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Despite the goal of performance improvement, results from mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are often disappointing. Numerous empirical studies show high failure rates of M&A deals. Studies are mostly focused on individual determinants. The literature therefore lacks a more comprehensive framework that includes different perspectives. Using four statistical methods, Thomas Straub shows that M&A performance is a multi-dimensional function. For a successful deal, the following key success factors should be taken into account: • Strategic logic which is reflected by six determinants: market similarities, market complementarities, operational similarities, operational complementarities, market power, and purchasing power. • Organizational integration which is reflected by three determinants: acquisition experience, relative size, cultural compatibility. • Financial / price perspective which is reflected by three determinants: acquisition premium, bidding process, and due diligence. All 12 variables are presumed to affect performance either positively or negatively. Post-M&A performance is measured by synergy realization, relative performance (compared to competition), and absolute performance.

Consolidation and merger of corporations. --- Entreprises --- Fusion --- Corporations. --- Management. --- Business. --- Leadership. --- Business and Management. --- Business Strategy/Leadership. --- Ability --- Command of troops --- Followership --- Administration --- Industrial relations --- Organization

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The LBO phenomenon has recently experienced considerable attention in academic literature; especially wealth effects on the parties involved seem to be at the forefront of interest. However, empirical academic work on ex-post value creation and performance analysis is still in its infancy, predominantly due to the lack of available information on firms that have experienced and completed an LBO. Daniel Pindur analyzes value creation in successful LBOs on investment level conceptually and empirically from an LBO equity investor perspective. Based on the LBO transaction model, the author decomposes total proceeds to LBO equity investors and derives a two-tier framework of an internal and an external perspective, thereby structuring the conceptual discussion of various determinants affecting these components. Founded on a novel database with detailed company- and transaction-specific information for a sample of 42 realized European LBO investments, he then quantifies LBO investment performance measures and their components and identifies the determinants of value creation in LBO investments.

Economics/Management Science. --- Finance /Banking. --- Economics. --- Banks and banking. --- Economie politique --- Banques --- Consolidation and merger of corporations. --- Corporate reorganizations. --- Venture capital. --- Finance --- Management --- Business & Economics --- Banking --- Finance - General --- Investment & Speculation --- Industrial Management --- Corporate governance. --- Governance, Corporate --- Acquisition of corporations --- Acquisitions and mergers --- Amalgamation of corporations --- Business combinations --- Business mergers --- Buyouts, Corporate --- Corporate acquisitions --- Corporate buyouts --- Corporate mergers --- Corporate takeovers --- Corporations --- Fusion of corporations --- Hostile takeovers of corporations --- M & A (Mergers and acquisitions of corporations) --- Merger of corporations --- Mergers and acquisitions of corporations --- Mergers, Corporate --- Takeovers, Corporate --- Consolidation --- Mergers --- Finance. --- Finance, general. --- Corporate reorganizations --- Golden parachutes (Executive compensation) --- Industrial concentration --- Trusts, Industrial --- Industrial management --- Directors of corporations --- Funding --- Funds --- Economics --- Currency question

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... "Included on the Choice list with the outstanding academic Earth Sciences titles 2008" ... This volume describes simplified dynamic analyses that bridge the gap between the rather limited provisions of design codes and the rather eclectic methods used in sophisticated analyses. Graphs and spreadsheets are included for the ease and speed of use of simplified analyses of: soil slope (in)stability and displacements caused by earthquakes, sand liquefaction and flow caused by earthquakes, dynamic soil-foundation interaction, bearing capacity and additional settlement of shallow foundations, earthquake motion effects on tunnels and shafts, frequent liquefaction potential mitigation measures. A number of comments on the assumptions used in different methods, limitation and factors affecting the results are given. Several case histories are also included in the appendices in order to assess the accuracy and usefulness of the simplified methods. Audience This work is of interest to geotechnical engineers, engineering geologists, earthquake engineers and students.

Geosciences. --- Geotechnical Engineering. --- Applied Geosciences. --- Structural Foundations, Hydraulic Engineering. --- Engineering geology. --- Géologie appliquée --- Earthquake engineering -- Mathematics. --- Soil mechanics -- Mathematics. --- Structural dynamics -- Mathematics. --- Civil Engineering --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Earthquake engineering. --- Engineering --- Geology --- Earth sciences. --- Geotechnical engineering. --- Foundations. --- Hydraulics. --- Earth Sciences. --- Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences. --- Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics. --- Geology. --- Civil engineering --- Geology, Economic --- Engineering geology --- Shear walls --- Hydraulic engineering. --- Engineering, Hydraulic --- Fluid mechanics --- Hydraulics --- Shore protection --- Engineering—Geology. --- Flow of water --- Water --- Hydraulic engineering --- Jets --- Architecture --- Building --- Structural engineering --- Underground construction --- Caissons --- Earthwork --- Masonry --- Soil consolidation --- Soil mechanics --- Walls --- Engineering, Geotechnical --- Geotechnics --- Geotechnology --- Flow --- Distribution --- Details

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Poromechanics is the mechanics of porous materials and is now a well established field in many engineering disciplines, ranging from Civil Engineering, Geophysics, Petroleum Engineering to Bioengineering. However, a rigorous approach that links the physics of the phenomena at stake in porous materials and the macroscopic behaviour is still missing. This book presents such an approach by means of homogenization techniques. Rigorously founded in various theories of micromechanics, these up scaling techniques are developed for the homogenization of transport properties, stiffness and strength properties of porous materials. The special feature of this book is the balance between theory and application, providing the reader with a comprehensive introduction to state-of-the-art homogenization theories and applications to a large range of real life porous materials: concrete, rocks, shales, bones, etc.

