Strategy - Mergers & Aquisitions

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Final Year Undergraduate Exam Revision
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Question 1

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Name the strategy method(s) outlined within M&A.
Answer
  • Organic development, mergers and acquisitions and alliances
  • Strategic planning and financial control
  • Standard setting

Question 2

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What is organic development?
Answer
  • A combination of two separate organisations, becoming more or less equal partners.
  • Developing and building on an organisations own capabilities.
  • One firm taking over ownership of another.
  • Two organisations agree to share resources and work together to pursue a strategy.

Question 3

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How would you describe a merger?
Answer
  • A combination of two separate organisations, becoming more or less equal partners.
  • Developing and building on an organisations own capabilities.
  • One firm taking over ownership of another.
  • Two organisations agree to share resources and work together to pursue a strategy.

Question 4

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What is an acquisition?
Answer
  • A combination of two separate organisations, becoming more or less equal partners.
  • Developing and building on an organisations own capabilities.
  • One firm taking over ownership of another.
  • Two organisations agree to share resources and work together to pursue a strategy.

Question 5

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What is an alliance?
Answer
  • A combination of two separate organisations, becoming more or less equal partners.
  • Developing and building on an organisations own capabilities.
  • One firm taking over ownership of another.
  • Two organisations agree to share resources and work together to pursue a strategy.
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