This is a volume on the increasingly important topic of hostile corporate takeover attempts. The book is divided into six sections: Capital markets, efficiency and corporate control; Managerial behaviour and takeovers; Evidence on the gains from takeovers; Mergers and takeovers - taxes, capital structure and the incentive of managers; Legal rules, takeover strategies and defensive tactics (including a chapter on the regulation of take-overs in Great Britain); One-share one-vote. Students of business studies and business law.