Presenter: Tom McKaskill, CPA, Ph.D


Few firms are successful at buying and integrating an acquisition and yet a systematic approach to selecting, evaluating, negotiating, integrating and managing an acquisition can significantly reduce risk and improve the return on investment.

Professor McKaskill has developed a pragmatic acquisition strategy for a high growth entrepreneurial firm. Financial buyers purchase companies based on their inherent profitability so the strategy for increasing value works on risk reduction, increasing the revenue horizon, improving profitability and building growth potential. Strategic buyers are large corporations who purchase firms which have assets or capabilities which the corporation can exploit over a large marketplace.

When buying a business the buyer needs to develop the capacity and capability to undertake specific types of acquisitions. Acquisitions vary between financial and strategic acquisitions and value is enhanced through intervention and/or integration. The buyer needs to know which firms to target, how to undertake the evaluation, negotiation, intervention and integration activities and how to manage the acquisition long term.

This seminar will provide entrepreneurs with a knowledge of the fundamentals of selecting, evaluating, negotiating, integrating and managing an acquisition. If you wish to grow your business through acquisitions, this seminar will help you to understand what it will take to develop the capacity and capability to select and acquire the right businesses.

Duration: 2 – 2.5 hours

Attendees: Business owners and business advisors. No limit to number of attendees.

Format: Lecture style with questions and answers at the end.

Further Information: Participants should read the ebook written by Professor McKaskill on this strategy.

Book: Participants should obtain the ebook written by Professor McKaskill on this strategy. McKaskill, T (2010), Ultimate Acquisitions – Unlock high growth potential through smart acquisitions, Breakthrough Publications, Australia (available free from www.drexit.net)