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Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change
The business world is a place of constant change, with stories of corporate mergers, layoffs, bankruptcy, and restructuring hitting the news every day. Yet as veteran consultant William Bridges maintains, the situational changes are not as difficult for companies to make as the psychological transitions. In the best-selling Managing Transitions, Bridges provides a clear understanding of what change does to employees and what employees in transition can do to an organization. Directed at managers and employees in today's corporations, Bridges shows how to minimize the distress and disruptions caused by change. Managing Transitions addresses the fact that it is people who have to carry out the change. When the book was originally published a decade ago, Bridges was the first to provide any real sense of the emotional impact of change and what can be done to keep it from disrupting the entire organization. With new information and commentary on layoffs, corporate suspicion, and the increasing tumult in the business world, Managing Transitions remains the definitive guide to dealing with change. .
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Takeover: The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy
Praised everywhere as a stunning work of reportage, TAKEOVER lays bare a hidden agenda, three decades in the making, to allow the White House to wield enormous powers, unchecked by Congres or the courts--an agenda that links warrantless wiretapping and Bush's judicial nominees, torture and Cheney's energy task force, the faith-based initiative and the imprisonment of citizens without trial. TAKEOVER tells the story of how a group of true believers, led by Cheney, set out to establish near-monarchical executive powers that, in the words of one conservative critic, "will lie around like a loaded weapon" for any future president..
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Takeover
In the tradition of Kathy Reichs and Jeffery Deaver, a talented novelist introduces a gutsy forensic investigator caught in the middle of an explosive crisis
Early one Thursday morning, forensic scientist Theresa MacLean is called to the scene of a gruesome murder. The body of a man has been found on the front lawn of a house in suburban Cleveland, the back of his head bashed in. Although it's not the best start to her day, Theresa has been through worse. What unfolds during the next eight hours, though, is nothing she could ever have imagined. Downtown at the Federal Reserve Bank, her police detective fiancé is taken hostage with six others in a robbery masterminded by two clever criminals. When she arrives at the scene, Theresa discovers that the police have brought in the city's best hostage negotiator: handsome, high-profile Chris Cavanaugh. He hasn't lost a victim yet, but Theresa wonders if he might be too arrogant to save the day this time around. When her fiancé is injured, she seizes the opportunity to trade places with him. Once on the inside, she will use all her wiles, experience, and technical skills to gain control of the situation. But what initially appears to be a bank heist turns into something far more complex and deadly, and Theresa must decide how much more she is willing to sacrifice in order to save the lives of innocent people as well as her own. .
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How to Buy and/or Sell a Small Business for Maximum Profit: A Step-by-Step Guide
This book provides a road map of suggestions, insights and techniques for both buyers and sellers It covers the entire selling process step-by-stepfrom making the decision of when to sell or buy, through determining how to market the company, to understanding the various legal & financial documents involved in a sale, and on to closing the deal and handling the transition afterwards. This book is geared toward the novice entrepreneur who wants to buy or sell a small business. Topics covered include: finding and evaluating a business to buy and/or sell, how to value a business, raising the necessary capital, evaluating a business financial condition using discounted cash flow, excess earnings, asset value, and income capitalization,brokers, leveraged buyouts, letters of intent, legal and tax concerns and contracts..
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Takeovers, Restructuring, and Corporate Governance (4th Edition) (Prentice Hall Finance Series)
This book brings together conceptual and empirical material in a systematic way. It provides readers with a basis for understanding mergers and acquisitions and corporate restructuring that are introduced into every session of Congress. The volume provides a complete review of takeovers and mergers in practice, M&A's in theory and practice, the strategic perspective of valuation, restructuring, M&A strategies and strategies for creating value. For CEOs, COOs, CFOs and other top level executives..
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Why Does Imigration Divide America?: Public Finance And Political Opposition To Open Borders
Americans are roughly divided between those who favor scaling down immigration, out of concern about labor-market pressures and the burden on public finance, and those who support maintaining it at current levels. One result of divisiveness is inaction. Despite apparent agreement across the political spectrum that US immigration policy is in need of repair, the likelihood of serious reform appears slight. Hanson explores the interplay between public finance and immigration policy and offers two strategies to reduce immigration's consequences for the public coffers. One is to attract individuals likely to pay more in taxes than they draw in public services; a second strategy is to restructure immigrants' rights to public benefits..
