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Question 1: What is horizontal merger? Question 2: What is vertical merger? Question 3: What is conglomerate merger?
Can you talk more about the acquisition? What is the difference between acquisition and takeover?
Many corporate acquisitions result in losses to the acquiring firms' stockholders. Accordingly, why do firms purchase other corporations?
Explain to him the pros and cons of each type of business: wholly owned, mergers, joint ventures, and acquisitions.
Question: Identify and compare the two primary approaches of Portfolio and Synergy.
What is M&A? What is the rationale behind pursuing a merger or acquisition? What are some of the advantages of pursuing M&A as part of a corporate strategy?
Determine what type of merger or acquisition it was and discuss what effects the merger or acquisition had on the companies involved
Problem: What are some of the valuation techniques commonly used in Mergers & Acquisitions?
What are some of the common methods of financing Mergers & Acquisitions? Describe at least one financing strategy.
I have to write an essay in which I define mergers acquisitions terminology. Then I must define and paraphrase the following types of M&As:
What is its horizontal value (that is, its value of operations at Year 3)? What is its value of equity on a price per share basis?
Question: What effect will the acquisition of treasury shares have on shareholders' equity and earnings per share:
How do you predict the Sears-Kmart merger will work out in the long-term?
Then I must analyze the negotiation and bidding process for this Merger & Acquisiton. Please be sure to cite references.
Problem: You are part of a company who has made the strategic decision to acquire another company.
Create a scenario illustrating one of the above and offer preventative measures that could be used to minimize or prevent the likelihood of failure.
Explain the variety of "restructuring" alternatives that are available to M&A's as a result of an impending or actual failure including the following:
Describe what is meant by the "synergistic effect" of mergers.
Discuss any relevant governance or ethical issues that the M&A activity of Hewlett Packard/Compaq faced during its formative term?
If a related company starts to purchase unrelated businesses, how should it change its structure or control mechanisms to manage the acquisitions?
Examine the underlying motives that the acquiring company used to launch the M&A activity.
Analyze the effects of the following on M&A activities: a. Accounting (i.e. revenue enhancement, cost reduction, risk management)
Merge the acquired company into your company. The result of this strategy will be one company containing the elements of both companies.
Question: What have you learned about the reasons why companies merge? Why is it important to learn about these reasons?
Discuss the major cause of acquisition failure? Discuss at least one of the three foremost approaches to valuation.