- ; Allied Corporation; Bendix Corporation;
Martin Marietta Corporation; Executives--United
States--Biography; Consolidation and merger of
corporations--United States; Women executives--Biography.
(Bendix-Martin Marietta), Peter F. Hartz
(1985).
Merger: The Exclusive Inside Story of the Bendix-Martin Marietta
Takeover War. (New York, NY: Morrow, 418 p.). Bendix
Corporation; Martin Marietta Corporation; Consolidation and
merger of corporations--United States--Case studies.
(Burgmaster Corporation), Max Holland (1989).
When the Machine Stopped: A Cautionary Tale from Industrial
America. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 335
p.). Burgmaster Corporation--Management--History; Machine-tool
industry--United States--Management--Case studies; Consolidation
and merger of corporations--United States--Case studies;
Machine-tool industry--Government policy--United States;
Machine-tool industry--Government policy--Japan; Competition,
International--Case studies.
(Daimler-Benz), David Waller (2001).
Wheels on Fire: The Amazing Inside Story of the
DaimlerChrysler Merger. (London, UK: Hodder & Stoughton,
312 p.). DaimlerChrysler--History; Daimler-Benz
Aktiengesellschaft; Chrysler Corporation; Automobile industry
and trade--Germany; Automobile industry and trade--United
States; Automobile industry and trade--Mergers.
(Disney), John Taylor (1987).
Storming the Magic Kingdom: Wall Street, the Raiders,and the
Battle for Disney. (New York, NY: Knopf, 261 p.). Walt
Disney Productions -- Reorganization; Consolidation and merger
of corporations -- United States -- Case studies; Tender offers
(Securities) -- United States -- Case studies; Corporate
reorganizations -- United States -- Case studies.
(Exxon Chemical Company), Shaukat Raza Mirza
(2005).
From Exxon to Engro. (Oxford, UK: Oxford University
Press, 256 p.). Managing Director, Pakistan State Oil. Exxon
Chemical Company; Leveraged buyouts.
Pakistan's first employee buy-out - of Exxon Chemical Pakistan
Ltd.
(John Fairfax Holdings Limited), Colleen Ryan
& Glenn Burge (1992).
Corporate Cannibals: The Taking of Fairfax. (Port
Melbourne, VIC: W. Heinemann, 457 p.). John Fairfax and Sons;
Publishers and publishing--Australia--Mergers.
(GE-Great Britain), Robert Jones and Oliver
Marriott (1970).
Anatomy of a Merger: A History of G.E.C., A.E.I. and English
Electric. (London, UK: Cape, 346 p.). General Electric
Company (Great Britain)--History; Consolidation and merger of
corporations--Great Britain--Case studies.
(Getty Oil), Steve Coll (1987).
The Taking of Getty Oil: The Full Story of the Most
Spectacular--& Catastrophic--Takeover of All Time. (New
York, NY: Atheneum, 528 p.). Getty family; Getty Oil Company;
Petroleum industry and trade--United States--History.
(Gillette), Rita Ricardo-Campbell (1997).
Resisting Hostile Takeovers: The Case of Gillette.
(Westport, CT: Praeger, 254 p.). Gillette Company; Razor
industry--United States; Consolidation and merger of
corporations--United States.
(GM-EDS), Doron P. Levin (1989).
Irreconcilable Differences: Ross Perot Versus General Motors.
(Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 357 p.). Perot, H. Ross, 1930- ;
General Motors Corporation; Electronic Data Systems Corporation;
Consolidation and merger of corporations--United States--Case
studies.
(KKR), Sarah Bartlett (1991).
The Money Machine: How KKR Manufactured Power & Profits.
(New York, NY: Warner Books, 345 p.). Kohlberg, Jerome; Kravis,
Henry; Roberts, George R. (George Rosenberg), 1943- ; Kohlberg
Kravis Roberts & Co.; Investment banking--United States;
Leveraged buyouts--United States. New York Times Book Review
Notable Books of the Year.
(KKR), George Anders (1992).
Merchants of Debt: KKR and the Mortgaging of American Business.
(New York, NY: BasicBooks, 328 p.). Kohlberg Kravis Roberts &
Co.--History; Consolidation and merger of corporations--United
States--Finance; Leveraged buyouts--United States. New York
Times Book Review Notable Books of the Year Business Week Best
Business Books.
