Creating Successful Acquisition and Joint Venture Projects: A Process and Team Approach »

JOHN E. TRIANTIS is Managing Director of Forerunner Consultants Inc., Morristown, N.J.

A highly experienced M&A practitioner lays out the special requirements that must be satisfied if acquisitions or joint ventures are to succeed, and shows professionals and academics exactly how to implement them.

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Examines reasons for the high rate of failure in acquisitions and joint ventures and shows how to create successful projects using the right teams and processes. Discusses world-class business development groups and project processes and practices, and looks at crucial issues in the creation of shareholder value in strategic business development projects. Details considerations in creating a project workplan and a business plan, building a monitoring system, and securing corporate approvals. Basic concepts of organizational structures, processes, and practices discussed apply to domestic as well as international business development in any industry. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)