Joseph Calandro Jr, of Applied Value Investing, chats to Tobias Carlisle on the Acquirers Podcast about Joe's new paper, "M&A deal-making: Disney, Marvel and the value of “hidden assets”
Joseph Calandro, Jr., is the Managing Director of a global consulting firm, a Fellow of the Gabelli Center for Global Security Analysis at Fordham University (jtacalandro@yahoo.com), author of Applied Value Investing (NY: McGraw-Hill, 2009) and a contributing editor of Strategy & Leadership.
Joe's paper: Joseph Calandro Jr., (2019) "M&A deal-making: Disney, Marvel and the value of “hidden assets”", Strategy & Leadership, https://doi.org/10.1108/SL-02-2019-0023 
Here's a link to the (free) working paper version at the Gabelli Center at Fordham author's page (free):  http://www.fordhamgabellicenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Calandro-Marvel-HA_2019_Final.pdf ABOUT THE PODCAST
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Prior to founding the forerunner to Acquirers Funds in 2010, Tobias was an analyst at an activist hedge fund, general counsel of a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, and a corporate advisory lawyer. As a lawyer specializing in mergers and acquisitions he has advised on transactions across a variety of industries in the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Australia, Singapore, Bermuda, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and Guam. He is a graduate of the University of Queensland in Australia with degrees in Law (2001) and Business (Management) (1999).