...Merger Acquisition BUS 508 Name Date Instructor Life Technologies and Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduction There are a lot of examples of Merger in present business world. If we search the world economic journals and magazines, then we will see that almost every year a lot of mergers and acquisitions are taking place in the modern corporate world. In the year 2013, some vital merger and acquisitions took place. In this paper a very important merger process will be described. The merger which will be described is not only important for the companies, but also important for the customers and the consumers of those companies. After reading through this paper, the reader will be able to know the reason, circumstances, effects and conclusions of the merger process. Then they will be able to judge whether the merger process brought any good for the companies or the people who are related to the companies or not. Before goring in through discussion, let’s see what is actually a merger? (Sherman & Hart, 2006) Merger is a process which adds two or more similar corporate companies or organizations together. This can happen in quite a few ways. First of all, two companies with similar expansion may come to an agreement and start a whole new combined company. This kind of merger is not seen a lot in the recent times. There is another kind of merger. That is, a bigger company can simply buy a similar smaller company. This is mainly a common type of merger. Most of the mergers...
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...blame technology for destroying nature and causing pollution, and say that it is the worst evil in the world , I still believe that it has greatly changed our lives for the better as we hardly imagine what would happen if we went for a day without technology. Technology is very popular in our daily life thanks to its advantages. As we know, firstly, technology in household helps people do the housework. For example, housewives do not need to wash manually, but they can use washing machine. Another reason why I advocate the viewpoint that technology has made the world a better place to live is that it makes the world smaller. Nowadays people can travel faster and easier to other places by car, bus and air-plane, and see many new interesting things around the world. In addition, they communicate with people in different countries through the Internet and phones, which saves them lots of time and money. But the most worthwhile benefit technology has brought to us is that it makes us healthier and happier. Clear progress in medicine, use new technologies to diagnose and combat diseases make therapy more effective. It allows us to cure serious diseases such as cancer and cardiopathy. Statistics show that life expectancy is getting longer. In Europe, for example, today life expectancy has climbed past 80 and people are glad to be alive; the longer they live in good health, the happier they feel they are. So, as we go forward into this ‘magical future’, will technology make...
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...Billings Research Paper Dig 3286 Dromology and Convergence In today’s world of instant digital information and communication technology is constantly advancing. Inventors are constantly working to produce new awe-inspiring products. The goal of all these new products is to work faster than the ones that came before it. Of course, technical advancement is nothing new. Whether it was the car, the microwave, or a vacuum cleaner all were produced to increase the speed at which we do things. The difference is that digital technology is increasing not only the speed of the new products, but the speed at which these new products are being produced. Either way it is safe to say that technology and the world revolve around speed. The main goal of every industry is to do things fast and efficiently. Accessing information and communication is already faster than one could have ever imagined. The quest now is to become even faster. Push technology to its limits. In fact, the quest now is to set new limits. Is it plausible to think that we could one day communicate faster than the speed of light? Olympic track athlete Usain Bolt is a good comparison to where we are today as a technological society. His record breaking 100 meters times have reached mythical proportions. It used to be that taller heavier athletes were at a disadvantage in the 100 meters. Their height and weight would work against them, allowing the smaller runner to jump out to a lead that could not be overcome. Bolt however...
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...TECHNOLOGY MAKING THE WORLD SMALLER With television and the internet, more and more people are exposed to more and more language. Even just visiting a chatroom on the internet, there’ll be influence from diverse languages in the chatters’ usernames. Hollywood ensures that English is widespread through movies. Within individual countries, centralized television and expanded communication in general exert a moderating influence that counteracts the countries’ natural tendencies to diverge into multiple dialects. For example, if the United States were suddenly cut off from eachother and isolated, over a period of hundreds of years, the East Coast and West Coast would diverge from eachother linguistically until they were incomprehensible to eachother. But with technology as it is now, that isn’t going to happen. Instead, what dialect does exist, tends to slowly converge. LANGUAGES DYING OUT Some small languages are actually dying out, with younger generations using a more convenient lingua franca instead. In Ireland, for example, the state is doing whatever it can to preserve the Irish language, but the truth is English is used more and more. With smaller languages weakening, the trend is toward a smaller number of languages each with more market share. Of course, these sort of changes take place on the scale of hundreds or thousands of years. People generally don’t want to try learning every language in the world, because there are too many to learn. Imagine, however...
