In the face of pressure to increase shareholder value, conglomerates are turning to demerger in an attempt to release value to deliver the expected returns. Yet, this is a complex, traumatic and potentially costly process on which there tends to be limited internal expertise.
With the help of this new report you will be able to overcome these obstacles. Drawing on the author's first hand experience of demerger consultancy for the Burton Group, the briefing details best practice for managing demergers. It will enable you to understand and manage the internal consequences at both a strategic and operational level. For anyone contemplating, or in the midst of, breaking up conglomerates, this briefing is essential reading.
Contents include:
Deciding whether to demerge
demerging to add value
reasons given for demerging
decision-making models
checklists
Planning how to demerge
risk analysis
issues of culture
success criteria
demerger competencies
Case study – The Burton Group
- ISBN10 0273639722
- ISBN13 9780273639725
- Publish Date 26 March 1999
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Financial Times Prentice Hall
- Format Paperback
- Pages 160
- Language English