deal was valued at an enterprise value of USD 10.7 billion or on an 8.2x EBITDA Multiple. Goldman Sachs has invested USD 450 million in online social networking portal Facebook‚ which is valued as the number one social networking network at USD 50 billion. At an enterprise value of USD 50 billion‚ Facebook is trading at a multiple of about 100 times of its earnings. Newspapers and television channels make it their headlines whenever a major deal (private equity‚ acquisition‚ etc.) happens. And we
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ASSIGNMENT 1: Acquisition of Lodestone by Infosys Aayush Nangru | 11BM60023 In September 2012‚ Infosys announced the acquisition of Zurich-based Lodestone Holding AG‚ a leading management consultancy firm‚ for 330 million Swiss francs ($345 million or Rs.1‚925 crore). Lodestone advises international companies on strategy and process optimization‚ and provides business transformation solutions enabled by SAP ’s enterprise solutions. Lodestone clocked revenues of $210 million in 2011. Of this‚
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The importance of HRM and valuing employees This essay shall critically analyse and discuss the Human Resource Management and Strategic Human Resource Management theories‚ models in relation to the BHP Billiton organisation. It shall also look at how HRM can motivate the employees and also the criticisms of the HRM model. “Motivation is the act or process of a motive that causes a person to take some action” (Buchbinder & Shanks‚ 2007‚ p. 24). Employees are assets to the organisation. They perform
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14 January 2014 Valuing Sports: A threat to the more important things in the world: An annotated Bibliography Brokamp‚Robert.Professinial Sports A Waste of Time‚ Money‚ and Energy.2013. Web Our culture can be harmful when we waste time. An example According to the researchers studies of this article of four recent broadcasts‚ the average amount of time the ball is in play on the field during an NFL game is about 11 minutes. In other words the next 174 minutes of the next NFL game you watch will
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Harvard Business School 9-298-092 Rev. December 4‚ 1998 Valuing Capital Investment Projects 1. Growth Enterprises‚ Inc. (GEI) has $40 million that it can invest in any or all of the four capital investment projects‚ which have cash flows as shown in Table 1 below. Table 1 Comparison of Project Cash Flows* ($ thousands) Year of Cash Flow Project A. B. C. D. Type of Cash Flow Year 0 Investment Revenue Operating expenses ($10‚000) Investment Revenue Operating expenses ($10‚000) Investment
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shareholders in the form of a special dividend or where the intrinsic growth potential of the company was seen to be [pic] Figure – Sixth Merger Wave Success Factors Unlike previous merger waves‚ more companies have been successful with their acquisitions than not‚ although it is not clear whether this trend will continue. As shown in Figure 1.2‚ our analysis‚ in consultation with Towers Perrin‚ of shareholder performance in deals during the 1980s and 1990s was negative when compared to the market
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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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INTRODUCTION M & S (short phrase mergers and Acquisitions) is to enter the sale and merger of businesses in the market. These two concepts often go together because one or more of the same‚ pretty much to cases where one cannot distinguish the difference and do not have enough information to comment (Anon 1‚ N.D) M & A are done in some cases are as follows: Basic principles: to proceed with the acquisition and merger of a company is to create new value for the shareholders that maintain
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Performance evidence Diversity: Diversity literally means difference. Diversity recognises that though people have things in common with each other‚ they are also different and unique in many ways. Diversity is about recognising and valuing those differences. Diversity therefore consists of visible and non-visible factors‚ which include personal characteristics such as background‚ culture‚ personality and work-style in addition to the characteristics that are protected under discrimination
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Mergers and Acquisitions in Global Scenario By Shahwar Gul In the post- liberalization era‚ the demand for intense growth and development in business has paved the way for the companies to undergo the process of amalgamation‚ takeover‚ reconstruction and re-organization. Mergers and acquisitions have become imperative tools in structuring a new generation of organizations with the clout and resources to withstand and compete on a global basis. The field of M&A has undergone drastic and dramatic
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