The Art of Capital Restructuring

Acknowledgments ix
1 Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Restructuring: An Overview 1
H. Kent Baker and Halil Kiymaz
PART I Background
2 Merger Waves 17
Jarrad Harford
3 Takeover Regulation 39
Marina Martynova and Luc Renneboog
4 Corporate Governance and M&As 57
Fei Xie
5 Ethical and Social Issues in M&As 71
Robert W. McGee
6 Theoretical Issues on Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures 87
Abdul H. Rahman
7 The Short-Term and Long-Term Performance of M&As 105
Shantanu Dutta and Samir Saadi
PART II Valuation
8 Standard Valuation Methods forM&As 127
Pablo Fernandez
9 Real Options and Their Impact on M&As 151
Hemantha Herath and John S. Jahera Jr.
10 The Law and Finance of Control Premiums and Minority Discounts 169
Helen Bowers
11 Cross-Border Valuation Effects in Developed and EmergingMarkets 185
Wenjie Chen
PART III The M&A Deal Process
12 Sources of Financing and Means of Payment in M&As 205
Marina Martynova and Luc Renneboog
13 Cultural Due Diligence 223
Ronald F. Piccolo and Mary Bardes
14 Negotiation Process, Bargaining Area, and Contingent Payments 243
William A. Grimm
15 Merger Negotiations: Takeover Process, Selling Procedure, and Deal Initiation 261
Nihat Aktas and Eric de Bodt
16 Postacquisition Planning and Integration 281
Olimpia Meglio and Arturo Capasso
17 Organizational and Human Resource Issues in M&As 297
Siddhartha S. Brahma
PART IV Takeovers and Behavioral Effects
18 Takeover Strategies 323
Shailendra (Shail) Pandit
19 Defensive Strategies in Takeovers 339
Christian Rauch and Mark Wahrenburg
20 The Impact of Restructuring on Bondholders 359
Luc Renneboog and Peter G. Szilagyi
21 Behavioral Effects in M&As 385
Jens Hagendorff
PART V Recapitalization and Restructuring
22 Financial Restructuring 401
Otgontsetseg Erhemjamts and Kartik Raman
23 Going Private and Leveraged Buyouts 419
Onur Bayar
24 International Takeovers and Restructuring 437
Rita Biswas
PART VI Special Topics
25 Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances: Alternatives to M&As 461
Tomas Mantecon and James A. Conover
26 Fairness Opinions in M&As 483
Steven M. Davidoff, Anil K. Makhija, and Rajesh P. Narayanan
27 How Initial Public Offerings Affect M&A Markets: The Dual Tracking Phenomenon 495
Roberto Ragozzino and Jeffrey J. Reuer
28 The Diversification Discount 511
Seoungpil Ahn
29 Partial Acquisitions:Motivation and Consequences on Firm Performance 527
Pengcheng Zhu and Shantanu Dutta
Answers to End-of-Chapter Discussion Questions 545
Index 581