He is a strategy consultant in the field of mergers & acquisitions for an international management consulting firm.
Richard Kestenbaum, of Triangle Capital, (a bit of an expert in the field of mergers in the retail sector) explores the topic for Fortune magazine.
Our argument parallels that of Haleblian et al. (2009) in the field of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), as we demonstrate current shortcomings regarding the operationalization of success measures.
This is especially true in the field of mergers and acquisitions, where strategic planning and disciplined processes have replaced the go-go style of the 1990s, in which acquisitive dealmakers used sky-high stock prices to round up companies at an astonishing rate and "toss them over the fence" to be managed by unprepared business units.
A frequent public speaker, he is an internationally recognized authority in the field of mergers & acquisitions and corporate finance.
ABC Chairman Leonard H. Goldenson, 79, insisted in a telephone interview that the ratings problems, corporate raiders and a lack of a likely successor for him did not influence the decision to sell "per se". He said that the need to keep abreast of technological changes in the fields of broadcasting and publishing made a merger of ABC and Capital Cities a logical move.
The merger of EADS and BAE would have created a giant in the fields of civilian and military aircraft, worth some $50 billion.
Other countries, especially some in western Europe, have established monopolies boards, which monitor or oversee activities of large corporations in the field of takeovers and mergers.
Not surprisingly the most complete merger of the systems has occurred in the field of mercantile law.
