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Ken SmithAuthor & Associate Dean, Executive ProgramsUniversity of GuelphMacKinnon Building, Suite 800University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1519-824-4120 ext. [email protected]
Ken SmithKen Smith is a professor of business and a strategy consultant. He has practiced as a strategy consultant for over 25 years, beginning with McKinsey & Company and later with SECOR Consulting, Canada’s leading international strategy consultancy, where he has been a Managing Partner and Chair of the Board. He is now Associate Dean of Executive Education at the University of Guelph and continues consulting part-time.
Ken’s client work and research interests are focused on business and public policy issues related to industry restructuring and international development. He published several articles relating to the corporate governance and public policy issues associated with global industry restructuring, including his article “Losing (Ownership) Control” in the Harvard Business Review. Earlier, he developed the first shareholder value-based metric of merger success and introduced the application of real options to acquisitions in restructuring industries. Much of this work is included in his new book “The Art of M&A Strategy” with Alexandra Reed Lajoux, McGraw Hill, New York, 2012.
Most recently, Ken has initiated a program of research and education applying this business and public policy background to issues of hunger and poverty. In collaboration with major international NGO’s and corporate partners, this work is aimed at understanding those problems in food industry development in developing countries that may be resolved with new business solutions.
Ken is also active in corporate governance. He is a director of ACCERTA, the Mergers & Acquisitions Leadership Council. He is also the past-Chair of the Ontario Chapter of the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD). Ken holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics from York University, and an M. Sc. and Ph.D. in Mathematics and an MBA from the University of Toronto. He is also an accredited director with an ICD.D from the Institute of Corporate Directors.
The Art of M&A Strategyby Kenneth Smith and Alexandra Reed Lajoux
Rapid globalization, technological advances, and dramatic changes in public policy have made industry restructuring the “new normal.” In order to compete, M&A must be part of your overall business strategy.
Written by practicing experts in the field of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, The Art of M&A series of professional guides is the number-one resource for anyone seeking practical, hands-on advice for planning for and executing successful deals.
Now, The Art of M&A Strategy breaks new ground by providing the tools and techniques to design a business strategy using M&A as a key element. It takes you through all the steps for making optimum use of M&A for corporate success.
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