(KKR), George P. Baker, George David Smith
(1998).
The New Financial Capitalists: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and the
Creation of Corporate Value. (New York, NY: Cambridge
University Press, 257 p.). Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.;
Consolidation and merger of corporations--United
States--Finance; Leveraged buyouts--United States.
(Macy's), Isadore Barmash (1989).
Macy's for Sale. (New York, NY: Weidenfeld & Nicolson,
172 p.). Reporter (New York Times). R. H. Macy and Company;
Leveraged buyouts--United States.
(Macy's), Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg (1996).
The Rain on Macy's Parade: How Greed, Ambition, and Folly Ruined
America's Greatest Store. (New York, NY: Times Business,
274 p.). Macy's (Firm); Leveraged buyouts--United States.
(NL Industries), John J. Nance (2003).
Golden Boy: The Harold Simmons Story. (Austin, TX: Eakin
Press, 322 p.). Simmons, Harold (Harold C.); Businessmen--United
States--Biography.
(Pacific Lumber), David Harris (1995).
The Last Stand: The War Between Wall Street and Main Street over
California's Ancient Redwoods. (New York, NY: Times
Books, 373 p.). Pacific Lumber Company; Earth First!
(Organization) Consolidation and merger of corporations--United
States; Redwood industry--California--Humboldt County;
Environmentalists--California--Humboldt County; Scotia (Calif.).
(Parker Brothers), Ellen Wojahn (1988).
Playing by Different Rules. (New York, NY: AMACOM, 306
p.). General Mills, inc.; Parker Brothers, inc.; Consolidation
and merger of corporations--United States--Case studies;
Corporate divestiture--United States--Case studies.
(Peat Marwick), Samuel A. Cypert (1991).
Following the Money: The Inside Story of Accounting's First
Mega-Merger. (New York, NY: AMACOM, 279 p.). Klynveld
Peat Marwick Goerdeler--History; Peat Marwick
International--History; Klynveld, Main, Goerdeler
(Firm)--History; Accounting firms--Reorganization--History;
Consolidation and merger of corporations--History.
(RJR Nabisco), Bryan Burrough and John Helyar
(1990).
Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco. (New
York, NY: Harper & Row, 528 p.). Reporters (Wall Street
Journal). RJR Nabisco (Firm); Leveraged buyouts--United
States--Case studies; Consolidation and merger of
corporations--United States--Case studies; Conglomerate
corporations--United States--Case studies.
2007 - has sold
nearly 800,000 copies.
(RJR Nabisco), Hope Lampert (1990).
True Greed: What Really Happened in the Battle for RJR Nabisco.
(New York, NY: New American Library, 259 p.). RJR Nabisco
(Firm); Leveraged buyouts--United States--Case studies;
Consolidation and merger of corporations--United States--Case
studies; Conglomerate corporations--United States--Case studies.
(Saint-Gobain), Bernard Hartemann, Richard
Ducousset et l’equipe d’Edition speciale (1969). B.S.N.
Contre Saint Gobain. (Paris, FR: Editions et publications
premieres, 223 p.). Saint-Gobain, s.a.; Boussois Souchon
Neuvesel, s.a.; Tender offers (Securities)--Case studies.
(Saint-Gobain), Michel Gabrysiak (1969).
Saint-Gobain--B. S. N., Comment L’audace Vient au Capitalisme.
(Paris, FR: Fayard, 205 p.). Saint-Gobain, s.a.; Boussois
Souchon Neuvesel, s.a.; Tender offers (Securities)--Case
studies.
(Security Pacific Corporation), Robert H.
Smith, with Michael K. Crowley (1999).
Dead Bank Walking: One Gutsy Bank’s Struggle for Survival and
the Merger that Changed Banking Forever. (Winchester,
VA: Oakhill Press, 426 p.). Security Pacific's Last Chairman and
CEO. Security Pacific Corporation--History; Banks and
banking--California; Bank mergers--California.
(Shearson/American Express), Tim Carrington
(1985).
The Year They Sold Wall Street. (Boston, MA: Houghton
Mifflin, 245 p.). Shearson/American Express Inc.; Consolidation
and merger of corporations--United States.
