What is CSX’s motive for buying Conrail? • Synergy effect with lower cost The merged company could consolidate overlapping operations and reduce cost. CSX estimated that cost reduction would yield an additional $370 million in annual operating income by the year 2000‚ net of merger costs. • Expansion of market share by extending railroad network Railroad industry is a mature market. The only option to grow is through acquisitions. In 1995‚ Conrail owned 29.4% of the Eastern rail freight
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1. Why does CSX want to buy Conrail? How much should CSX be willing to pay? After passing the Stagger’s Rail Act of 1980‚ railroad companies had possibility to close the unprofitable lines‚ determine the price and make mergers with other companies. Right after these drastic alterations‚ key measure of profitability analysis‚ which is operating ratio‚ decreased significantly from 93.3% to 80.0 %. Overall‚ efficiency in this sector increased‚ and railroads again turned to be competitive against the
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Contents Introduction "Workforce planning is about having the right talent with the right skills‚ at the right time and cost‚ to support the organization’s strategy. Workforce planning is a strategic response to changes in workforce demographics‚ business models and economic conditions – and in today’s environment‚ it’s more important than ever.” - Watson Wyatt Telecom’s industry is evolving at breakneck speed and the demands of the customer are forcing
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Reasons for acquisitions Companies follow acquisition strategies for a variety of reasons‚ including: 1) Increased Market Power A primary reason for acquisitions is that they enable companies to gain greater market power. While a number of companies may feel that they have an internal core competence‚ they may be unable to exploit their resources and capabilities because of a lack of size. A company may be able to gain the size necessary to exploit its core competence by becoming larger
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PRESENTATION TOPIC: MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS‚ MODERN THEORY OF CORPORATE CONTROL COURSE INSTRUCTOR: MIRIE MWANGI GROUP MEMBERS: STUDENT | REGISTRATION NUMBER | BANCY WANGUI | D61/60453/2011 | ISAAC NYAMORA | D61/66960/2011 | JACQUELYNE M. ODERO | D61/62818/2010 | JOSEPHINE M. ODERA | D61/63410/2010 | MATTHEWS WAUYE | D61/63904/2010 | SAMUEL GATHUA | D61/64121/2011 | TIM SILOMA | D61/60464/2011 | ABSTRACT In today’s globalised economy‚ mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are being increasingly
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Why are there mergers and acquisitions? Mergers and acquisitions take place for a number of reasons‚ such as refinancing for a better price‚ amplifying expansion‚ and submerging risk through diversification. New entities may drag behind after a merger takes place due to the higher cost of matching different and unconnected economic activities. Diversification by business groups may also reduce technical effectiveness. When a merger takes place‚ a bigger business groups emerges from the two which
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Mergers and acquisitions DEFINITION: Merger is defined as a combination of two or more companies into a single company where one survives and others lose their corporate existence.The survivor acquires all the assets as well as the liabilities of the merged company or companies . Generally‚the survivor company is the buyer ‚which retains its identity and the extinguishing company is the seller. Merger is also defined as amalgamation Mergers and acquisitions in banking sector have become familiar
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Skill Acquisition Skill acquisition is vital for advancing in your stages of learning‚ my skill acquisition in volleyball is affected by various different factors. Skill acquisition is the ability to learn a skill‚ factors that affect my ability to develop skills are my age and maturity‚ physical characteristics‚ personality‚ motivation and opportunities. My skill acquisition in volleyball is affected by different factors‚ and some of these factors have a negative impact. Since older people have
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Mergers and Acquisitions always bring desired results? Individual Assignment [pic] [pic] [pic] Student Name: Mandeep Kaur (10211855) Module Leader: Simeon Scott Course: MA- IBM Introduction: For my research topic I have chosen this topic to analyse and to investigate about the mergers and acquisitions of organisations. Do these mergers and acquisitions always
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What is Merger and Acquisition (M&A)? Acquisitions and mergers mostly happen when a company wants to expand in a new territory‚ but does not have enough expertise to do business over there‚ or when a company wants to expand into a new business and does not have technologies to produce that new kind of product or service. Merger and acquisition doesn’t require any sort of subsidiary or joint venture. It is a decision taken by the top management of the company meaning it is a corporate level strategy
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