MONTHLY M&A INSIDER OCTOBER 2012 A MERGERMARKET REPORT ON GLOBAL M&A ACTIVITY EDITION CONTENTS GLOBAL OVERVIEW AMERICAS: LATIN AMERICA NORTH AMERICA ASIA-PACIFIC EUROPE MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA ABOUT MERRILL CORPORATION 01 09 18 29 41 52 62 MONTHLY M&A INSIDER Part of The Mergermarket Group MERGERMARKET www.mergermarket.com 80 Strand London‚ WC2R 0RL United Kingdom t: +44 (0)20 7059 6100 f: +44 (0)20 7059 6101 sales@mergermarket.com 11 West 19th Street 2nd fl. New York‚ NY
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Tara Poole Character Analysis April 18‚ 2012 Dr. Sheldon Cooper and Narcissistic Personality Disorder The Big Bang Theory is a fictional television show centering on Dr. Sheldon Cooper and his roommate Leonard Hofstadter. Leonard and Sheldon meet when Leonard answers an ad for a room for rent. They both work in the physics department of The California Institute of Technology often called Caltech. From the beginning it is clear that Sheldon is not going to be a typical roommate‚ he has a
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The mini is a very historical car. The original mini was designed in 1959 by Sir Alec Issagonis. Two years later the Mini took on a more racing and sporty model called the Mini Cooper‚ named after the racing expert John Cooper. Minis are known to be a smaller‚ sportier car with maximum interior space for the driver and passengers. In 2002‚ BMW managed to bring back the retro image of the Mini‚ while at the same time making it modernized‚ affordable and safe. The Mini appeals to 2 dominant target
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Cooper Pharmaceuticals Case Analysis On the surface‚ the issue of Bob Marsh’s firing from Cooper Pharmaceuticals appears to be an open and shut case; he did not adhere to the repeated warnings by management to alter his performance and selling style‚ therefore he was fired. However‚ other considerations are in play when you analyze this case further. Bob was an employee of Cooper for twelve years at the time of his termination‚ and had seemingly improved his performance when prompted to do so. Bob
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Diagnosis of Dr. Sheldon Cooper Dr. Sheldon Cooper‚ from the television series The Big Bang Theory‚ is a theoretical physicist from Pasadena‚ California who lives and associates with fellow scientists Leonard‚ Howard‚ and Raj. Sheldon also interacts with three females‚ the girlfriends of Howard and Leonard‚ Bernadette and Penny‚ and his own girlfriend‚ Amy. His daily interactions are limited to this small circle. Even though he has lived with Leonard for numerous years and has been associated with
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Introduction Cooper industry‚ H.K. Porter Company and VLN Corporation are entangled in a battle over the takeover of Nicholson File Company. Both H.K. Porter Company and VLN Corporation have already made their offers to the Nicholson File Company shareholders and now the management of Cooper Industry have to decide whether to jump into the foray for the control of Nicholson File Company or not. The major issues faced by the management of Cooper Industry are as following: 1.Is Nicholson File Company
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ASSIGNMENT 1: Acquisition of Lodestone by Infosys Aayush Nangru | 11BM60023 In September 2012‚ Infosys announced the acquisition of Zurich-based Lodestone Holding AG‚ a leading management consultancy firm‚ for 330 million Swiss francs ($345 million or Rs.1‚925 crore). Lodestone advises international companies on strategy and process optimization‚ and provides business transformation solutions enabled by SAP ’s enterprise solutions. Lodestone clocked revenues of $210 million in 2011. Of this‚
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Business strategy We focus on business strategy because we consider our organisation as a strategic business unit (SBU) which is any business that supplies goods or services to a distinct domain of activity. Porter’s generic competitive strategies A competitive strategy is concerned with how a SBU achieves competitive advantage in its domain of activity. Porter defines 3 possible generic strategies to use as a business. The cost-leadership strategy has for aim to become the lowest-cost organisation
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1. Newell’s corporate-level strategy is to grow and become “big enough to get attention” from its big buyers‚ such as the Walmart‚ Sears‚ Kmart (back then)‚ etc. The company’s CEO John McDonough saw the acquisition of other smaller companies as a way of achieving the $10 billion market value threshold‚ which would give Newell leverage and bargaining power over their big clients and fulfil the corporate-level strategy. Once a smaller company is acquired by Newell almost immediately it goes through
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On the Importance of Managing Intangible Assets as Part of Corporate Strategy Abstract: Given that a high number of companies return value to investors via acquisition rather than a public offering the development of intangible assets is the bait that sets up the acquisition. This paper discusses how companies can fast track to high valuation by strategic growth of certain intangible assets such as customer tribes‚ brands‚ and intellectual property‚ comparing those strategies to larger companies
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