Questions -
1. Identify and discuss the four overarching questions that must be addressed in developing a viable business plan.
2. What factors might cause business specific risk to go down?
3. Review the table titled "What Is an Acquirer's Risk in an All-Cash Deal?" in the Harvard Business Review article, "Stock or Cash?: The Trade-Offs for Buyers and Sellers in Mergers and Acquisitions." Assume that the acquirer is smaller than the target. What does the table indicate given this assumption?
4. Describe and differentiate between what the terms spin-offs, carve-outs, split-ups, and split-offs mean. Provide examples to illustrate your descriptions.
5. Compare and contrast tracking, targeted, and letter stocks. Provide specific examples to illustrate their similarities and differences.