BRAND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT AND THE ROLE OF BRAND ACQUISITIONS A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Interdepartmental Program in Business Administration (Marketing) by Yana Kuzmina B.S.‚ Moscow State Technical University (Russia)‚ 2001 M.B.A.‚ Southeast Missouri State University‚ 2004 August‚ 2009 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Classes of transactions in the Acquisition and Payment Cycle. The objective is to evaluate whether the accounts affected by acquisitions of goods and services and cash disbursement for those that are fairly presented in accordance with accounting standards. There are 3 classes of transactions included in the cycle: 1. Acquisitions of goods and services 2. Cash disbursements 3. Purchase returns and allowances and discounts There are 10 accounts involved in the acquisition and payment cycle (you can see
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Do Mergers and Acquisitions Create Shareholder Wealth In The Pharmaceutical Industry? Mahmud Hassan‚ Dilip K. Patro‚ Howard Tuckman and Xiaoli Wang* Purpose: This paper analyzes mergers and acquisitions (M&A) focusing on the U.S. pharmaceutical industry in the period 1981-2004. This industry is chosen because it is global‚ engages intensively in M&A which it uses to both complement and substitute for early stage research‚ and because the potential abnormal returns to blockbuster drugs are
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to which members differ‚ as well as the strategic choices made by the organisation as a whole” (Eldridge and Crombie‚ 1974 p. 89). The cultural aspect within most mergers and acquisitions has been an area that has been overlooked. There has been estimations and evidence that the failure rate for Mergers and Acquisitions is greater that 50%‚ and this evidence also suggests that a lack of understanding towards the human capital as the primary source of failure (Deogun and Lipin‚ 1999; Ho‚ 2000; Rovit
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The Influence of Age Factors on Second Language Acquisition Xu Bailin Abstract: In second language acquisition‚ age factors has always been the study focus and one of the most controversial issues of linguistics. Based on the Brain Plasticity Theory and the Critical Period Hypothesis‚ the purpose is to prove such a hypothesis that the younger the leaner who begins to learn an second language‚the greater the probability that he or she will achieve a native-like command of it
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in acquisitions and mergers In recent years‚ acquisition and merger activities have boomed as result of improvement in economy and corporate earning. Along with the growing acquisitions and mergers‚ the risk of earnings manipulation and fraud embedded in related complicated transactions has also increased. From past experiences‚ three most common areas that have high risk of earnings management are research and development expenditure‚ restructuring costs and goodwill. During acquisition‚ companies
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questions on emerging multinationals and traditional multinationals in the steel industry and particularly the complexities of the acquisition in the above context. What has been surprising in the above case is that how could a small steel maker‚ Tata Steel from a developing country like India buy up a large steel company‚ Corus PLC from the United Kingdom. Prior to the acquisition‚ Corus was four times bigger than Tata Steel. However‚ the operating profit for Tata Steel was $840 million (sale of 5.3 million
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ADVISING IN MERGERS‚ ACQUISITIONS‚ AND FINANCIAL RESTRUCTURING ADVISING Investment banks are active in mergers and acquisitions (M&A)‚ leveraged buyouts (LBOs)‚ restructuring and recapitalization of companies‚ and reorganization of bankrupt and troubled companies. They do so in one or more of the following ways: (1) identifying candidates for a merger or acquisition‚ M&A candidates; (2) advising the board of directors of acquiring companies or target companies regarding price and non-price terms
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structure of these companies‚ the issue of mergers and acquisition is a relatively recent development in Nigeria. These structural changes may take the form of scheme of arrangement‚ amalgamation‚ take-over‚ merger and acquisition. These are all commercial term or forms of business combination that indicates operation involving substantial changes in the ownership‚ construction or capital structure of one or more companies. Mergers and acquisition have played an important role in the external growth
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Market Penetration and Acquisition Strategies for Emerging Economies Klaus E. Meyer Professor of Business Administration Box 218‚ University of Reading Business School Whiteknights‚ Reading‚ Berkshire‚ RG6 6AA‚ UK km.cees@cbs.dk Yen Thi Thu Tran PhD Student Copenhagen Business School Kilevej 14 A‚ 6.‚ 2000 Frederiksberg‚ Denmark yttt.ivs@cbs.dk This version: 25 January‚ 2006 Please refer to the published version of this paper when citing: Meyer‚ Klaus E. & Tran‚ Yen Thi Thu (2006): Market
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