million active users 2011: a billion dollar profit INSTAGRAM Share your life with photos Created on October 2010 40 million users on April 2012 2 PLAN I) II) III) IV) The Case Objectives of this acquisition (the benefits for Facebook) Synergies who can be created through this acquisition Risks for Facebook and Instagram regarding the postacquisition phase CONCLUSION 3 I) THE CASE Facebook had acquired Instagram for 1 billion dollars : the 9th of April 2012 It’s an excellent
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valuing of the merger synergies. Most of the synergies for this deal lie in the complementariness between P&G and Gillette. Both companies were key performers in the consumer products industry‚ but both had specific strengths within the industry. Beyond the complementariness of products were corporate strengths. P&G had strength in marketing to women‚ where as Gillette’s core segment was men. Thus‚ taking skills from both corporations would create strong synergies in attracting large
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How does the extract from text different perspectives about environment sustainability? The Rabbits is an allegorical picture book that explore different perspectives about environmental sustainability through different techniques. Colours and synergy that have been used in this picture book are a few techniques to represent the perspectives and to have a emotional connect with the characters. Shaun tan and John Marsden‚ traverse the perspectives in the allegorical picture book The Rabbits
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Merger Strategy-Growth‚ Synergy‚ Operating Synergy‚ Financial Synergy‚ Diversification‚ Other Economic Motives‚ Hubris Hypothesis of Takeovers‚ Other Motives‚ Tax Motives Growth – This is one of the most common motives for mergers. It may be cheaper and less risky for the acquiring company to merge with another provider in a similar line of business than to expand operations internally. It is also much faster to grow by acquisition than internally. Sometimes an organization may have a window
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Call Center Planning Process Carrie "Shellie" Cobbs Health Care Management HCS 325 Karissa Stewart May 05‚ 2013 Call Center Planning Process The process in place for answering phone calls at Synergy Orthopedics needs additional resources to allow better customer service. The call volume has doubled in the year since the Physicians have started taking more ER‚ emergency room‚ call. The hold time for patients calling to schedule appointments has also increased that is a direct reflection on the office
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AND PILLSBURY COMPANY 2 4. OVERVIEW OF GENERAL MILLS’ ACQUISITION OF PILLSBURY 3 5. GENERAL MILLS’ STRATEGIC MOTIVES FOR ACQUIRING PILLSBURY 4 6. IS THE DEAL ECONOMICALLY ATTRACTIVE? 5 6.1. VALUATION OF PILLSBURY (WITHOUT SYNERGIES) 5 6.2. VALUE OF SYNERGIES (COST SYNERGIES) 5 6.3. VALUE OF CLAWBACK 6 6.4. VALUE OF GENERAL MILLS’ STOCK PAYMENT 9 6.5. VALUE OF DEBT ASSUMED 9 7. RECOMMENDATION FOR GENERAL MILLS’ SHAREHOLDERS 10 1. REPORT SUMMARY On December 8
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"We have an excellent sales and marketing team here at Gatorade. We believe we do know how to build brands‚ we do know how to advance businesses. And our expectation is that we will do the same as we take Snapple as well as Gatorade to the next level." -Don Uzzi‚ President of the Quaker Oats Beverage Company‚ North America.1 SUMMARY The Quaker Oats Company‚ founded in 1891‚ is one of America’s oldest food enterprises. From its start in the domestic ready-to-eat cereal market‚ Quaker grew
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Renault / Nissan The Making of a Global Alliance [pic] [pic] Abstract On March 27‚ 1999‚ Nissan and Renault signed a comprehensive global alliance. The alliance brought together two companies vastly different in terms of skills‚ history‚ and culture. The case study describes the process of alliance formation from Renault’s and from Nissan’s point of view. Starting from June‚ 1998‚ when contacts between the two companies
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this consequence leads universities; take Oxford as an example‚ to start to encourage enterprise. What the entrepreneurship is and why they can occupy such a large quantity in the market. In this essay‚ the synergy between entrepreneurship and innovation and reflection of the result of this synergy on economic development will be discussed. 1. Definition: Entrepreneurship In the last 250 years‚ economist defined entrepreneurs in different ways. Richard Cantillon (1755) defined entrepreneur as an
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Decision 3: 4 Decision 4: 4 Decision 5: 4 Decision 6: 4 Decision 7: 4 Decision 8 4 Summary of the case Fact This is a claim between PT Soonlee Metalindo Perkasa vs. Synergy Shipping PTE LTD. It is taken by High court of Singapore in 27 July 2007. It is determined by Judge Judith Prakash. The defendant‚ Synergy Shipping‚ contracted as a carrier to carry 1‚300 deformed steel bars owned by the plaintiff‚ PT Soonlee‚ from Singapore to Batam‚ Indonesia. The goods were carried on deck on the
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