Big Deal, 2^nd Ed.

2000 and Beyond

A. Lyman Chapin, Bruce Wasserstein

Publisher: Warner / Grand Central Publishing / Hachette, 2000 , 832 pages

ISBN: 0-446-52642-8

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• One: Past as Prelude
1. The Digital World Cometh
2. Mel, Barry, and Sumner Go Digital
3. History's Shadow
4. The Rise and Fall of the Conglomerate
5. The Deal Decade: Early Years
6. Troubled Years
7. The Merits of Mergers: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
• Two: The Strategic Challenge
1. The Strategic Dilemma
2. The Energy Wars: Globalization Reigns
3. Metamorphosis: Conglomerates Transformed
4. Financial Services in the Digital Age
5. The Telco Revolution: The Story of Ma Bell, Her Children, and Her Rivals
6. Racing Towards Cyberspace: The Media and the Message in the Age of Convergence
7. The Tumultuous World of Health Care
• Three: Doing the Deal
1. A Guide to the Players
2. The Price
3. Structuring the Deal
4. Implementing the Deal
5. Offense: Battlefield Tactics
6. Defense: Fight or Sell?
7. Defense: Building the Battlements
8. Defense: Battlefield Tactics
9. The Government Intervenes