(Texaco), Thomas Petzinger, Jr. (1987).
Oil & Honor: The Texaco-Pennzoil Wars. (New York, NY:
Putnam, 495 p.). Texaco, inc.; Pennzoil Company; Getty Oil
Company; Petroleum industry and trade--Mergers--United States;
Consolidation and merger of corporations--United States.
(Texaco), James Shannon (1988).
Texaco and the $10 Billion Jury. (Englewood Cliffs, NJ:
Prentice Hall, 545 p.). Pennzoil Company--Trials, litigation,
etc.; Texaco, inc.--Trials, litigation, etc.; Getty Oil Company;
Petroleum industry and trade--Mergers--United States;
Consolidation and merger of corporations--Law and
legislation--United States.
(Texas International), Harlan D. Platt (1994).
The First Junk Bond: A Story of Corporate Boom and Bust.
(Armonk, N.Y: M.E. Sharpe, 236 p.). Milken, Michael; Drexel
Burnham Lambert Incorporated; Securities industry -- Corrupt
practices -- United States; Junk bonds -- United States.
(J. Walter Thompson), Richard Morgan (1991).
J. Walter Takeover: From Divine Right to Common Stock.
(Homewood, IL: Dow Jones-Irwin, 254 p.). J. Walter Thompson
Company.
(Time Inc.), Richard M. Clurman (1992).
To the End of Time: The Seduction and Conquest of a Media Empire.
(New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 368 p.). Time, inc.--History;
Warner Communications, inc.--History; Publishers and
publishing--United States--Mergers--History--20th century;
Consolidation and merger of corporations--United
States--History; Mass media--United
States--Mergers--History--20th century.
(Trans Union), William M. Owen (1986).
Autopsy of a Merger: Trans Union The Deal That Rocked the
Corporate World. (Deerfield, IL: W.M. Owen, 341 p.).
Trans Union (U.S.); Consolidation and merger of
corporations--United States--Case studies; Leveraged
buyouts--Case studies.
Walter Adams and James W. Brock (1989).
Dangerous Pursuits: Mergers & Acquisitions in the Age of Wall
Street. (New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 208 p.).
Professor of Economics (Michigan State), Professor (Miami
University of Ohio). Merger, Consolidation.
Galit Ailon (2007).
Global Ambitions and Local Identities: An Israeli-American High
Tech Merger. (New York, NY: Berghahn Books, 176 p.).
Lectures at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology (Bar-Ilan
University). High technology industries--Mergers--Israel--Case
studies; High technology industries--Mergers--United
States--Case studies; Consolidation and merger of
corporations--Case studies. Study of successful Israeli
high-tech company's merger with an American competitor - reality
behind statistics, balance sheets, managerial prescriptions;
dramas of identity as consequence of adding people from another
country.
Eric W. Allison (1986).
The Raiders of Wall Street. (New York, NY: Stein and
Day, 254 p.). Capitalists and financiers--United States;
Consolidation and merger of corporations--United States.
G. Anandalingam and Henry C. Lucas, Jr.
(2004).
Beware the Winner's Curse: Victories That Can Sink You and Your
Company. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 242
p.). Consolidation and merger of corporations--Psychological
aspects.
Valerie Bannert-Thurner (2005).
Mastering the Acquirer’s Innovation Dilemma: Knowledge Sourcing
through Corporate Acquisitions. (New York, NY: Palgrave
Macmillan, 432 p.). Director for Marketing and Business
Development at a high-tech company. Consolidation and merger of
corporations; Technological innovations; Strategic planning.
Key factors which affect
innovativeness, post acquisition.
Ivan F. Boesky and edited by Jeffrey Madrick
(1985).
Merger Mania: Arbitrage, Wall Street's Best Kept Money-Making
Secret. (New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 242
p.). Arbitrage; Investments; Hedging (Finance); Consolidation
and merger of corporations.
John Brooks (1987).
The Takeover Game. (New York, NY: Dutton, 390 p.).
Consolidation and merger of corporations--United States. New
York Times Book Review Notable Books of the Year Business Week
Best Business Books.
Robert F. Bruner (2005).
Deals from Hell: M & A Lessons That Rise Above the Ashes.
(Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 420 p.). Consolidation and merger of
corporations; Business failures.
Goerge Bull and Anthony Vice (1958). Bid
for Power. (London, UK: Elek Books, 240 p. [2nd ed.]).
Tender offers (Securities) -- Great Britain; Consolidation and
merger of corporations -- Great Britain.
Dennis C. Carey, Dayton Ogden (2004).
The Human Side of M&A: Leveraging the Most Important Factor in
Deal Making. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 193
p.). Vice Chairman and Chairman, Spencer Stuart. Consolidation
and merger of corporations; Human capital; Organizational
effectiveness.
Sue Cartwright and Cary L. Cooper (1992).
Mergers and Acquisitions: The Human Factor. (Oxford, UK:
Butterworth-Heinemann, 225 p.). Consolidation and merger of
corporations; Corporate reorganizations; Organizational
behavior.
--- (1996).
Managing Mergers, Acquisitions, and Strategic Alliances:
Integrating People and Cultures. (Oxford, UK:
Butterworth Heinemann, 250 p. [2nd ed.]). Consolidation and
merger of corporations--Management; Corporate culture; Strategic
alliances (Business).
Seung Chong (2007).
The Law and Practice of Mergers & Acquisitions in the People's
Republic of China. (New York, NY: Oxford University
Press, 560 p.). Partner at White and Case, Hong Kong. Mergers
and acquisitions--China. Practical issues arising in mergers and
acquisitions in China (transaction structure and process, merger
control, government approvals), substantive commentary on
relevant legal principles.
Gordon L. Clark (1993).
Pensions and Corporate Restructuring in American Industry: A
Crisis of Regulation. (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins
University Press, 305 p.). Consolidation and merger of
corporations--United States; Pension trusts--United States;
Pension trusts--Law and legislation--United States.
Peter Clark (1991).
Beyond the Deal: Optimizing Merger and Acquisition Value.
(New York, NY: HarperBusiness, 315 p.). Consolidation and merger
of corporations; Organizational change; Organizational
effectiveness.
John C. Coffee, Jr., Louis Lowenstein and
Susan Rose-Ackerman (1988).
Knights, Raiders, and Targets: The Impact of the Hostile
Takeover. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 547
p.). Consolidation and merger of corporations; Corporate
reorganizations; Tender offers (Securities)--United States.
Brett Cole (2008).
M&A Titans: The Pioneers Who Shaped Wall Street's Mergers and
Acquisitions Industry. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 226 p.).
Correspondent for The Economist. Consolidation and merger of
corporations -- United States; Investment banking -- United
States; Corporations -- United States. 11 men, lawyers, bankers
responsible for creation of Wall Street's merger industry;
events, personalities who dominated Wall Street during takeover
battles of 1970s, 1980s; culture of different investment banks,
how bankers influenced firms as they became more powerful.
Dorman L. Commons (1985).
Tender Offer: The Sneak Attack in Corporate Takeovers.
(Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 159 p.). Tender
Offers, Merger and Consolidation.
Steven Davidoff (2009).
Gods at War:
Shotgun Takeovers, Government by Deal, and
the Private Equity Implosion.
(Hoboken, NJ, Wiley: 304 p.). Associate Professor of Law
(University of Connecticut), New York Times' "Deal Professor".
Game-changing corporate deals in new
millennium that have
changed way deal-makers negotiate complete takeovers; strategy,
rules of takeover in context of recent historical events.
Graeme K. Deans, Fritz Kroeger, and Stefan
Zeisel (2003).
Winning the Merger Endgame: A Playbook for Profiting from
Industry Consolidation. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 320
p.). Chairman of A. T. Kearney, Canada, leader of company's
Global Strategy and Organization management consulting practice;
vice president of A. T. Kearney, Germany, co-chairs company's
Global Strategy Initiative; leading consultant at A. T. Kearney.
Consolidation and merger of corporations. A. T. Kearney
worldwide study of business mergers (25,000 companies
across 24 industries in 53 countries) - consolidation cycles through
which industries pass, how to identify where in cycle their
industry lies, how to leverage that knowledge in
determining which organizational changes need to be made, when to make them, how to develop, deploy most successful merger strategies.
William M. Dugger (1989).
