strategy of Merger & Acquisition for Development and Expansion of Business. Introduction Introduction The terms merger and amalgamation are synonyms and the term ‘amalgamation’‚ as per Concise Oxford Dictionary‚ Tenth Edition‚ means‚ ‘to combine or unite to form one organization or structure’. Merger or an Acquisition in a company sense can be defined as the combination of two or more companies into one new company or corporation. The main difference between a merger and an acquisition
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Company Overview Vodafone Group PLC is one of the leading mobile telecommunication companies in the world. It won the third mobile license in Australia in 1992 and by 1993 it had established Vodafone Australia and began actively marketing its digital mobile services (Vodafone‚ 2011). Vodafone first launched a wireless network under the brand name “Arena” in 1993‚ while Hutchison started under the brand name “Orange” says Business Monitor International Ltd (2008). By 2009‚ Vodafone Australia and
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Mergers and acquisitions (abbreviated M&A) is an aspect of corporate strategy‚ corporate finance and management dealing with the buying‚ selling‚ dividing and combining of different companies and similar entities that can help an enterprise grow rapidly in its sector or location of origin‚ or a new field or new location‚ without creating a subsidiary‚ other child entity or using a joint venture. The distinction between a "merger" and an "acquisition" has become increasingly blurred in various
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On the Importance of Managing Intangible Assets as Part of Corporate Strategy Abstract: Given that a high number of companies return value to investors via acquisition rather than a public offering the development of intangible assets is the bait that sets up the acquisition. This paper discusses how companies can fast track to high valuation by strategic growth of certain intangible assets such as customer tribes‚ brands‚ and intellectual property‚ comparing those strategies to larger companies
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Story 1 – Facebook buys Whatsapp Facebook has bought instant messaging service Whatsapp for £11bn‚ giving Facebook access to Whatsapp 450 million users. The deal was split into £2.4bn in cash‚ £7.2bn in Facebook shares and £1.8bn in restricted stock awards for the Whatsapp founders and employees. Facebook has also paid a break fee of £1.2bn (Rushton 2014). Facebook’s acquisition of Whatsapp can be described as a hostile takeover in effort for Facebook to monopolize on the Internet market
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Change Management Report on Vodafone Introduction Vodafone Group is a British multinational company and is currently the second world’s largest mobile telecommunication. In March 2014‚ Vodafone had 434 million subscribers worldwide. The company‚ nowadays‚ operates in 21 countries all over Europe‚ Asia- Pacific‚ Middle East‚ United States and Africa. Plus‚ Vodafone has another more 40 networks in other countries (Vodafone‚ 2014). Vodafone has the power to keep going growing with an attractive
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Pros and cons of mergers and business transfer Pros and cons of mergers and business transfer There are many ways of acquiring a business. Among them‚ there are mergers and business transfer that convert two different companies into a company‚ and comprehensive stock exchange and share acquisition allows for the acquisition of management control of other companies without changing the legal entity. To summarize the concept of mergers and business transfer: first‚ the merger is a method of amalgamating
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Universal Merger NOVA Southeastern University H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship Abstract For the over past decade cable television industry has experienced restructuring through a large number of creative innovation‚ mergers and acquisitions. For the purpose of understanding both legal and ethical issues in regards to such a merger in the US cable television industry‚ this study employs a very detailed legal and ethical examination of a merger between Comcast
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Mergers and Joint Ventures Stacy Cortinas‚ John Paez‚ Candise Pharr‚ and Ashley Wiseman ECO/365 December 17‚ 2014 David Kisel Mergers and Joint Ventures When a company is first born‚ the last thing on its owners mind is merging with another company. A merger is sometimes a voluntary and sometimes and involuntary transaction. If a company has found itself in a place of financial difficult or is simply exhausted all its resources to remain open‚ a merger may be the only way its employees
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Hewlett-Packard | HP – Compaq merger | M&A‚ Finance and Investments‚ MSc. | 29th November‚ 2012 | | | | Authors: Marjan van Lieshout 348050 Bram Piederiet 322688 Jamie Romeo 319954 Patrice Temming 351185 Authors: Marjan van Lieshout 348050 Bram Piederiet 322688 Jamie Romeo 319954 Patrice Temming 351185 1. Executive summary In the spring of 2002‚ Hewlett-Packard Co (‘HP’ from here on) obtained all of the outstanding common shares of Compaq Computer Corp (‘CC’
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