Management Fall 2009 Non-financial risk assessment in mergers, acquisitions and investments Identifying sources of business risk in the ICT industry Bachelors thesis Erik Allenstr¨m, 1984-11-26 o Fredrik Njurell, 1984-01-30 ¨ Tutor: Osten Ohlsson January 14, 2010 Abstract The number of company mergers and acquisition activities has increased dramatically the last two decades. The reasons for conducting these activities are many and the uncertainties of their results are high. To reduce
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Evidence and Perspective on Mergers – A One Page Summary The authors of this article have provided further evidence on the value of mergers and acquisitions by updating the database to include facts for the 1990s to empirical research. They came to a conclusion that mergers seem to create shareholder value, with most of the gains accruing to the target company. In arriving at their conclusion, they reviewed issues on why mergers occur. They reviewed reasons for merger that appear to be more relevant
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| Symantec Corporation | Mergers and Acquisitions | | Chris Miller | 11/9/2011 Dan SalmApplied Microeconomic Theory | | * Introduction * This research paper attempts to give a view of the traditional theory relating to Symantec Corporation and their acquisitions and mergers in an attempt to gain market control. Mergers and acquisitions correspond to change within a business looking to gain market power. No other experience is harder to attain for a company, represents more of a challenge
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Mergers And Acquisitions: Shareholder Wealth Effects Mergers and acquisition otherwise identified as M& A defines an aspect of corporate management strategy, as well as corporate finance that deal with the selling, the buying and dividing of the various companies. It also involves combining the various companies and similarly oriented identities which could assist a given enterprise to grow rapidly within its sector of origin, or even a new field or location even without necessarily creating
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Contemporary Issues in Management Case study: Global Strategic Analysis Adidas and Reebok Merger Acquisition ABSTRACT 3 INTRODUCTION 4 LITERATURE REVIEW 5 ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS 8 VMOST 7 VISION 7 MISSION 7 OBJECTIVES 7 STRATEGIES 7 TACTICS 7 ACQUISITION 8 SWOT ANALYSIS 9 BEFORE ACQUISITION WITH REEBOK 9 STRENGTHS 9 WEAKNESSES 10 OPPURTUNITIES 10 THREATS 11
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Chapter 1. Introduction to Mergers and Acquisition 1.1 Mergers and acquisition To opt for a merger or not is a complex affair, especially in terms of the technicalities involved. We have discussed almost all factors that the management may have to look into before going for merger. Considerable amount of brainstorming would be required by the managements to reach a conclusion. e.g. a due diligence report would clearly identify the status of the company in respect of the financial position along
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RWC 1: Cogent Communications, Intel, and Others: Mergers go more smoothly when your Data are Ready Case Study Questions 1. Place yourself in the role of a manager at a company undergoing a merge or acquisition. What would be the most important things customers would expect from you while still in that process? What role would IT play in meeting those expectations? Provide at least three examples. Role: Customers expect the same or better service than they are currently receiving-though
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Marketing Strategy Outline Having a business or acquiring a new acquisition in other countries entails lots of hard work and different types of marketing segmentation. Whipkey is part of a growing organization that is now interested in having an establishment in Japan. The new decision to acquire a new establishment in Japan requires some marketing strategies. In doing this, the company has to understand the culture and nature of Japanese business in order to penetrate the market effectively
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department. The company is also pondering over hiring additional staff members to obtain the company’s goals. Situation Analysis Issue and Opportunity Identification The new company’s first step would be to focus on completing the merger. With every merger brings forth problems. It is self evident that research shows that when things are not handled properly the outcome is not positive. One thing that
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secure global growth for the business. BT looked to develop international connections through a merger with MCI. Although the potential merger with MCI in 1984 resulted in another organisation fulfilling the requirements and completing on the final deal BT left the situation with a settlement of $465million and netted further pre tax profits when they sold all concerns in MCI in 2000. The unsuccessful merger with MCI left BT with a requirement for an overseas partner, this led to a relationship with
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