Corporate Hegemony. (New York, NY: Greenwood Press, 206
p.). Corporations--United States; Consolidation and merger of
corporations--United States; Big business--United States;
Industrial concentration--United States.
Carl Eis (1978).
The 1919-1930 Merger Movement in American Industry. (New
York, NY: Arno Press, 156 p.). Industrial concentration--United
States--History; Consolidation and merger of
corporations--United States--History.
Ivan Fallon and James Srodes (1987).
Takeovers. (London, UK: H. Hamilton, 290 p.).
Consolidation and merger of corporations.
Arthur Fleischer, Jr., Geoffrey C. Hazard,
Jr., Miriam Z. Klipper (1988).
Board Games: The Changing Shape of Corporate Power.
(Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 236 p.). Consolidation and merger of
corporations--United States--Case studies.
Charles R. Geisst (2004).
Deals of the Century: Wall Street, Mergers, and the Making of
Modern America. (Hoboken , NJ: Wiley, 330 p.).
Consolidation and merger of corporations United States;
Consolidation and merger of corporations Finance.
David Harding and Sam Rovit with Katie Smith
Milway & Catherine Lemire (2004).
Mastering the Merger: Four Critical Decisions that Make or Break
the Deal. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press,
224 p.). Bain & Co. Consolidation and merger of corporations.
Diana B. Henriques (2000).
The White Sharks of Wall Street: Thomas Mellon Evans and the
Original Corporate Raiders. (New York, NY: Scribner, 368
p.). Business Reporter (New York Times). Evans, Thomas Mellon,
1910-1997; Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography;
Consolidation and merger of corporations--United
States--History; Wall Street (New York, N.Y.).
Leo Hindery; with Leslie Cauley (2003).
The Biggest Game of All: The Inside Strategies, Tactics, and
Temperaments That Make Great Dealmakers Great. (New
York,. NY: Free Press, p.). Negotiation
in business; Executives--United States; Consolidation and merger
of corporations--United States.
Moira Johnston (1986).
Takeover: The New Wall Street Warriors: The Men, the Money, the
Impact. (New York, NY: Arbor House, 395 p.).
Consolidation and merger of corporations--United States; Tender
offers (Securities)--United States.
Daniel J. Kadlec (1999).
Masters of the Universe: Winning Strategies of America's
Greatest Deal Makers. (New York, NY: HarperBusiness, 283
p.). Businessmen -- United States -- Biography.
W. Carl Kester (1991).
Japanese Takeovers: The Global Contest for Corporate Control.
(Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 298 p.).
Consolidation and merger of corporations--Japan; Corporate
governance--Japan; Corporations, Japanese.
Fritz Kroeger, Andrej Vizjak, and Mike
Moriarty (2008).
Beating the Global Consolidation Endgame: Nine Strategies for
Winning in Niches. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 240 p.).
Partner and head of A.T. Kearney's European strategy practice;
Partner and managing director of A.T. Kearney's Eastern European
operations; Partner and head of A.T. Kearney's North American
consumer industries and retail practice. Consolidation and
merger of corporations; Strategic planning. Nine key strategies
that niche companies must master to outperform their markets,
gain largest benefits from consolidation (based on landmark A.T.
Kearney study, over a 15-year period, of more than 600,000 small
to mid-sized niche companies; how to develop stable niche
strategies.
Naomi R. Lamoreaux (1985).
The Great Merger Movement in American Business, 1895-1904.
(New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 208 p.).
Consolidation and merger of corporations--United
States--History.
Frank R. Lichtenberg (1992).
Corporate Takeovers and Productivity. (Cambridge, MA:
MIT Press, 153 p.). Labor productivity--United States;
Consolidation and merger of corporations--United States;
Airlines--United States--Case studies.
Jeffrey G. Madrick (1987).
Taking America: How We Got from the First Hostile Takeover to
Megamergers, Corporate Raiding, and Scandal. (New York,
NY: Bantam Books, 310 p.). Tender offers (Securities)--United
States; Consolidation and merger of corporations--United States;
Insider trading in securities--United States.
Judith S. Ruud McCauley, and Frank Iacono,
Robert N. (1999).
Dodging Bullets: Changing U.S. Corporate Capital Structure in
the 1980s and 1990s. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 415 p.).
