Resumen:
Part I: Background -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: History of Mergers -- Chapter 3: Legal Framework -- Chapter 4: Merger Strategy -- Part II: Hostile Takeovers -- Chapter 5: Antitakeover Measures -- Chapter 6: Takeover Tactics -- Chapter 7: Hedge Funds as Activist Investors -- Part III: Going-private transactions and leveraged buyouts -- Chapter 8: Going-Private Transactions and Leveraged Buyouts -- Chapter 9: The Private Equity Market -- Chapter 10: The Junk Bond and the Leveraged Loan Market and Stapled Financing -- Part IV: Corporate Restructuring -- Chapter 11: Corporate Restructuring -- Chapter 12: Restructuring in Bankruptcy -- Chapter 13: Corporate Governance -- Chapter 14: Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances -- Chapter 15: Valuation -- Chapter 16: Tax Issues in M&A.