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Divestitures (Emilie R. Feldman)
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Divestitures: Creating Value Through Strategy, Structure, and Implementation by Emilie R. Feldman is a business strategy and corporate finance guide focused on one of the most overlooked levers in corporate portfolio management: intentionally selling, spinning, or otherwise separating businesses. While dealmaking attention often centers on mergers and acquisitions, Feldman argues that divestitures can be equally, and sometimes more, powerful in creating value when they are treated as a deliberate strategic choice rather than a reactive clean up move. Drawing on research and practice-oriented insight, the book is organized around three linked questions. First, why divest: the strategic objectives a divestiture can serve. Second, how to divest: the range of transaction structures companies can use and what each structure implies. Third, how to execute: the operational, organizational, and external-facing work required to separate a business and realize the intended benefits. The result is a structured roadmap for leaders, directors, and advisors aiming to improve focus, resolve constraints, and reconfigure corporate scope.
Divestitures is best suited for executives responsible for corporate strategy, CFO and corporate development teams, board members overseeing portfolio decisions, and deal advisors who want a more structured way to think about separations. It is also valuable for MBA students and practitioners who have encountered divestitures as one-off transactions and want a clearer framework for when they should be used and what makes them succeed. The practical benefit of the book is its end-to-end logic: it connects the strategic reason for divesting to the structural form of the deal and then to the hard work of implementation, where many organizations underestimate risk and complexity. Intellectually, it stands out by pushing against the dominant narrative that scope change is primarily about buying growth. Feldman positions divestitures as a disciplined way to sharpen a companys identity, reduce friction inside multi-business firms, and reset capital and managerial attention toward stronger opportunities. Compared with many M and A focused titles, which often treat divestitures as a footnote or a cleanup step, this book places them at the center and treats them as a distinct strategic capability. That repositioning is its differentiator: it helps leaders view selling, spinning, or carving out not as retreat, but as a deliberate method of corporate renewal when aligned strategy, structure, and execution reinforce each other.
- Amazon USA Store: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1264277563?tag=9natree-20
- Amazon Worldwide Store: https://global.buys.trade/Divestitures-Emilie-R-Feldman.html
- Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/divestitures-creating-value-through-strategy-structure/id1669425391?itsct=books_box_link&itscg=30200&ls=1&at=1001l3bAw&ct=9natree
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- Read more: https://english.9natree.com/read/1264277563/
#corporatestrategy #portfolioreconfiguration #spinoffsandcarveouts #transactionstructure #separationexecution #Divestitures
Divestitures: Creating Value Through Strategy, Structure, and Implementation by Emilie R. Feldman is a business strategy and corporate finance guide focused on one of the most overlooked levers in corporate portfolio management: intentionally selling, spinning, or otherwise separating businesses. While dealmaking attention often centers on mergers and acquisitions, Feldman argues that divestitures can be equally, and sometimes more, powerful in creating value when they are treated as a deliberate strategic choice rather than a reactive clean up move. Drawing on research and practice-oriented insight, the book is organized around three linked questions. First, why divest: the strategic objectives a divestiture can serve. Second, how to divest: the range of transaction structures companies can use and what each structure implies. Third, how to execute: the operational, organizational, and external-facing work required to separate a business and realize the intended benefits. The result is a structured roadmap for leaders, directors, and advisors aiming to improve focus, resolve constraints, and reconfigure corporate scope.
Divestitures is best suited for executives responsible for corporate strategy, CFO and corporate development teams, board members overseeing portfolio decisions, and deal advisors who want a more structured way to think about separations. It is also valuable for MBA students and practitioners who have encountered divestitures as one-off transactions and want a clearer framework for when they should be used and what makes them succeed. The practical benefit of the book is its end-to-end logic: it connects the strategic reason for divesting to the structural form of the deal and then to the hard work of implementation, where many organizations underestimate risk and complexity. Intellectually, it stands out by pushing against the dominant narrative that scope change is primarily about buying growth. Feldman positions divestitures as a disciplined way to sharpen a companys identity, reduce friction inside multi-business firms, and reset capital and managerial attention toward stronger opportunities. Compared with many M and A focused titles, which often treat divestitures as a footnote or a cleanup step, this book places them at the center and treats them as a distinct strategic capability. That repositioning is its differentiator: it helps leaders view selling, spinning, or carving out not as retreat, but as a deliberate method of corporate renewal when aligned strategy, structure, and execution reinforce each other.
