Exam 10: Acquisitions and Alliances

In cross-border acquisitions,due diligence should only focus on cultural compatibility issues.

In many industries,the winners will be the companies that:

Since acquisitions are a way to implement strategy,which of the following general approaches is related to an acquisition made to increase market share and decrease costs?

Briefly explain the care that should be taken in accomplishing the deal when establishing an alliance.

One of the integration issues relating to managing people in acquired company is:

One of the factors assessed by Haspeslagh and Jemison in their model of an integration process is:

The Coles acquisition and later divestment of Myer was an example of:

Identify the reasons for creating joint ventures.

What would you advise an organisation that is holding onto an underperforming business out of loyalty?

Success of acquisitions is conditioned by many factors except:

The internationally used term 'M&A' recognises that there are few practical differences between mergers and acquisitions.

What are three general approaches to undertaking an acquisition? Identify a recent acquisition and explain which general approach you think the organisation used.

Divestment is the other side of 'acquisition' - for every divestment there is an acquirer.

What are the four types of capabilities identified by Haspeslagh and Jemison that create value in acquisitions?

A rational acquisition process involves five steps:

It is essential to acquire 50.1% of the shares to acquire another organisation.

Joint venture is NOT used to achieve which of the following purposes:

Explain why companies might want to undertake an alliance.

Most of the empirical evidence about success in acquisitions is concerned only with acquirer and target shareholders.It shows that:

The reason for using M&A for most diversification is that it is a much faster process of growth and expansion.