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...today’s world, smart phones has become a vital part of daily life as is having a internet at home and work. The Telecommunications Services has three sectors of business which include wireline, wireless and technology. With today’s globalization, most businesses have difficulty without the services of the technology. Although even today, smart phone usage does not account for the large numbers of families without direct access to the Internet. Due to reductions in price for usage and the ease of use from satellites and fiber optics, Internet now provides easy access to users all the over the world. The Telecommunication Industry (Telecom) is providing fast and easy access to Internet and other related services to everyone, including businesses, homes and access wirelesly. The various companies in this Industry are providing services through wired and wireless connections. The major U.S. companies are: Verizon, AT&T and Comcast. Japan based are Nippon and Telephone cooperation. Italy provides Telecom Italia and Telefonica from Spain. Broadband development is on the rise all over the world and in Nigeria it has become a new growth frontier for their nation’s economy (Azeez, 2016). The profitability of the organizations in this Industry depend on how it markets its services and efficiency of operations. The bigger providers are earning profits on a larger scale in marketing and operations, whereas the smaller local organizations are successfully operating in rural smaller markets...
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...This topic can be one that can be argued both ways. Technology has had a tremendous impact on how companies do business. An organization with a web site is able to connect with people all across the world. Understanding this, a company should take the time to both invest and learn advances in technology. This is not solely for large corporations, since if a small business doesn’t take advantage of these strategies, they will be left out of the competition. The days of the paperback phone book are gone. Without information technology, most businesses wouldn’t even exist. Information technology is infiltrating all aspects of business, both large and small. Without it, a company will not be able to keep up with their competition. On the flip side of this theory however is the fact that information technology is cheap, therefore everyone had access to it. This in turn allows all the competition to have the same edge. This may work for a smaller company that has a good marketing campaign. Larger companies have always been able to succeed in the competitive market due to their ability to gain a foothold in the stock market and obtain funding that a smaller company may not be able to do. The ability to advertise allows these smaller organizations to become more lucrative simply by being recognized. A retail company that is willing to ship their products globally is in a position to increase their sales exponentially. These smaller companies may also expand once they are recognized as...
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...------------------------------------------------- Nanotechnology THE FUTURE AND PRESENT Ap So what exactly is nanotechnology? With that question there is a lot of answers. The definition of nanotechnology is, “the branch of engineering that deals with things smaller than 100 nanometers (especially with the manipulation of individual molecules)”Nanotechnology will allow the construction of smaller circuits and computers. Smaller circuits will run faster enabling much faster computer speeds, and will give them much greater lives as well. That means a laptops efficiency could be increased by millions, living longer and working faster which would be more value for the money that you pay. I found an article on the internet from Royal society of chemistry that talks how nanotechnology will actually have a good impact on the environment in the future. It says “For the environment and energy, nanotechnology will have a significant impact. For instance, nanometer sized solar cells could be developed to provide much of the energy needed around the world and nanomaterial’s will increase the efficiency of fuel cells and batteries. I the future nanotechnology will be used to tackle environmental problems, new “green” processing technologies will minimize the generation of undesirable by-product effluent by curbing emissions.” Nanotechnology is a relatively new and emerging field of science, it was first alluded in 1959, but it remained largely theoretical until the 1980s. Inventing of the scanning...
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...Galvan IT/205 Chester Grice April 14, 2013 In the business world today, the way in which we conduct business continues to evolve everyday with the continued development of the internet and our ability to keep track of data, which impacts the business as a whole. It is believed that the use and development of information systems in business made globalization possible. (Matthew Read, 2010) The use of information systems has changed the mindset of all that look to run a successful business. The use of tools such as the internet, smart phones, tablets, and laptops has taken the business world by storm, as they have made the day to day operations of a business possible from anywhere. This fact alone has allowed smaller businesses to reach out to a broader customer base, allowing smaller businesses to be more competitive. Smaller businesses have also been able to supplement their earning potential with the addition of online business, leading me to believe that smaller businesses will be able to keep their doors open a little easier. Another area that has improved in the business sector is the rate at which transactions and communication can be processed. For instance the development of email has greatly improved the way in which things get communicated in the business world. In the past you might have been left to leave a voicemail or send a fax to relay a message if you were unable...
