M&A Motives There are two types of motives involved in merger and acquisition and these are Explicit and Implicit motives. Explicit Motives • Synergy: Synergy means that the merged firm will have a greater value than the sum of its parts as a result of enhanced revenues and the cost base. • Economies of Scale: Economic of scale refer to the reduction in unit cost achieved by producing a large volume of a product. Horizontal mergers aim at achieving economies of scale. This phenomenon continues
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overall scope and direction of a corporation and the way in which its various business operations work together to achieve particular goals. Cooperation Strategies Cooperation Strategies contains of 3 aspects : 1. Joint Venture / Partnering 2. Merger / Acquisition 3. Strategic Alliance Cooperation Strategies Definition : Is a popular strategy that occurs when two or more companies form a temporary partnership for the purpose of capitalizing on some opportunity. Joint Venture / Partnering
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what the probability was that booth the DOJ and the Ec would approve the merger‚ and of course eventually what is the most proper and profitable tactic to take at this certain time. The strategy of Gallionelli Gallinelli did the strategy that included buying shares in Honeywell and shorting shares in GE for the purpose of conducting arbitrage. First of all‚ a well-known direct of indirect by-product of acquisition or merger is the foreseeable or predictable change in stock price. As to the merger’s
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Journal of Banking & Finance 23 (1999) 255±285 Interest-rate exposure and bank mergers Benjamin Esty a‚* ‚ Bhanu Narasimhan b‚ Peter Tufano c a b Harvard Business School‚ Morgan Hall 481‚ Boston‚ MA 02163‚ USA Marakon Associates‚ 2831 Malabar Ave.‚ Santa Clara‚ CA 95051‚ USA c Harvard Business School‚ Morgan Hall 377‚ Boston‚ MA 02163‚ USA Abstract This study examines how interest rates and interest-rate exposures aect the level of acquisition activity‚ the identities
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businesses come together via a merger or a take-over. There are many implications of external growth. One of the main implications is the ignorance of the different cultures supported by the two different firms. It involves a lot of time for a firm to talk out differences which is generally unsupported by senior managers having little time. This reflects on poor leadership and unclear objectives for the business as a whole. A good example of this would be the Bell Atlantic Merger with Tele-Communications
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1. Briefly discuss the key reasons for mergers & acquisitions including basic economic reasons and elaborate the reasons & the expectations of acquiring The Navigator by the main group‚ Reasons for Mergers and Acquisitions Why do mergers take place? It is believed that mergers and acquisitions are strategic decisions leading to the maximization of a company’s growth by enhancing its production and marketing operations. They have become popular in the recent times because of the enhanced competition
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FINANCE 2 ASSINGMENT 2011-2012 Nikesh Hindocha (10044607) Part A. Introduction As part of my assignment‚ I have been asked to discuss the following statement “Mergers and acquisitions can be value destroyers or value creators”. A merger can be defined as when two equal businesses in terms of profit margin and status‚ combine in order to become one legal entity. Initially‚ the fundamental reason for this merge is to produce a company that is worth more than the sum of its parts
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Determinants of Growth through Mergers and Acquisitions: An Empirical Analysis by Mathieu Luypaert European University College Brussels (EHSAL) Department of Accountancy‚ Finance and Insurance Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Nancy Huyghebaert∗ Department of Accountancy‚ Finance and Insurance Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Abstract This paper empirically investigates the determinants of external growth through mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in a typical Continental European country‚ Belgium
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Integration Monitor report‚ the Commission will dedicate a chapter on the quantitative aspects of crossborder restructuring‚ confirming the trends discussed in Scheveningen. Indeed‚ between 1999 and 2004‚ the report will show that cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) accounted for around 20% of the total value of M&As in the financial sector‚ whereas cross-border deals represented 45% of M&As in other sectors over the same period.2 Finance Ministers asked the Commission to examine possible
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When do vertical mergers create value? This paper studies the market reaction to vertical mergers and explores the many rationales for vertical integration proposed in the industrial organization literature. Abnormal returns for vertical merger announcements are positive until the late 1990s‚ and turn negative afterward. Acquirers suffer most of the losses. We find support for the most fundamental insight in the industrial organization literature‚ namely‚ that vertical mergers generate the greatest
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