Engineering. --- Physics and Applied Physics in Engineering. --- Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials. --- Engineering Thermodynamics, Transport Phenomena. --- Structural Foundations, Hydraulic Engineering. --- Applied Geosciences. --- Biophysics/Biomedical Physics. --- Biomedical engineering. --- Materials. --- Ingénierie --- Génie biomédical --- Matériaux --- Micromechanics. --- Porous materials -- Mechanical properties. --- Porous materials. --- Porous media --- Geotechnical engineering. --- Biophysics. --- Biological physics. --- Thermodynamics. --- Heat engineering. --- Heat transfer. --- Mass transfer. --- Continuum mechanics. --- Engineering geology. --- Engineering --- Foundations. --- Hydraulics. --- Engineering, general. --- Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer. --- Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics. --- Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences. --- Biophysics and Biological Physics. --- Geology. --- Materials --- Porosity --- Composite materials --- Solid state physics --- Microstructure --- Mechanics. --- Mechanics, Applied. --- Hydraulic engineering. --- Solid Mechanics. --- Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics. --- Engineering, Hydraulic --- Fluid mechanics --- Hydraulics --- Shore protection --- Applied mechanics --- Engineering, Mechanical --- Engineering mathematics --- Classical mechanics --- Newtonian mechanics --- Physics --- Dynamics --- Quantum theory --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Engineering—Geology. --- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical --- Mechanics --- Heat --- Heat-engines --- Biological physics --- Biology --- Medical sciences --- Engineering, Geotechnical --- Geotechnics --- Geotechnology --- Engineering geology --- Flow of water --- Water --- Hydraulic engineering --- Jets --- Architecture --- Building --- Structural engineering --- Underground construction --- Caissons --- Earthwork --- Masonry --- Soil consolidation --- Soil mechanics --- Walls --- Civil engineering --- Geology, Economic --- Mass transport (Physics) --- Thermodynamics --- Transport theory --- Heat transfer --- Thermal transfer --- Transmission of heat --- Energy transfer --- Mechanical engineering --- Flow --- Distribution --- Details --- Geology

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Floods are of increasing public concern world-wide due to increasing damages and unacceptably high numbers of injuries. Previous approaches of flood protection led to limited success especially during recent extreme events. Therefore, an integrated flood risk management is required which takes into consideration both the hydrometeorogical and the societal processes. Moreover, real effects of risk mitigation measures have to be critically assessed. The book draws a comprehensive picture of all these aspects and their interrelations. It furthermore provides a lot of detail on earth observation, flood hazard modelling, climate change, flood forecasting, modelling vulnerability, mitigation measures and the various dimensions of management strategies. In addition to local and regional results of science, engineering and social science investigations on modelling and management, transboundary co-operation of large river catchments are of interest. Based on this, the book is a valuable source of the state of the art in flood risk management but also covers future demands for research and practice in terms of flood issues.

milieutechnologie --- ruimtelijke ordening --- simulaties --- vormgeving --- Water supply. Water treatment. Water pollution --- milieubeleid --- Geodesy. Cartography --- Environmental planning --- Artificial intelligence. Robotics. Simulation. Graphics --- waterverontreiniging --- fotogrammetrie --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Flood damage prevention --- Floodplain management --- Risk assessment --- Dommages causés par les inondations --- Plaines inondables --- Evaluation du risque --- Congresses --- Congresses. --- Prévention --- Congrès --- Gestion --- EPUB-LIV-FT LIVECOLO LIVTERRE SPRINGER-B --- Meteorology. Climatology --- Hydrobiology --- General ecology and biosociology --- Hydraulic engineering. --- Business. --- Environmental pollution. --- Environmental management. --- Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics. --- Business and Management, general. --- Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution. --- Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management. --- Monitoring/Environmental Analysis. --- Environmental Management. --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Chemical pollution --- Chemicals --- Contamination of environment --- Environmental pollution --- Pollution --- Contamination (Technology) --- Asbestos abatement --- Bioremediation --- Environmental engineering --- Environmental quality --- Factory and trade waste --- Hazardous waste site remediation --- Hazardous wastes --- In situ remediation --- Lead abatement --- Pollutants --- Refuse and refuse disposal --- Trade --- Economics --- Commerce --- Industrial management --- Engineering, Hydraulic --- Engineering --- Fluid mechanics --- Hydraulics --- Shore protection --- Environmental aspects --- Engineering geology. --- Engineering—Geology. --- Foundations. --- Hydraulics. --- Management science. --- Water pollution. --- Environmental monitoring. --- Architecture --- Building --- Structural engineering --- Underground construction --- Caissons --- Earthwork --- Masonry --- Soil consolidation --- Soil mechanics --- Walls --- Civil engineering --- Geology, Economic --- Biomonitoring (Ecology) --- Ecological monitoring --- Monitoring, Environmental --- Applied ecology --- Aquatic pollution --- Fresh water --- Fresh water pollution --- Freshwater pollution --- Inland water pollution --- Lake pollution --- Lakes --- Reservoirs --- River pollution --- Rivers --- Stream pollution --- Water contamination --- Water pollutants --- Water pollution --- Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc. --- Quantitative business analysis --- Problem solving --- Operations research --- Statistical decision --- Flow of water --- Water --- Hydraulic engineering --- Jets --- Details --- Geology --- Measurement --- Monitoring --- Flow --- Distribution