In the roaring 1990s, many companies seemed to claim great victories-acquiring another company, obtaining state-of-the art technology, or hiring a potential CEO savior-only to find that they had made a great mistake. The term "Winner"s Curse" was coinedby economists to explain an effect commonly observed in auctions. In such situations, since the winning bidder is usually the most optimistic about the value of the item being auctioned, there is a very good chance that the bid will be more (sometimesmuch more) than the item is worth. So a company that overvalues a good or service, or bids higher than its value has the potential of experiencing this Winner"s Curse. In this book, G. Anandalingam and Henry C. Lucas, Jr. expand the model of the Wnner"s Curse to explain how companies like Tyco, MCI-WorldCom and Bank One overpaid for acquisitions, and how shareholders suffered as a result. They elucidate the disasters that happened during the rush to acquire new technologies...