Goodwill Impairment and Fair Value Measurement: Hewlett-Packard’s Acquisition of Autonomy Abstract In today’s business environment‚ mergers and acquisitions are becoming increasingly common. Mergers and acquisitions create many accounting challenges including issues of fair value measurement and the associated topic of goodwill impairment. The fair value measurement of an acquired company usually entails using a Level 2 fair value estimate‚ or using a market or income approach‚ both level three
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Mergers and Acquisitions: A Vital Role to Change Face of Indian Business Management Rahul Mohare1‚ Aniruddha Akarte2‚ Ruchi Garge3 Mr. Rahul Mohare1 MBA Department Datta Meghe Institute of Management Studies RTM Nagpur University rahul_3478@rediffmail.com Mr. Aniruddha Akarte2 MBA Department Datta Meghe Institute of Management Studies RTM Nagpur University aniruddha_akarte@yahoo.com Ms. Ruchi Garge3 BCCA Department Datta Meghe Institute of Management Studies RTM Nagpur University
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increasing competition‚ and a decreasing market share. When Maytag received a takeover bid from a private US investment group‚ they opened up the bidding to other offers. One of the companies considering a bid was China ’s largest home appliance maker‚ Haier. Pros: Cons: Chinese government policy encouraged its large companies to acquire overseas brands and combine them into a single corporate global brand name. The Maytag bid would fit well with this national goal and with Haier ’s own stated goal
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Introduction Mergers and acquisitions are becoming commonly practiced strategic options for organizations. Organizations are coming together one way or another to realize emerging commercial opportunities. Goals for this upcoming and popular strategy converges around themes including growth‚ diversification and achieving economies of scale. A merger is a consolidation of two organizations into one. On the other hand‚ acquisition is the purchase of an organization by another which gives the buyer
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limited time. 8. History of Mergers and Acquisitions Most histories of M&A begin in the late 19th U.S. However‚ mergers coincide historically with the existence of companies. In 1708‚ for example‚ the East India Company merged with an erstwhile competitor to restore its monopoly over Indian trade. In 1784‚ the Italian Monte dei Paschi and Monte Pio banks were united as the Monti Reuniti. In 1821‚ the Hudson’s Bay Company merged with the rival North West Company. The Great Merger Movement: 1895-1905
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Case Study Tata Steel – Corus Group Plc Acquisition Group Report (Submitted towards Group assignment under Corporate strategy) eMEP10/ePGP03 IIM‚ Kozhikode. Submitted By: Table of Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Tata Group 3 3. Tata Steel 4 4. SWOT Analysis of Tata steel 5 5. Corus Group Plc. 5 6. SWOT Analysis of Corus 6 7. Rationale for Acquisition 6 8. About the deal 7 9. Justification of Deal 7 10. Tata Steel financial position after the deal
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Tata Steel Tata Steel Limited (NSE: TATASTEEL‚ BSE: 500470) (formerly Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited (TISCO)) is an Indian multinational steel-making company headquartered in Mumbai‚ Maharashtra‚ India‚ and a subsidiary of the Tata Group. It is the 12th-largest steel producing company in the world‚ with an annual crude steel capacity of 23.8 million tonnes‚ and the largest private-sector steel company in India measured by domestic production. Tata Steel has manufacturing operations in 26 countries
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the stock price of both companies. In general‚ the acquiring company’s stock will fall while the target company’s stock will rise. The reason the target company’s stock usually goes up is that the acquiring company typically has to pay a premium for the acquisition: unless the acquiring company offers more per share than the current price of the target company’s stock‚ there is little incentive for the current owners of the target to sell their shares to the takeover company. The acquiring company’s
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Recent Mergers or Acquisitions A "merger" or "merger of equals" is often financed by an all stock deal (a stock swap). An all stock deal occurs when all of the owners of the outstanding stock of either company get the same amount (in value) of stock in the new combined company. A merger adds value only if the two companies are worth more together than apart (Wikipedia‚ Free Encyclopedia‚ 2006). An acquisition (of un-equals‚ one large buying one small) can involve a cash and debt combination‚ or
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Mergers and Acquisitions Kyo-Dong Ryo Instructor Michelle Desaulniers ENG 3004 Dec 7th 2012 Introduction In today’s job market‚ employers are looking for many talented people‚ due to the constant changes of the business market. In this unstable business market‚ entrepreneurs are thinking very hard how to survive and make profits. One of the major strategies that entrepreneurs may use in order to get his/her company strong is called Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A). This paper provides basic
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