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An M&A lesson: Should money always talk?
Author(s) -
Tokic Stijepko,
Beyea Genevieve
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of corporate accounting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1097-0053
pISSN - 1044-8136
DOI - 10.1002/jcaf.20461
Subject(s) - equity (law) , monetary economics , business , recession , economics , finance , political science , keynesian economics , law
The recent economic downturn has caused a shake‐up in the private equity markets—with important implications for mergers and acquisitions (M&As). One recent merger agreement—once lauded as exemplary—has disintegrated into four separate, contentious lawsuits. What went wrong there? And what lessons does it hold to prevent similar disasters in the future? © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.