The Effect of Mergers and Acquisitions on Shareholder Returns Agus Sugiarto Victoria Graduate School of Business Faculty of Business and Law Victoria University of Technology Melbourne 2000 The Effect of Mergers and Acquisitions on Shareholder Returns by Agus Sugiarto Bachelor of Law (Honours) University of Brawijaya Indonesia Master of Business Administration Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Australia A dissertation submitted to Victoria University of Technology in
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Act of 1980 has created a deregulated environment in which acquisitions are used to improve the competitive positioning of existing companies within the railroad industry. CSX is interested in Conrail for a couple of reasons. Primarily‚ CSX-Conrail merger would result in more than $8.5 billion in revenues and nearly 70% of the Eastern market. The combined entity would be able to control the railroads between the Southern ports (CSX)‚ the Northeast (Conrail) and the Midwest (both). By having a full
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CHAPTER 1 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Research problem • To analyze the effect of going global through merger and acquisition on investors and traders long term and short term earnings respectively • Impact on companies’ financials after acquisition or after being acquired • To find out enterprise value of the company by comparing it with the peer group and analyzing the value of the firm • To analyze the difference between prospected and actual returns in terms of % daily cumulative
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1. What is Procter&Gamble’s corporate strategy? Do the company’s businesses seem to be related or unrelated? Are Gillette’s businesses closely related to P&G’s businesses? How will a merger with Gillette result in a 1 + 1 = 3 effect for P&G? 2. How attractive are the industries/product categories in which P&G competes? What is the competitive strength of each of its business segments? Does Gillette seem to compete in attractive consumer segments? Are its business units strong in their respective
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Meaning Of Amalgamation When two or more companies carrying on similar business go into liquidation and a new company is formed to take over their business‚ it is called amalgamation. In other words‚ amalgamation refers to the formation of a new company by taking over the business of two or more existing companies doing similar type of business. In amalgamation‚ two or more companies are liquidated and a new company is formed to take over the business of liquidating companies. The companies which
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Abstract This report looks at mergers and acquisitions globally and considers why so many fail. Despite this scenario‚ management decision-makers still continue to look for opportunities. This study researches both successful and unsuccessful mergers and acquisitions in order to determine the reasons for both successes and failures. Perhaps‚ historically mergers have occurred between companies that are similar in size and also have similar interests ‚ yet acquisitions tend to facilitate larger organizations
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the merger and acquisition strategy between HP and Compaq‚ members of the IT and electronics industry all over the world were threatened with the intensified effort that could result from the integration. Others were surprised because mergers and acquisition strategies may also result to negative implications on the part of the merging companies particularly when differences in the context of strategies‚ culture and goals fail to be fully integrated. Economic For HP and Compaq‚ the merger will
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continuum. Senior consultants wondered about the implications it would have to be made for these 2 companies to benefit fully from the acquisition. Summary of the Facts The acquisition of A.T. Kearney Ltd.‚ an international management consulting firm‚ by Electronic Data Systems (EDS)‚ an information systems company‚ raised many issues. Among these was the issue of how to leverage the merger in terms of providing strategic consulting and information systems solutions to clients. Should the two firms
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executive) and a company that offers the employee specified additional benefits if the employee is terminated. In the past‚ most Golden Parachutes required that the termination was as a consequence of a merger or acquisition. But more recently the phrase has described executive severance packages unrelated to a change in the ownership of the company. This may include additional bonuses‚ stocks‚ severance pay‚ or other benefits. While high profile CEOs are justly compensated during their tenure and
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characters on greeting cards. A franchise is a business that operates under an existing brand name. Many popular businesses are franchises‚ including McDonald’s‚ Subway and H&R Block. Franchising & Licensing - What are they? and how can you benefit from them? (The document is also available in PDF format) By Ian Cockburn1 Almost everyone is familiar with the term franchising‚ or has at least had some contact with the products or services offered by franchises. What is franchising? How does
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