This is the handy paperback edition of McGraw-Hill's One-Volume, MBA-Level M&A Course. More than ever before, decision-makers in profitable, high-growth businesses and industries must keep on top of the latest M&A strategies and techniques. Mergers & Acquisitions will show you how to fully exploit today's myriad M&A opportunities, as you learn how to defend your firm against unwelcome takeover attempts. Hundreds of vital M&A issues are covered in depth, including: valuation and accounting methods; assessing strategic fit; legal and regulatory frameworks; merging corporate cultures; restructuring and financial engineering; and, postmerger integration.Affordable and transportable, this paperback edition of Mergers & Acquisitions - the popular McGraw-Hill guide based on UCLA's Executive Education M&A program - provides you with every word, chart, case study, and statistic found in the hardcover. Look to the McGraw-Hill Executive MBA Series for straight-talking, technique-filled books, written by front-line executive education professors and modeled after the programs of top business schools. The other paperback titles in the series include: Sales Management, Finance & Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers, and Corporate Strategy.