Master thesis Autumn semester 2007 Supervisor: Professor Tomas Blomquist Authors: Hoang‚ Thuy Vu Nga Lapumnuaypon‚ Kamolrat Critical Success Factors in Merger & Acquisition Projects A study from the perspectives of advisory firms ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all‚ we are grateful to our supervisor‚ Professor Tomas Blomquist‚ for his guidance and recommendations throughout the process of writing our thesis. His support is of vital importance to the successful completion of this thesis. We also
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Journal Entry 6-1-12 I learned that its not always about immediate profit. The purpose of business is to prolong your business while making a solid profit each year. If you make 100‚000 dollars for 3 years that does not exceed what your profits would be if you made 75‚000 dollars a year for 25 years. The peace of mind alone knowing you have a trust worthy business partner as well as a set in stone job/business for your lifetime and retirement is often a lot more rewarding than a quick buck. I
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Practical Salary Negotiation A Guide to Planning for Your Next Salary Negotiation by Jack Chapman www.PayScale.com © 2008 Planning For Your Next Salary Negotiation - By Jack Chapman Planning For Your Next Salary Negotiation By Jack Chapman If you are reading this guide‚ chances are that you will be participating in some kind of salary negotiation in the near future. Congratulations‚ that means that you how have a golden opportunity to make more money‚ and this guide will tell you
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A R T I C L E www.hbr.org 3-D Negotiation Playing the Whole Game by David A. Lax and James K. Sebenius Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary The Idea in Brief—the core idea The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work 2 3-D Negotiation: Playing the Whole Game 13 Further Reading A list of related materials‚ with annotations to guide further exploration of the article’s ideas and applications Product 5372 3-D Negotiation Playing the Whole Game The Idea
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Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry is a very powerful book‚ profoundly showing what life was like during the segregation system and how black people had to tolerate being seen as insignificant beings. The segregation system took place in the 1900’s and it was where the blacks and whites lived differently to one another. White people thought themselves superior as opposed to the black people and lived slightly better lives. Throughout the book‚ the author thoroughly describes what life was like from a black
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Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of State Control of Industry. Certain industries are under state control in many countries. It plays an indispensible role for economic development of nations. The term state control means to govern industry in order to develop the economy and to provide better services and facilities for the public. In other words‚ state control refers to the industry owned by the state or government for national welfares rather than profit. Research has shown state control
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introduction in December 2005‚ NBC has had tremendous success with the game show Deal or No Deal. The game show‚ which was created in the Netherlands‚ pits acontestant against the mysterious banker. The contestant is trying for the case with $1 million‚while the banker ’s stated goal is to get the contestant to go home with as little money as possible while also trying to keep the game going for as long as possible. Deal or No Deal is a unique game show in that it takes virtually no skill on the part of
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Negotiation Planning Form Fundamental Interests What do each of the parties want? YOU: Z-25 Technology OTHER PARTY: Competitive Price to recoup development costs and maintain competitive advantage Issues What should be on the table? What will the discussion focus on? Look for commonality and tradeoff The new technology Preventing the sale of technology to direct competition Net Profits Recoup the development costs Audio shouldn’t sell the technology to external customers – Reducing profitability
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Negotiation in Action One of my most substantial accomplishments is that I learned significant concepts and principles of negotiation during the course. Negotiation process and a variety of tactics that I learned in class or through the textbook‚ Getting to Yes‚ were definitely helpful for improving my understanding of negotiation and its strategy. Another important accomplishment is that I have learned what I couldn’t have learned from lectures or textbooks through negotiation simulations.
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environment‚ one such strategy having been consolidation via mergers and acquisitions. The Government and the Reserve Bank of India are in favor of this change and consequently arises a desire to study this aspect in detail. Considering the maturity of certain international markets an attempt would be made to obtain certain practices from them as well. However the report takes cognizance of the fact that Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) is highly environment dependant and hence there is a constant
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