Exit Strategies - Enterprise 02.07

Fast track route to maximizing returns through MBOs, trade sales and IPOs

Covers the key areas of exit strategy, from setting objectives, choosing your exit route and aligning the interests of investors and entrepreneurs to completing your exit checklist

Examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses, including Dixons' Internet spin-off, FreeServe, the successful flotation of Delifrance's Asian franchise operations, and Apple Computer's outrageously successful investment in ARM Holdings. Plus ideas from the smartest thinkers and practitioners, including Josh Lerner, Joss Peeters, Will Schmidt and John Wall

Includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide

NICHOLAS KING holds an MBA from INSEAD. He is a specialist in entrepreneurial management and organizational behavior and works as an independent business adviser to dynamic entrepreneurs. He has written for Computing, Management Consultancy and The Observer and is also the author of two other ExpressExec Enterprise titles.

Introduction to Exit Strategies

What is an Exit Strategy?

The Evolution of Exit Strategies

The E-Dimension

The Global Dimension

The State of the Art

Exit Strategies in Practice: Success Stories

Key Concepts and Thinkers

Resources

Ten Steps to Making Exit Strategies Work