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Big Deal: Mergers and Acquisitions in the Digital Age
Nothing in business is more shrouded in secrecy and mystery than "doing the deal." The dealmakers themselves are usually flamboyant, the sums of money involved are vast, and the number of people who are affected by the deal are many. So it's no wonder that the media loves to cover stories like the QVC/Viacom battle over Paramount or Worldcom's recent takeover bids--deals like these can dominate headlines for days. Big Deal is about this high stakes game of corporate mergers and acquisitions. Author Bruce Wasserstein, himself a participant in many of these deals through his firm Wasserstein, Perella & Co., writes a highly readable and fascinating account that covers the history, personalities, and mechanics of mergers and acquisitions. Wasserstein sees five waves of mergers beginning in the mid-1800s: the first wave involved the building of the railroad empires; the second in the 1920s saw a period of merger mania which was fueled in part by a frothy stock market and rapid industrial growth; the third wave happened during the "Go-Go Years" of the 1960s, which witnessed the rise of the conglomerate; the fourth occurred with the hostile takeovers of the 1980s, driven by names such as Icahn, Boesky, and Milken; and finally Wasserstein sees a fifth wave happening today. He attributes the current explosion of mergers and acquisitions to the need for companies to reposition themselves in today's ever changing competitive environment. Wasserstein peppers the book with thumbnail personality profiles of some of the big dealmakers including Barry Diller, Sumner Redstone, Carl Icahn, T. Boone Pickens, and Bernard Ebbers. He also considers the many techniques and strategies employed by the dealmakers--poison pills, proxy fights, and bear hugs. Trends such as globalization, deregulation, and profound technological change are causing mergers and acquisitions to happen more than ever, and Big Deal provides a good foundation for understanding why and how these deals happen. --Harry C. Edwards.
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Selling Spirituality: The Silent Takeover of Religion
From feng shui to holistic medicine, from aromatherapy candles to yoga weekends, spirituality is big business. It promises to soothe away the angst of modern living, and to offer an antidote to shallow materialism. Selling Spirituality is a short, sharp attack on this fallacy. It shows how spirituality has in fact become a powerful commodity in the global marketplace--a cultural addiction that reflects orthodox politics, curbs self-expression and colonizes Eastern beliefs. Exposing how spirituality has today come to embody the privatization of religion in the modern West, Jeremy Carrette and Richard King reveal the people and brands who profit from this corporate hijack, and explore how spirituality can be reclaimed as a means of resistance to capitalism and its frauds..
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The Complete M&A Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Buying, Selling, Merging, or Valuing a Business for Maximum Return
The Ultimate Guide to Buying, Selling, Merging, or Valuing a Business for Maximum ReturnThe next merger wave has already started. You may be looking to grow your company through acquistions, or you may be planning for the perfect exit strategy. In today's highly competitive M&A marketplace, when billion-dollar deals can succeed or fail at the drop of a hat, you and your company—whether large or small—need a dynamic strategy to succeed. Where can you find the most reliable, expertly written information to understanding and executing the essential steps to M&A? The Complete M&A Handbook has everything you need. With the professional guidance in this one-stop resource, you can limit the length, risk, and complexity of merging, selling, or acquiring a business. Author and attorney Tom Taulli addresses in detail the common—and not so common—questions and concerns buyers and sellers have at every stage. He identifies new trends and swiftly guides you through all the legal, operational, and logistical steps to doing the deal right while helping you understand the myriad options, pitfalls, and opportunities at every turn. Inside, you'll discover how to: ·Attract compatible companies to the deal ·Integrate different corporate cultures smoothly ·Comply with U.S. and foreign antitrust regulations ·Negotiate a fair—but competitive—purchase agreement ·Spot key aspects of due diligence that most companies ignore ·And much, much more Whether you're a buyer or a seller, you'll find tips and tactics to help you complete your deal, saving you time and company value. Of course, nothing can replace an excellent team of advisers for M&A, but, with this book by your side, you can strike deals with the right terms to ensure maximum return. "Companies need reliable guidance through M&A. The Compete M&A Handbook will help any company through the painstaking process. Tom Taulli offers invaluable advice in the critical steps to buying or selling a business of any size." — Robin Richards, CEO, Vivendi Universal Net USA "Tom Taulli is masterful in making the M&A game understandable. Whether you're on the sell or buy side, this book is a must read." — Alan M. Meckler, chairman and CEO, INT Media Group "Taulli describes the M&A process clearly and succinctly. This book will help any business owner be better prepared for the big change." — Walter Cruttenden, Cruttenden Partners "M&A is the seemingly easy process of bringing buyer and seller together. The reality is that selling a business is quite complex, time consuming, and risky. Tom Taulli does an admirable job distilling a complex subject into an easily understood road map for enterprises of all sizes." — John McCracken, managing director, M&A, WR Hambrecht and Co. "Tom Taulli has done it again. His examination of M&A gets an A+ for getting to the meat of the matter. If the business world had more of this no-nonsense kind of accounting analysis, perhaps it wouldn't be such a shark-eat-shark world out there." — Thom Calandra, editor in chief, CBS MarketWatch "An excellent overview of the M&A process. Very readable." — Robert Machiz, CEO, MoneySoft Inc..
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