The Effect of Mergers and Acquisitions on Shareholder Returns Agus Sugiarto Victoria Graduate School of Business Faculty of Business and Law Victoria University of Technology Melbourne 2000 The Effect of Mergers and Acquisitions on Shareholder Returns by Agus Sugiarto Bachelor of Law (Honours) University of Brawijaya Indonesia Master of Business Administration Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Australia A dissertation submitted to Victoria University of Technology in
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I. Introduction The January 2008 announcement by Motorola‚ Inc. that it might spin off its Mobile Devices division followed years of declining market share in the mobile phone industry. After the wild success of the company’s “RAZR” mobile phone in 2004-06‚ Motorola failed to retain market share as Apple’s iPhone claimed “must-have” status and traditional mobile phones became increasingly commoditized. Even with the Mobile Devices division’s recent poor performance‚ it is something of a shock
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1. In summer 1998‚ what is the position of the Enterprise Server Group (ESG) in its industry? How has it evolved? Why? The ESG should be the core part in the industry in summer 1998. In 1997‚ HP put attention on enterprise computing through the formation of the Enterprise systems Group(ESG). ESG’s products were built based on proprietary RISC microprocessors and proprietary UNIX operating systems. However‚ as the Merced chip was developed‚ independent software vendors were afraid that
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From the date of childbirth and lying in the hospital bed while a mother gently cradles a baby in her arms‚ to the day a person may find himself lying six feet under; there has become an apparent process which every human must proceed through in order to truly and fully grow up. This process may be called the stages of life‚ and there are three major steps that an individual must overcome: childhood‚ college‚ and having a family. For a kid‚ having a parent or guardian is like having a shadow cast
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Back on track The story of my downfall and change began when I had just turned 13 years old‚ a young teenager about to start my journey in secondary school. Like most teenagers‚ I was undergoing a state of mental change where I craved attention‚ popularity and approval of other teenagers. It didn’t matter back then if all this attention came from the wrong reasons just as long as I was getting it. Obviously‚ I was so young back then that consequences of my actions never crossed my mind.
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In late 1970‚ after the split-off of the Toiletries Division‚ the Gillette Safety Razor Division (SRD) is considering a proposal to enter the blank recording cassettes market to try to achieve its assigned earnings growth target. The blade and razor business is mature and the SRD knows it won’t be able to achieve the growth target there‚ so it’s evaluating a diversification strategy to enter the new business. As in any diversification strategy‚ they are facing a new market‚ with a new product. The
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Social divisions are shown throughout the world’s population‚ particularly in regards to gender. Although‚ many differences between men and women are biological‚ the divisions caused by social construction surpasses them greatly. This is due to many factors such as differences in the workplace‚ different approaches to seeking healthcare and social expectations for both men and women ingrained in early childhood and adolescence. However‚ one must also consider biological factors which are innate
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"Effects of Tailgating in NCAA Division I Football Campuses" Introduction Background of the Problem "Tailgating‚" as deduced from the readings and experiences‚ is a popular practice especially among collegiate football fanatics and is usually done prior to a football game. It is a way of enjoying an upcoming football game and interacting with people through eating and drinking spree. In relation to this‚ Al Bohl‚ the Athletics Director of the University of Kansas‚ states‚ in the internet article
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“Anger” By: Eric Heifner In the Bible‚ anger is mentioned about 250 times. We are told to “be angry and do not sin”. We’re told not to “let the sun go down on our anger”. We’re told to get rid of our anger‚ and to be kind‚ compassionate‚ and forgiving of one another. Anger is an inescapable aspect of life. In the Greek text there are three different words used for anger‚ each having a unique meaning. They are “thumos”‚ “parogismos”‚ and “orge”. “Thumos” refers to the least desirable‚ often
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Anyone who has spent time with or around children will notice that each one has a special personality all of their own. Children‚ like adults‚ have different traits that make up their personalities. Experts have researched this phenomenon in detail and classified children into different categories. The three categories that most experts agree with have been named "flexible‚" "fearful‚" and "feisty." Children generally may have similar interests‚ but the way they interact and deal with these interests
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