April 2018
Intermediate to advanced
372 pages
10h 11m
English

Boards of directors are playing an increasing and critical role in M&A transactions in 2017 and beyond. Boards must embrace key principles of due diligence, buy vs. build analysis, financial analysis, and risk assessment as primary factors in their decision-making and evaluation process, both for M&A as well as other capital investment proposals. Transactions should help drive shareholder value and be aligned with both short-term and long-term strategic objectives. They should be accretive not dilutive to the market price of the company’s shares as well as to the company’s brand, reputation, and to consumer perception ...