Mergers and acquisitions (abbreviated M&A) is an aspect of corporate strategy‚ corporate finance and management dealing with the buying‚ selling‚ dividing and combining of different companies and similar entities that can help an enterprise grow rapidly in its sector or location of origin‚ or a new field or new location‚ without creating a subsidiary‚ other child entity or using a joint venture. The distinction between a "merger" and an "acquisition" has become increasingly blurred in various
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Summary This case study is on the topic ‘DaimlerChrysler-Knowledge Management (KM) Strategy’ from the Harvard Business School case studies. Principally‚ this case is based on the merger of Daimler‚ a German automobile company and Chrysler of the USA. We will analyse the KM related issues faced by the company in the post-merger period. These issues include implementation of KM‚ mismanagement‚ cultural differences‚ individual people barriers‚ etc. Furthermore‚ there are solutions and also recommendations
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Case Incident 15 Question 3. How does the organization of the executive group create conflict? How does it reduce conflict? Conflict inside organization can be defined as the workplace issue that generates frequent expressions of emotion‚ frustration and anger. Conflict is fundamental to every functional organization. It is important to realize that conflicts are inevitable in organizational and personal life. Without conflict an organization will become stagnant‚ some times not productive
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HOW TO BRIEF A CASE [OR–WHY DIDN’T I CHOOSE TO GO TO MEDICAL SCHOOL] By Dana L. Blatt‚ Esq. You are just about to start law school. You buy all of your required casebooks [they are about two feet thick–only “slightly” intimidating]‚ and you receive your first assignment. You are simply told‚ “read the first 100 pages in each book and BRIEF all of the cases!” O.K.‚ you know how to read [hopefully]‚ but what does it mean to “brief” a case? You have heard of “briefcases‚” but that
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ARTICLE 33 – Health Insurance Section 1. Benefits Under Insurance Plan In addition to health care plans available to all Metro Government employees (hereafter “non-FOP plans”)‚ which are also available to members‚ Metro Government shall offer Members the option to enroll in of two hospital and medical coverage health insurance plans only available to Members (hereafter “FOP-only plans”). The benefit of FOP-only plans shall be the same as those contained in the FOP-only plans offered in the calendar
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strategy of Merger & Acquisition for Development and Expansion of Business. Introduction Introduction The terms merger and amalgamation are synonyms and the term ‘amalgamation’‚ as per Concise Oxford Dictionary‚ Tenth Edition‚ means‚ ‘to combine or unite to form one organization or structure’. Merger or an Acquisition in a company sense can be defined as the combination of two or more companies into one new company or corporation. The main difference between a merger and an acquisition
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COMPANY MERGERS When separate companies or different entities merge‚ how the seniority lists of the two are Combined‚ this becomes a critical question. These mergers will frequently require the consolidation of seniority lists and‚ where the parties cannot agree on how it Is to be done‚ arbitrators will be called in‚ as they have been in the past. If the decisions and awards in these cases are to be intelligent‚ fair‚ and practical‚ the possible criteria which are available for use in the merging
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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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Chapter-1 Company Profiles before Merger 1.1 British Petroleum Company British Petroleum Company (BP) is a British multinational oil and gas company. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world. It is vertically integrated and operates in all areas of the oil and gas industry‚ including exploration and production‚ refining‚ distribution and marketing‚ petrochemicals‚ power generation and trading. It also has renewable energy activities in biofuels
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The DaimlerChrysler Merger (A): Gaining Global Competitiveness Question 1: What was the situation at Daimler and what was the situation at Chrysler before the merger? The situation at Daimler was difficult before the merger because Daimler experienced tremendous losses in the beginning of 1990s. Starting from 1995 when the new CEO came in place some changes were instantly done‚ for example‚ unprofitable business units were either closed‚ restructured or sold. Even though the new CEO had in mind
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