Duane Morris Case Analyses 1. What factors have led to Duane Morris’s success? What prompted their late-1990s growth spurt? 2. How should Duane Morris plan to integrate their new acquisition? 3. What are the biggest risks faced by the firm in the next 5-10 years? Duane Morris strategy evolved over time while leveraging its history. The strategy was shaped by its environment‚ resources and leadership. The degree of congruence between the people‚ the tasks‚ the informal and formal organization
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Mergers and Acquisitions Broc Romanek and Cynthia M. Krus FINANCE 05.09 I Fast track route to mastering mergers and acquisitions I Covers the key areas of M&A‚ from detailing how to structure different types of transactions to meet varying objectives to the history of M&A activity and the impact of the Internet and other new technologies I Examples and lessons from some of the world’s most successful businesses‚ including Daimler-Chrysler‚ Vodaphone-Mannesman and UFJ Bank I Includes a
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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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Philips versus Matsushita: The Competitive Battle Continues Throughout their long histories‚ N.V. Philips (Netherlands) and Matsushita Electric (Japan) had followed very different strategies and emerged with very different organizational capabilities. Philips built its success on a worldwide portfolio of responsive national organizations while Matsushita based its global competitiveness on its centralized‚ highly efficient operations in Japan. During the first decade of the 21st century‚ however
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followed by Philips and Matsushita. How and why do they differ? Philips and Matsushita had followed very different strategies. Philips adopted the localization strategy and built its success on a worldwide portfolio of responsive national organizations. On the other hand‚ Matsushita adopt the strategy of global standardization. The structure of the organization has been matrix based whereas Matsushita followed a more hierarchical structure. The management is more decentralized at Philips; that is
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Introduction Merger and acquisition both are strategic decision and an aspect of corporate strategy. One plus one makes three: this equation is the special alchemy of a merger or an acquisition. The key principle behind buying a company is to create shareholder value over and above that of the sum of the two companies. Two companies together are more valuable than two separate companies - at least‚ that’s the reasoning behind merger and acquisition. Most histories of merger and acquisition begin in the late
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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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Mergers & Acquisitions (M & A) is a general term used to refer to the consolidation of companies. Merger is the corporate action where two companies decide to combine their operations. Both the companies involved in the merger cease to exist resulting into a combined new company. On the other hand Acquisition is a corporate action where one company overtakes the operations of other company. The acquired company thus becomes a part of the acquiring company. Acquisition may at some times be without
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Topic: Mergers and Acquisitions Introduction Mergers and Acquisitions is referred to the aspect of corporate strategy‚ Finance and Management dealing with the purchase‚ sale‚ isolating and combining of different firms and similar entities that can help the enterprise grow rapidly in its sector or location of its origin or in a different sector or at a entirely new location without creating a subsidiary‚ a child entity or creation of a joint venture. Mergers and acquisitions are big part of the
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