Breakup
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (562 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0684845105 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Sirower Strategic Management Professor, Stern School of Business, New York University, and the author of The Synergy Trap. At last! A wonderfully written book that clearly describes the value that can be created for shareholders by fixing the mistakes of the past. Mark L. -- Review. I highly recommend it to anyone involved with corporate-level strategy
Special features include an analysis of the Fortune 100, showing which companies have the most to gain from considering breakup, and a list of tips, drawn from interviews, for leading your company through a successful breakup.. The excised divisions, reformed into stand-alone businesses, also benefit. No longer hampered by corporate centers without expertise in their core businesses, they thrive. The means to this end is the spin-off. This book covers all the angles, giving the details on what market forces drive breakups, how breakups create value, who should break up, how to profit from a breakup, and how to wind up with a better job should your company break up. In the space of two years, dozens of the most famous companies in the United States have all elected to self-destruct: ITT, Grace, Marrion, AT&T, 3M, Baxter, Tenneco, Anheuser Busch, Ralston Purina, General Motors, Corning, Dial, and Dun & Bradstreet. By carefully spinning off companies and divisions, conglomerates can transform themselves into lean, focused, and far more profitable organizations. Based on extensive research and executive interviews, "Breakup!" analyzes the spin-off phenomenon and tells business people what they need to know to get in
effectively challenges one of the basic tenets of management Bob Crothers(bcrother@newyork.bozell.com This book is a must read for progressive managers. It provides indisputable evidence of the trend to anti-conglomeration and sets out in detail the U.S. companies within the top 100 that are prime candidates for such splits. For general business readers, it provides a critical review of a previously unchallenged business the