Effect of mergers and acquisitions on performance of firms- case study of Lenovo and IBM PC Introduction Background of the Study As pointed out by Agrawal‚ Jaffe and Mandelker (1992)‚ decisions on mergers and acquisitions are highly critical in the success of companies‚ as well as their managers. Numerous corporations always find that one of the best means of getting ahead is expanding the ownership boundaries via the mergers‚ as well as acquisitions. Mergers and
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of control as pressures to succeed mount. I work at a multi-strategy international hedge fund which has approximately $30 billion dollars under management. Our primary focus in the past has been on long/short equity trading and convertible arbitrage trading. Recently‚ we began a push into the private equity markets‚ bringing in some high profile investment professionals from Goldman Sachs as well as other bulge bracket banks. This area has seen tremendous growth in the last few years and continues
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Should businesses use aggressive forms of external growth (such as takeovers) or should they rely on less hostile options (such as mergers)? There are two ways a business can expand‚ internally (which is also referred to as organic) and externally (which is also referred to as inorganic). In this report‚ I’m mainly going to be focusing on external growth. Firstly‚ what is meant by ‘external growth’? “External Growth is when businesses grow by integrating (joining) with another business.”(Exercise
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Citigroup Newsroom Citi Names Brian Leach Chief Risk Officer Press Release‚ February 27‚ 2008 New York – Citi today announced that Brian Leach will assume the role of Chief Risk Officer for Citi‚ reporting to Chief Executive Officer Vikram Pandit. Mr. Leach will also become Acting Chief Risk Officer for the Institutional Clients Group. In addition‚ the company named four new senior managers to the Risk organization – Suneel Bakhshi‚ Charles Monet‚ Greg Hawkins‚ and Adil Nathani – all reporting
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Exchange Rate Risk. "Exchange rates are the amount of one country’s currency needed to purchase one unit of another currency (Brealey 1999‚ p. 625)". People wanting to exchange some money for their vacation trip will not be too much bothered with shifts if the exchange rates. However‚ for multinational companies‚ dealing with very large amounts of money in their transactions‚ the rise or fall of a currency can mean getting a surplus or a deficit on their balance sheets. What types of exchange
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JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS Vol. 46‚ No. 4‚ Aug. 2011‚ pp. 967–999 COPYRIGHT 2011‚ MICHAEL G. FOSTER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS‚ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON‚ SEATTLE‚ WA 98195 doi:10.1017/S0022109011000275 The Effects of Derivatives on Firm Risk and Value Sohnke M. Bartram‚ Gregory W. Brown‚ and Jennifer Conrad ∗ ¨ Abstract Using a large sample of nonfinancial firms from 47 countries‚ we examine the effect of derivative use on firm risk and value. We control for endogeneity
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IPS ACADEMY INDORE Synopsis On “An Exploratory Study on Investor’s Attitude Towards Indian Derivative Market” For partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of MBA (full time) Batch 2011-2013 Submitted by: Submitted To: Susheel Rathore Prof. KavitaTiwari MBA - III SEM TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1) In what way(s) is Tiffany exposed to exchange-rate risk subsequent to its new distribution agreement with Mitsukoshi? How serious are these risks? . 1) Transaction Exposure‚ the probability of loss associated with a business transaction denominated in a foreign currency‚ due to changes in the exchange rate . 2) Operating exposure is the degree of risk that a company is exposed to when there is some type of change in varying currency values that are relevant to the operation of the company.
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Tiffany & Co - Case Write-Up 1) In what way(s) is Tiffany exposed to exchange-rate risk subsequent to its new distribution agreement with Mitsukoshi? How serious are these risks? 2) Should Tiffany actively manage its yen-dollar exchange-rate risk? Why or why not? 3) If Tiffany were to manage its exchange-rate risk activity‚ what would be the objectives of such a program? Specifically‚ what exposures should be actively managed? How much of these exposures should be covered‚ and
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RISK MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY by Sharon Fernando PROJECT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS In the Faculty of Business Administration Financial Risk Management O Sharon Fernando 2006 SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY Summer 2006 All rights reserved. This work may not be reproduced in whole or in part‚ by photocopy or other means‚ without permission of the author. APPROVAL Name: Sharon Fernando Degree: Master of Arts Title of Project:
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