This book addresses the salient question of how to make mergers and acquisitions work using a five-step approach. It explores insights gained from Prysmian's acquisitions and other prominent M&A deals, and compares them to existing best practices.

For many industries, mergers and acquisitions have become the main pathway for reaching strategic objectives like growth, technological leadership, or efficiency in production and distribution. However, the success rate of most M&A deals is low - and flawed. Unrealistic synergies, wrong target...

International Leadership: Effecting Success Across Borders in a Boundaryless World -- Enacting Opportunities Across Borders -- Early and Rapid or Late and Slow? -- Cooperation with Distributors in Arabic-Speaking Countries -- The Curious Case of Leadership in International Branch Campuses in...

Seasoned businesspeople, especially those engaged in international mergers and acquisitions (M&A), are keenly aware of the fact that no matter how pleasant their pre-arrangement business courtship has been, disputes, either pre or post closing, may, indeed, occur. Some disputes may be benign and...

chapter 1. Societal culture and leadership : GLOBE history, theory, and summary of previous findings -- chapter 2. Selective review of the literature on culture, leadership, and upper echelon theory -- chapter 3. Rationale, theoretical framework, hypotheses, research design, and snapshots of...

Unique in its focus, methodology, and impact, Strategic Leadership Across Cultures: The GLOBE Study of CEO Leadership Behavior and Effectiveness in 24 Countries is a must-have for those studying or practicing in the fields of global leadership, cross-cultural leadership, and organization...