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Author: Ed Paulson
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 16.50cm
, Height: 2.60cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.624kg
ISBN: 9780471414254
ISBN 10: 0471414255
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 24 September 2001
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unknown
Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD
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Reviews
Once the gold-plated standard for how to succeed on the Internet, Cisco systems has since lost some of its luster. But even though the company's stock price has dropped, Paulson (The Technology M&A Guidebook) makes a convincing case for still using Cisco as a model for how other companies can manage their M&A (merger and acquisition) growth. For one, Cisco buys companies not just when it is trying to expand or protect itself against potential customers, but rather as an integral part of its system, thus looking ahead for future growth. Indeed, Cisco's acquisition have been prolific, and the author explains who the company targets for acquisitions and why. Unlike many acquirers, Cisco tries to retain most of the personnel during an acquisition, and Paulson shows how that makes good sense. According to Cisco CEO John Chambers, If you pay $500,00 to $2 million per person--and you lose 30 to 40 percent of those people in the first two years, you've made a terrible decision. Paulson shows most of Cisco's major acquisitions and the buying price per employee, which appropriate for a book on M&A's, of course, but he is too meandering to offer specific, helpful information. Those interested in refining their company's M&A strategies won't find too much here to help them; Paulson makes a great case why Cisco is good at what it does, but aphorisms like [Cisco] listens closely to its customers are less than effective. Such lines suggest that the book is targeted more at a general business audience, but how many of those readers actually need advice on how to buy companies? (Publishers Weekly September 10, 2001)
"Once the gold-plated standard for how to succeed on the Internet, Cisco systems has since lost some of its luster. But even though the company's stock price has dropped, Paulson (The Technology M&A Guidebook) makes a convincing case for still using Cisco as a model for how other companies can manage their M&A (merger and acquisition) growth. For one, Cisco buys companies not just when it is trying to expand or protect itself against potential customers, but rather ""as an integral part of its system,"" thus looking ahead for future growth. Indeed, Cisco's acquisition have been prolific, and the author explains who the company targets for acquisitions and why. Unlike many acquirers, Cisco tries to retain most of the personnel during an acquisition, and Paulson shows how that makes good sense. According to Cisco CEO John Chambers, ""If you pay $500,00 to $2 million per person--and you lose 30 to 40 percent of those people in the first two years, you've made a terrible decision."" Paulson shows most of Cisco's major acquisitions and the buying price per employee, which appropriate for a book on M&A's, of course, but he is too meandering to offer specific, helpful information. Those interested in refining their company's M&A strategies won't find too much here to help them; Paulson makes a great case why Cisco is good at what it does, but aphorisms like ""[Cisco] listens closely to its customers"" are less than effective. Such lines suggest that the book is targeted more at a general business audience, but how many of those readers actually need advice on how to buy companies? (Publishers Weekly September 10, 2001)"
Paulson makes a convincing case for still using Cisco as a model for how other companies can manage their M&A (merger and acquisition) growth...[he]makes a great case why Cisco is good at what it does. (Publishers Weekly, September 10, 2001)
Author Information
ED PAULSON is the President of Technology and Communications, Inc. He is a ten-year Silicon Valley start-up veteran who previously worked with several executives instrumental to Cisco Systems's incredible success story. He is the author of over ten business and technology books, his most recent being The Technology M&A Guidebook (Wiley). Currently a Visiting Professor of Business at DePaul University in Naperville, Illinois, his professional background spans over twenty years as a business manager, engineer, and entrepreneur in both Silicon Valley and Austin, Texas. He can be reached at www.edpaulson.com.
