Due Diligence: An M&A Value Creation Approach

This nuts-and-bolts guide examines all aspects of an M&A duediligence--from coming to the decision to acquire a company, to whoshould be on the due diligence team, to the actual process and thefinal report and post-closing follow up. It advocates a focus onboth risk mitigation and shareholder value creation, and emphasizesa holistic approach that spans from planning to post-acquisitionintegration. The tentative contents is: (1) Introduction
(2)Planning for value creation: growth strategy
(3) Engagement andpursuit
(4) Preparing for due diligence
(5) Validation of value: performing due diligence
(6) Assessment of due diligence results
(7) Optimizing value: post diligence negotiation
(8) Extractingvalue: post-transaction integration.