Anatomy of a merger: behavior of organizational factors and processes throughout the pre- duringpost-stages (part 1) Steven H. Appelbaum Concordia University‚ Montreal‚ Quebec‚ Canada Joy Gandell Concordia University‚ Montreal‚ Quebec‚ Canada Harry Yortis Hydro-Quebec‚ Montreal‚ Quebec‚ Canada Shay Proper Montreal Stock Exchange‚ Montreal‚ Quebec‚ Canada Francois Jobin Kruger‚ Inc.‚ Trois-Rivie Âres‚ Quebec‚ Canada Keywords Mergers and acquisitions‚ Organizational behaviour‚ Process
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In 1968‚ Kennecott Copper Corporation made a hasty decision when it purchased Peabody Coal Company. In the years preceding the acquisition‚ Kennecott had experienced wide swings in its profitability‚ which it was looking to offset by diversification. Investing in another company in a different industry was an intelligent decision; however‚ Peabody was the wrong company to do this with. Although Peabody had been profitable and stable over the past few years leading up to the acquisition‚ the internal
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Case Study in Management Information Systems Submitted By: Ronald Jay Villamer Submitted To: Engr. Romwell Dumag INTERACTIVE SESSION: MANAGEMENT On April 4‚ 2008‚ Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)‚ a leading global information technology services provider‚ announced it had signed a multi-year‚ multi-million dollar outsourcing contract to provide Chrysler LLC with a comprehensive set of information technology services. Was this a good move for Chrysler? Tata Consultancy
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Introduction Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and corporate restructuring are a big part of the corporate finance world. Every day‚ Wall Street investment bankers arrange M&A transactions‚ which bring individual companies to collectively form larger ones. When they ’re not creating big companies from smaller ones‚ corporate finance deals do the reverse
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MERGER OR ACQUISITION There are several critical success factors in a solid transition and integration plan. Utilizing the elements of a recent client success as a blueprint for developing a solid integration plan‚ the following key points achieved the intended results: 1. Clarify the business model - surprisingly‚ many of the 80% of mergers and acquisitions that fail to achieve the intended results do not clarify their business model upfront and stick to it. This is a critical success factor
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: THE TIMING OF MERGER ACTIVITY 1. Common Characteristics of Merger Movements Various environmental factors may contribute to merger movements Periods of high economic growth Favorable stock prices and financial conditions Technological change (ex. telephone‚ internet) Input price volatility (ex. oil industry) Legal and regulatory changes (ex. deregulation) Financing innovations (ex. junk bonds) That do not mean that all economic growth period has merger wave. In recession
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Economic The automobile industry has a huge impact on the U.S. economy. The Center for Automotive Research stated that this industry is the major user of computer chips‚ textiles‚ aluminum‚ copper‚ steel‚ iron‚ lead‚ plastics‚ vinyl‚ and rubber. The study also showed that for every autoworker there are seven other jobs created in other industries. These industries include anything from the aluminums to lead to vinyl. In 2001‚ the total sales of automobiles were 3.7% of the nation’s gross domestic product
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Mergers occur when one business firm buys or acquires another business firm (the acquired firm) and the combined firm maintains the identity of the acquiring firm. Business firms merge for a variety of reasons‚ both financial and non-financial. There are a number of types of mergers. Horizontal and non-horizontal are just two of many types. WHAT IS HORIZONTAL MERGER? A merger occurring between companies in the same industry. Horizontal merger is a business consolidation that occurs between firms
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5. Chrysler‚ Fiat Advertising Campaigns When Fiat began it’s acquisition back in 2009 of Chrysler Group‚ taking a 58.5 percent stake in the company‚ they took a company in need of a bailout and turned it around with a great advertising tagline “Imported from Detroit.” Fiat not only needed this campaign to be effective for Chrysler to make a comeback‚ but also to begin infiltrating the US market with Fiats. Although the iconic commercial “Born of Fire” featuring Detroit native Eminem aired back
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