- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Historical overview of mergers and acquisitions activity
- Chapter 3 Alternative perspectives on mergers
- Chapter 4 Event Studies
- Chapter 5 Corporate Strategy
- Chapter 6 Corporate divestiture
- Chapter 7 Leveraged buyouts
- Chapter 8 Target selection for acquisition
- Chapter 9 Valuations in M & A
- Chapter 10 Method of payment
- Chapter 11 Bid strategies and tactics
- Chapter 12 Defences against takeovers
- Chapter 13 M & A in Australia
- Chapter 14 Merger arbitrage
- Chapter 15 Case study I
- Chapter 16 Case study II
Chapters 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11 and 12 are taken from: Sudarsanam, P.S. 2010, Creating Value from Mergers & Acquisitions, 2nd ed., Pearson Education Limited, Harlow.
Chapters 4, 5, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15 and 16 are taken from: Svec, J., Wright, D. & Aspris, A. 2014, Evaluating the Performance of M&A, Pearson Australia.