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...Extraction Industry. Business Proposal “The world isn’t running out of oil and natural gas. It is running out of easy oil and gas,” Leber, (2012). The technology used to recover oil and natural gas from wells has not changed in the past decade. Our business model for this new division will guide PXP into the future by incorporating digital oil field technology to our existing sites both on land and water. Consumers will benefit by lower prices at the pumps, lower airfare for travel and the transportation costs for products will be reduced, making product prices lower. Offshore oil is much more expensive to extract than onshore oil. “Using traditional techniques, onshore wells can be drilled to 8000 meters compared to 5000 meters, 50 years ago. Offshore wells can be drilled in water to only 1000 meters,” (IBIS World Industry Report, 2014, p. 30). Lately, economical advantages mean the use of fracking has been reemployed over the last five years, even though it has been selectively used since the 1940’s. Using the digital oil fields will streamline production for maximum efficiency. The technological advances will cut costs as PXP maximizes response time at the mining sites. PXP could, according to IBIS World Industry Report Oil drilling and gas extraction in the US (2014), “integrate the exploration of high demand rare-earth mineral mining, securing a place in the market for their products.” Companies with access to this new digital technology will have the ability to produce new resources...
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...become so large the company can monopolize the market and put other smaller companies out of business in the process of its own success. One of these retailers is Wal-Mart with prices so low most retailers cannot compare. Market Structure Wal-Mart would be considered a monopolistic structure in the retail market. Wal-Mart is very aggressive in beating out the smaller competition and in advertising efforts. With Wal-Mart offering such low prices it makes it hard for other retailers to compete and hinders sales drastically for smaller companies. Wal-Mart was quoted to be a monopolistic beast and strong opinions about the organization are everywhere (Bloomberg, 2013). An interesting article described Wal-Mart as a company who purposely in the past has sold product under wholesale costs (ChaCha Search, 2013). The German government led an investigation showing illegal activity to put competitors out of business purposely overseas (ChaCha Search, 2013). Some believe Wal-Mart needs to revamp its marketing tactics as well as its business model. Wal-Mart continues to be successful even though it has been accused of disregarding employee and suppliers to offer consumers lower prices. By offering consumer lower prices than other retailers, such as Kmart, and Target will have a negative impact on sales for these smaller organizations. Wal-Mart has more purchasing power and can operate more efficiently than some of these smaller companies. This will lead to decreased number of jobs for the...
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...positioning of poor or rich. There are three major categories of countries – first world, developing and third world countries. First world countries are with stable prospering economies and generally in a good state. Good examples for that China, Japan, The USA, The UK, Germany etc. In the category of developing states are included most of the countries in the world. Generally they are trying to take the example of first world countries and better themselves in their image. Examples for third world countries are most of the states in Central Africa. There is a huge gap in between first and third world countries in aspects of economics, life standard and even resources. Even though the already developed countries and the still developing countries are quite similar the difference in the economic pans is still enormous. There is a generally accepted theory that the most developed economy in the world acts as a main force pulling other smaller countries or states economies alongside or behind it. For the two centuries the main economic leaders were The UK and The USA respectively. The USA still continues to hold this position. When their economies bloomed many other countries benefited from them. The demand of products in markets of those countries is very important for the economic development of smaller countries because of the many exports of resources. Example for that is the act that many of the smaller states experienced difficulties during the times of US recession. This occurs...