Leveraged buyouts--United States--History--20th century;
Consolidation and merger of corporations--United
States--History--20th century; Corporations--United
States--Finance--History--20th century; Corporations--United
States--Finance.
Richard Phalon (1981).
The Takeover Barons of Wall Street : Inside the Billion-Dollar
Merger Game. (New York, NY: Putnam, 264 p.).
Contributing Editor, Forbes Magazine. Consolidation and merger
of corporations--United States.
David J. Ravenscraft, F.M. Scherer (1987).
Mergers, Sell-Offs, and Economic Efficiency.
(Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 290 p.). Consolidation
and merger of corporations--United States; Corporate
divestiture--United States.
Ken Robbie and Mike Wright (1996).
Management Buy-Ins: Entrepreneurship, Active Investors, and
Corporate Restructuring. (New York, NY: Manchester
University Press, 168 p.). Consolidation and merger of
corporations; Corporate reorganizations--Management.
John Roberts (1987).
Megalomania, Managers & Mergers. (London, UK: Pitman,
146 p.). Consolidation and merger of corporations.
Hilary Rosenberg (2000).
The Vulture Investors: The Winners and Losers of the Great
American Bankruptcy Feeding Frenzy. (New York, NY:
Wiley, 404 p. [orig. pub. 1992]). Bankruptcy--United States;
Leveraged buyouts--United States.
William G. Roy (1997).
Socializing Capital: The Rise of the Large Industrial
Corporation in America (Princeton, NJ: Princeton
University Press, 338 p.). Big business--United States--History;
Corporations--United States--Finance--History; Industrial
policy--United States--History; Capitalism--United
States--History; Social structure--United States--History; Rich
people--United States--History; Power (Social sciences)--United
States--History. Merger
wave of 1890s - many large firms turned to public capital
markets to facilitate mergers.
Andrew Scott, Morten Hviid, Bruce Lyons
(2005).
Merger Control in the United Kingdom. (New York, NY:
Oxford University Press, 650 p.). Antitrust law--Great Britain;
Consolidation and merger of corporations--Great Britain.
A. David Silver (1990).
The Inside Raider. (New York, NY: Harper & Row, 297 p.).
Leveraged buyouts; Cash flow; Corporations--Cash position.
Mark L. Sirower (2000).
The Synergy Trap: How Companies Lose the Acquisition Game.
(New York, NY: Free Press, 289 p.). Consolidation and merger of
corporations--United states; Tender offers (Securities)--United
States; Management buyouts--United States; Competition--United
States; Risk--United States.
Robert Slater (1999).
The Titans of Takeover: Includes Boesky Insider Trading Scandal.
(Washington, DC: Beard Books, 230 p. (orig. pub. 1987).
Consolidation and merger of corporations--United States;
Capitalists and financiers--United States.
Roy C. Smith (1990).
The Money Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Great Buyout Boom of
the 1980s. (New York, NY: Dutton, 370 p.). Consolidation
and merger of corporations--United
States--Finance--History--20th century; Leveraged
buyouts--United States--History--20th century; United
States--Economic conditions--1981-.
Robert Sobel (1999).
The Rise and Fall of the Conglomerate Kings.
(Washington, DC: Beard Books, 240 p. [orig. pub. 1999]).
Conglomerate corporations--United States--History; Consolidation
and merger of corporations--United States--History; Directors of
corporations--United States--History.
Paul Solman and Thomas Friedman (1982).
Life and Death on the Corporate Battlefield: How Companies Win,
Lose, Survive. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 248 p.).
Corporations--United States; United States--Commerce.
H. A. Toulmin, Jr.; with introduction by C.M.
Chester, Jr. (1929).
Millions in Mergers. (New York, NY: B.C. Forbes, 323
p.). Trusts, Industrial; Monopolies; Corporation law.
Susanne
Trimbath (2002).
Mergers and Efficiency: Changes Across Time. (Boston,
MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 277 p.). CEO and Chief Economist
of STP Advisory Services. Consolidation and merger of
corporations; Consolidation and merger of corporations
--Finance. Changes in rates of merger efficiency; business,
financial, economic innovations that defined last two decades of
20th century; conditions under which merger activity increased. decreased firm efficiency, industrial productivity, overall
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