TY - BOOK AU - Azziz,Ricardo AU - Hentschke,Guilbert C. AU - Jacobs,Lloyd A. AU - Jacobs,Bonita C. TI - Strategic mergers in higher education /Ricardo Azziz, Guilbert C. Hentschke, Lloyd A. Jacobs, and Bonita C. Jacobs SN - 9781421432618 AV - LB2341 .S773 2019 PY - 2019/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Universities and colleges KW - United States KW - Administration KW - Mergers KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Why mergers in higher ed? --; Mergers in higher education : pursuing sustainability, breadth, and excellence through scale --; Why mergers now? --; Mergers as an organizational tactic --; Mergers in higher education : history and global experience --; Drivers and categories of mergers in higher education --; Success and failure : predictors and metrics --; Increasing the odds of merger success in higher ed --; The seven essential elements for merger success --; Evaluating the stakes when considering mergers --; Finding, evaluating, and choosing merger partners --; Negotiating the merger --; Increasing the odds of success: leadership, resources, and managing --; Opposition --; Effectively executing merges in higher ed --; Increasing the odds of success : leadership, resources, and managing opposition --; Merging organizational entities in a context-sensitive manner --; Managing institutional legal, corporate, and regulatory obligations in a --; Merger --; Project management... as if your institution's future depended on it --; Creating and managing the brand : who do you want to be? --; Aftermath : as much a beginning as an end --; Looking to the future --; The role of mergers in institutional strategy; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2091606&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -