A case study textbook on corporate mergers and acquisitions.

• It offers a concise and analytical case study in corporate mergers and acquisitions, complete with researched testimonies and prepared statements of the major deal players before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on the Judiciary.
• It quickly answers the what, who, how, and why questions of corporate mergers and acquisitions through actual case study without being sidetracked into the vast expanse of the intriguing subject.
• A must read book for the student of the subject.

  The author holds a BS degree from Mercy College, and an MBA degree from Long Island University, all in New York, USA.
  

"In medieval times, stone castles dotted the countryside of Europe. They attracted itinerant merchants and craftsmen who would wander from castle to castle selling their labor, products, and services. When wars occurred between the castle rulers which resulted in one castle taking over another, it was a common practice of the time to plunder the castles treasures, take prisoners, and scatter the occupants of the enemy castle throughout the countryside. Today, corporate castles of steel and glass dot the countryside of many modern nations. Itinerant professional college students and workers wander from corporate castle to corporate castle seeking employment much as their ancestors might have done during the middle ages. When modern economic wars between castles occur and one corporate castle takes over another corporate castle, the assets of the acquired corporation are taken over and the occupants of the former corporation are either incorporated into the new corporation or laid off."
-T.H.Henning, From Web Based Corporate Institutes

Defense industry and commercial industry corporate executives who are searching for strategies and solutions to better manage people in multicultural corporations may find a solution in Web Based Corporate Institutes. The case for developing a web based corporate institute as one way to resolve human resource development issues is thought provoking and insightful. The author provides highlights from his experience at International Business Machines Corporation, Loral Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Litton Industries TASC (now a division of Northrop Grumman), and Veridian (recently acquired by General Dynamics).

In the closing months of 1945, James D. Wise, the President of the Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, Inc., of Lowell inquired if the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration would be interested in writing a history of his company. The history written shows the evolution of what in 1951 became the Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company as a result of a merger of eleven predecessor companies whose roots can be traced back to 1825. Leaders in point of time, leaders in scale of operations, leaders in mechanization, in market extension, and in integration, the predecessors of Bigelow-Sanford literally made carpet history. This study of the development of this company is therefore more than an exercise in the background of a single firm; it is a survey of the origins and growth of an important American industry over a period of 125 years.

A longtime critic of hostile cash takeovers of large corporations, Edmund Kelly believed that if the organized insincerity of advisors and corporate control entrepreneurs in the tight knit takeover community was told, this alone would contribute to a decline in the acceptance of the hostile bid as an acquisition method. Copies of The Takeover Dialogues were purchased primarily in 1988 by investment and commercial banking and corporate law firms, executives and business libraries. Prominent uninvited cash takeover bids averaged 17 a year for the period 1985 - 1988. There were 6 in 1989 and 2 in 1990. For the years 1991 -1999 they averaged 1.2 a year. In these carefully reasoned dialogues, Edmund Kelly also examines the impact of corporate raids on the business community and society. Kelly believes the ideal corporation translates capital and human energy into a community service institution that is ultimately greater than the sum of its parts.

This book raises important questions of public policy about issues affecting the institutions upon which we all depend for our continued prosperity. It is important reading for anyone concerned about the future of corporate business in a capitalistic society.

A case study textbook on corporate mergers and acquisitions.

• It offers a concise and analytical case study in corporate mergers and acquisitions, complete with researched testimonies and prepared statements of the major deal players before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on the Judiciary.
• It quickly answers the what, who, how, and why questions of corporate mergers and acquisitions through actual case study without being sidetracked into the vast expanse of the intriguing subject.
• A must read book for the student of the subject.

  The author holds a BS degree from Mercy College, and an MBA degree from Long Island University, all in New York, USA.