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Summary: Rare to find
Review: This is the only comprehensive reference I found on Corporate restructuring. The price tag is little high but Amazon.com saving makes worth buying.
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Summary: Only usefull for students
Review: What a waiste of money.... The writer has not included any anlyses or real solutions to the cases that a provided. Unless you are a student in a class that use this book, this book gives you absolute nothing.
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Summary: The SEMINAL WORK on Creating Value Through Restructuring
Review: Without question, Professor Gilson's book is the SEMINAL WORK on creating value through corporate restructuring. It is essentially the Graham & Dodd "Security Analysis" of the corporate restructuring sector. A "must read" on corporate restructuring for investors, professionals, executives, managers, and students. The benchmark against which any other text in this area should be measured. Wealth of practical, yet sophisticated information about real world "how to's" of corporate restructuring. Harvard B-School case study format. The Harvard case studies are carefully designed to provoke discussion and challenge readers to consider the options for restructuring companies facing potentially "life-threatening" business challenges or crises. These companies have actually been through various restructurings (bankruptcy, spin-offs, tracking stocks, mergers, layoffs, etc.); insight comes from real companies and their real challenges. Definitely a useful textbook in any undergraduate or MBA level course addressing these topics (topics unfortunately mostly ignored by writers and universities until now.) Excellent work describing various restructuring processes. For example, Professor Gilson describes in detail Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization tactics such as tax issues to be addressed prior to spinning off a division, tracking stock alternatives, and business analysis associated with employee downsizing. Valuable essays on investing in debt of troubled companies and valuing companies during restructuring. Useful introductory chapters summarize case study lessons and list relevant research on related topics. Japonica Partners has been active in the restructuring area since the late '80s, and has created over $2 billion in value for our investors. We've found no other resource in this sector that comes close to this book. Many of our professional team members have already found value-added in its pages. Perhaps Professor Gilson will follow up with a second book (for instructors only) providing a transaction analysis on the evolution of each case.
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Summary: The SEMINAL WORK on Creating Value Through Restructuring
Review: Without question, Professor Gilson's book is the SEMINAL WORK on creating value through corporate restructuring. It is essentially the Graham & Dodd "Security Analysis" of the corporate restructuring sector. A "must read" on corporate restructuring for investors, professionals, executives, managers, and students. The benchmark against which any other text in this area should be measured. Wealth of practical, yet sophisticated information about real world "how to's" of corporate restructuring. Harvard B-School case study format. The Harvard case studies are carefully designed to provoke discussion and challenge readers to consider the options for restructuring companies facing potentially "life-threatening" business challenges or crises. These companies have actually been through various restructurings (bankruptcy, spin-offs, tracking stocks, mergers, layoffs, etc.); insight comes from real companies and their real challenges. Definitely a useful textbook in any undergraduate or MBA level course addressing these topics (topics unfortunately mostly ignored by writers and universities until now.) Excellent work describing various restructuring processes. For example, Professor Gilson describes in detail Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization tactics such as tax issues to be addressed prior to spinning off a division, tracking stock alternatives, and business analysis associated with employee downsizing. Valuable essays on investing in debt of troubled companies and valuing companies during restructuring. Useful introductory chapters summarize case study lessons and list relevant research on related topics. Japonica Partners has been active in the restructuring area since the late '80s, and has created over $2 billion in value for our investors. We've found no other resource in this sector that comes close to this book. Many of our professional team members have already found value-added in its pages. Perhaps Professor Gilson will follow up with a second book (for instructors only) providing a transaction analysis on the evolution of each case.
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Summary: Good book but needs a companion text
Review: You'd be surprised by how few business schools offer courses on bankruptcy and restructuring. I know that I was. I came to Wharton this year to teach "Advanced Corporate Finance" in the MBA program. In preliminary "due diligence," I discovered there were no finance electives on bankruptcy and restructuring. To bridge the gap, I decided to conclude my course with two modules, one on Corporate Restructuring and the other on Bankruptcy.Material for both modules came straight from Gilson's book. Students relished the case studies. They fueled many of the most lively and engaging discussions we enjoyed all term. Students are worried about the economy. For the first time, many also sense career opportunities in the area of distressed debt. When I planned the course, I counted on both to spur interest in the modules. What I didn't count on was how well Gilson's cases would frame virtually all other material that I covered. Key lessons resurfaced from all modules: Financial Analysis and Forecasting, Capital Structure Policy, Capital Budgeting, and Mergers and Acquisitions. In each case, revisiting the ideas in the context of bankruptcy and restructuring threw them into high relief. So much so that I was able to substitute restructuring cases for those I had intended as "comprehensive" case discussions. As important for educators, Gilson's cases provide all necessary background information about how key legal and procedural aspects of the Bankruptcy Code influence managers' decisions. In Gilson's cases, the decisions featured are crucial to determining how to maximize value in distressed situations, as well as how to distribute it when all is said and done.
In the final analysis, aren't these *exactly* the issues that MBA courses in corporate finance should address? My students at Wharton this term sure thought so. In the spring, my two sections are also already full. I've been told the "buzz" is mostly due to Gilson's restructuring material. Hopefully, some value was created in the delivery. Nonetheless, I couldn't recommend any material more highly for anyone planning to teach a spring term corporate finance course.
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Summary: Corporate Restructuring: It's Not Just for Lawyers Anymore
Review: You'd be surprised by how few business schools offer courses on bankruptcy and restructuring. I know that I was. I came to Wharton this year to teach "Advanced Corporate Finance" in the MBA program. In preliminary "due diligence," I discovered there were no finance electives on bankruptcy and restructuring. To bridge the gap, I decided to conclude my course with two modules, one on Corporate Restructuring and the other on Bankruptcy. Material for both modules came straight from Gilson's book. Students relished the case studies. They fueled many of the most lively and engaging discussions we enjoyed all term. Students are worried about the economy. For the first time, many also sense career opportunities in the area of distressed debt. When I planned the course, I counted on both to spur interest in the modules. What I didn't count on was how well Gilson's cases would frame virtually all other material that I covered. Key lessons resurfaced from all modules: Financial Analysis and Forecasting, Capital Structure Policy, Capital Budgeting, and Mergers and Acquisitions. In each case, revisiting the ideas in the context of bankruptcy and restructuring threw them into high relief. So much so that I was able to substitute restructuring cases for those I had intended as "comprehensive" case discussions. As important for educators, Gilson's cases provide all necessary background information about how key legal and procedural aspects of the Bankruptcy Code influence managers' decisions. In Gilson's cases, the decisions featured are crucial to determining how to maximize value in distressed situations, as well as how to distribute it when all is said and done.
In the final analysis, aren't these *exactly* the issues that MBA courses in corporate finance should address? My students at Wharton this term sure thought so. In the spring, my two sections are also already full. I've been told the "buzz" is mostly due to Gilson's restructuring material. Hopefully, some value was created in the delivery. Nonetheless, I couldn't recommend any material more highly for anyone planning to teach a spring term corporate finance course.
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