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...materials in the above-defined size range. These requirements impose the use of considerably downsized tooling (micro-tools, e.g. endmills in the 50 to 500 micron diameter range), small undeformed chip thicknesses and feedrates (submicron to a few microns) and speed settings (50K to 200K RPM might not be uncommon) that would be considered technologically infeasible at the conventional macro-scale. As a consequence, the principal distinction between Macro and Micro-Machining operations emerges and manifests itself as the dominance of ploughing and rubbing phenomena at the cutting edge over shearing and the necessity to take micro-structural effects into consideration. (2) The second viewpoint approaches the definition of the Micro-Machining regime from the standpoint of the magnitude of the undeformed chip thickness being removed in the cutting process. It is difficult to define a clear-cut value of the undeformed chip thickness that would differentiate the macro-, micro/meso- and nano-scale cutting regimes since other factors such as grain-structure, cutting edge radius, etc., also come into play. The authors of this report would suggest the following classification: Miniaturization is the order of the day. Until recently a decade ago traditionally watch parts...
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...can be the most effective approach. The article from the New York Times, “As U.S. Modernizes Nuclear Weapons, ‘Smaller’ Leaves Some Uneasy” shows this effect through several examples. Though all are present throughout the article, the overwhelming approach is through ethos and effectively building the credibility of the article’s content. Almost every piece of information that is presented is linked either through a direct quote or a summary of the thoughts of an expert of the topic being discussed. With Nuclear Weapons Council directors, Pentagon heads, and Generals giving their opinions on nuclear weapons, one is inclined to trust what they read. When former head of Pentagon weapons testing Philip E. Coyle says, “I’m not a pacifist” (2016), but that the military is planning for an arsenal that is still far too big, then there may be a problem that needs to be examined. In terms of logos, the largest argument is economical. On one side of the debate, we are told that the refitting of old weapons is just cost-effective. New technologies and capabilities aren’t being added to the devices. They are just being refurbished with new plastic bits and wires that may wear over time. Counter-point, the new abilities to strategically and with incredible precision aim at a target hundreds of miles away and the creation of what the article calls “dial-a-yield” (this author prefers “choose-your-boom”) certainly sound like new technologies and capabilities. With the information that one...
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...Chinese Airline Industry The airline industry is very a volatile and slow growing industry. Many times the revenue does not go up in the same rate as the expenses. It is one of the industries that have one of the lowest returns on investment in many parts of the world. It is nearly impossible to enter the industry and extremely difficult to stay in business in many countries, especially in China. Since the majority of the airlines in China are stated-owned, new entrant would have many disadvantages. New entrants have to find suppliers that offers them acceptable price and also to attract travellers to accept their service. In addition, new entrants face competition amount other airlines as well as other substitute products for airlines. Other factors such as economic downturns and government regulations also prevent new entrant from entering the industry. Therefore new entrants are very hard to enter the industry in China. The major business in the airline industry is for passengers. However, there are a small portion of the airline are for shipping purposes. The shipping airlines are usually in a separate base and act as a subsidiary company of a big airline. There are three major airline companies that play the roles of oligopoly in the Chinese airline market. The “Big Three” are called China Eastern Airline, China Southern Airline and Air China Airline. Each of the airlines hold around 30% of the total market share in China and the remaining 10% belongs to all other...
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...at this rate, the world will come to an end soon, possibly just after two or three generations. Governments all over the world understand the importance of the problem; however they have limited themselves to taking small steps to address global warming. Bill McKibben addresses the people of the globe in his book “Eaarth-- Making a Life on a Tough New Planet” to educate them about the magnanimity of the problem, through statistics he convinces the readers that the time to reduce the production of greenhouse gasses by shifting to green technology by 2025 has ended already, which is the solution suggested by most of the governments; the earth has almost reached the limits of the environment. If we continue producing greenhouse gasses in the ways we have done before, we will soon cross those limits, and then we would have to face the consequences as a result. According to McKibben, people need to make drastic changes in their lifestyle if they want to save the earth as it is right now, we have already lost how it used to be but there is still some time to salvage what we have, and to do that McKibben suggests “My point throughout this book has been that we’ll need to change to cope with the new Eaarth we’ve created. We’ll need, chief among all things, to get smaller and less centralized, to focus not on growth but on maintenance, on a controlled declined from the perilous heights to which we’ve climbed” (204). McKibben believes that we need to shift away from economic growth, and...
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