• List several different methods of business combination. • State the difference between a hostile versus friendly acquisition. • List the two Federal Government agencies responsible for regulating antitrust issues in acquisitions. • Explain why growth alone is not sufficient reason to undertake an acquisition. • List and briefly describe the two methods of accounting for an acquisition. • List...

Successful corporate acquisitions require its managers to achieve substantial performance improvements in order to sufficiently cover acquisition premiums, the expected return of debt and equity investors, and the additional resources needed to capture synergies and accelerate growth. Acquirers understand that achieving the performance improvements necessary to cover these costs and create valu...

The chief benefits of acquiring or merging with another CG company are to create or expand new lines of service or enter new geographical markets and enhance the product portfolio. In economic times where organic growth is hard to come by, these are powerful considerations. Acquiring a smaller player can offer a large CG company greater flexibility and quicker time to market -a key advantage no...

This paper analyzes the prices paid by foreign companies for acquisitions in the United States relative to the price paid by US companies for mergers. The ultimate purpose of this research is to determine if overpayment by foreign companies for M&A foreign direct investment in the United States is responsible for the historically low returns of foreign companies on their direct investments with...