Global mergers and acquisitions : combining companies across borders

246 Pages·2014·7.24 MB·English

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Global Mergers
and Acquisitions

Global Mergers
and Acquisitions
Combining Companies
Across Borders
Abdol S. Soofi and Yuqin Zhang
Global Mergers and Acquisitions: Combining Companies Across Borders
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Abdol Soofi dedicates this book to his wife Xing, to his daughter Rima, to
his son Shauheen, and to the loving memory of his son Rosteen.
Yuqin Zhang dedicates this book to her father Wenhai Zhang, her h usband
Hongbin Dong, and her daughter Yicheng Dong

Abstract
This book primarily deals with corporate restructuring through mergers
and acquisitions (M&As). It critically examines all functions that must
be performed in completing an M&A transaction. Domestic and cross-
border M&A’s are very similar in many respects even though differences
between them also exist. To include discussions of the issues that arise in
cross-border M&A transactions, the book also covers discusses such as
international finance and multinational financial management.
Given the increasing importance of China as the second largest econ-
omy in the world and Chinese companies’ growing merger and acquisition
(M&A) activities globally, we devote the last two chapters of the book to
China’s outward foreign direct investment and cross-border M&A activi-
ties. The case studies regarding Chinese foreign direct investment both in
Greenfield and acquisition forms give additional insights into challenging
tasks of due diligence and post-merger cultural integration that foreign
investors face.
The knowledge of these topics is absolutely imperative in M&A deci-
sion making. Tasks include developing a strategy for merger or acquisition,
finding a target, conducting due diligence, valuing the target company,
conducting negotiations and structuring the deal, and, finally, satisfactorily
meeting the most challenging phase of an M&A transaction; that is, inte-
grating the acquiring and acquired companies. In short, the book is written
as a concise guideline for those readers who are interested in gaining a clear
understanding of what a merger or acquisition entails.
The M&A literature is a fragmented field of inquiry. The book brings
together important, practical insights from this vast literature in a short,
but cohesive form that hopefully has great managerial relevance.
Keywords
business valuation, cost of capital, cross-border acquisition, cultural
integration deal structuring, exchange rate, FDI and national security,
foreign direct investment, merger and acquisition, strategy, target
selection, real options, regulatory agencies

Contents
Preface ..................................................................................................xi
Part I Cross-Border Mergers, Acquisitions,
and Corporate Restructuring... ....................................1
Chapter 1 Internationalization of Economies ...................................3
Chapter 2 Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Restructuring ....9
Chapter 3 An Overview of the Merger and Acquisition Process ......19
Chapter 4 Merger and Acquisition Strategy Development ..............27
Chapter 5 Selecting a Potential Target Company for Acquisition ....35
Chapter 6 Accounting for Mergers and Acquisitions ......................53
Chapter 7 Alternative Approaches to Valuation ..............................59
Chapter 8 Cost of Capital ..............................................................71
Chapter 9 Real Option Analysis in Valuation of a Company ..........79
Chapter 10 Valuation of the Target Company Using
the Black–Scholes Model ...............................................91
Chapter 11 Target Valuation in Cross-Border Mergers
and Acquisitions ..........................................................115
Chapter 12 Negotiations, Deal Structuring, Financing,
and Regulatory Considerations ....................................129
Chapter 13 Postmerger Integration and Reorganization .................135
Part II Cross-Border M&A Activities of Chinese
Enterprises.. ............................................................161
Chapter 14 China’s Outbound Foreign Direct Investment .............163
Chapter 15 Major Issues in Chinese Cross-Border Mergers
and Acquisitions ..........................................................175
Notes..................................................................................................207
References ...........................................................................................211
Index .................................................................................................221