Foreword / Arthur Levitt, Jr.
2. Where M&A pays and where it strays : a survey of research
3. Profiling the outlying M&A deals
4. Real disasters and M&A failure
5. February 1968 : merger of the Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads
6. December 1986 : the leveraged buyout of Revco drug stores
7. September 1989 : the acquisition of Columbia Pictures by Sony Corporation
8. September 1991 : the acquisition of NCR Corporation by AT&T Corporation
9. December 1993 : Renault's proposed merger with Volvo
10. December 1994 : the acquisition of Snapple by Quaker Oats
11. May 1999 : Mattel's acquisition of the Learning Company
12. January 2001 : merger of AOL and Time Warner
13. December 2001 : Dynegy's proposed merger with Enron
14. January 2002 : acquisition program of Tyco International
15. Conclusions and implications
16. Memo to the CEO : a coda on growth.
