Of course, the people at the Conference Board aren't the only ones saying so. But they do have their own particular angle.
The blue-chip corporate best-practices club takes up the topic of unsolicited takeover offers in the fifth installment in a series of reports on "The role of the board in turbulent times." From this standpoint the key question is: How should the board respond to such an offer? But even readers whose interest in unsolicited offers runs more to when it's a good idea to make one will doubtlessly learn something. You can get a copy by sending an
e-mail to the Conference Board.
Meanwhile, the rise in unsolicited bids is one of the topics we'll be talking about in our
Webinar on valuation challenges Thursday at 2 p.m. EDT. Tony Aaron, valuation expert at Ernst & Young LLP, has a lot to say on the subject, as do the other panelists.
Because when you come right down to it, what a hostile offer usually amounts to is a big disagreement over valuation. -
Kenneth Klee
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