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Questão 1
Questão
A firm engages in a(n) ________ when it purchases a second firm.
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acquisition
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joint venture
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strategic alliance
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equity alliance
Questão 2
Questão
When one firm acquires a(n) ________ of another firm, it has acquired enough of that firm's assets so that the acquiring firm is able to make all the management and strategic decisions in the target firm.
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market stake
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equity share
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controlling share
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equity stake
Questão 3
Questão
A(n) ________ acquisition occurs when the management of a target firm wants to be acquired.
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hostile
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admirable
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strategic
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friendly
Questão 4
Questão
When a firm has not sold shares on the public stock market, it is known as
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closely held.
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privately held.
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publicly traded.
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a small cap stock.
Questão 5
Questão
The difference between the current market price of a target firm's shares and the price a potential acquirer offers to pay for those shares is known as an
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acquisition premium.
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acquisition discount.
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acquisition margin.
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acquisition price.
Questão 6
Questão
When Sears and Kmart, two retail firms of relatively equal size in the United States, agreed to combine their assets, this was an example of a(n)
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joint venture.
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acquisition.
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merger.
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equity agreement.
Questão 7
Questão
The price of each of a firm's shares multiplied by the number of shares outstanding represents the firm's
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total equity base.
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current market value.
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total market share.
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current market share.
Questão 8
Questão
In an unrelated acquisition, if 5 firms are interested in acquiring a firm and each of the bidding firms had a current market value of $30,000 while the current market value of the target firm is $20,000, this acquisition is likely to generate economic profits of ________ for the acquiring firm.
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$10,000
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$20,000
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$50,000
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$0.00
Questão 9
Questão
If an electronics manufacturer were to acquire a chain of retail electronic stores to sell its products, this would be an example of a ________ merger.
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vertical
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horizontal
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market extension
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product extension
Questão 10
Questão
If eBay were to acquire a smaller online auction company, this would be an example of a ________ merger.
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conglomerate
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vertical
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market extension
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horizontal
Questão 11
Questão
In a ________ merger, firms acquire complementary products through their merger and acquisition activities.
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vertical
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market extension
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product extension
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horizontal
Questão 12
Questão
When eBay acquired Baaze.com, an Indian auction firm, in order to enter the Indian online auction market, this was an example of a ________ merger.
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product extension
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market extension
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conglomerate
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vertical
Questão 13
Questão
If there are no vertical, horizontal, product extension, or market extension links between firms, the FTC defines the merger or acquisition activity between firms as a ________ merger.
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conglomerate
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vertical
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horizontal
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product extension
Questão 14
Questão
________ economies are scale economies that occur when the physical processes inside a firm are altered so that the same amounts of input produce a higher quantity of outputs.
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Pecuniary
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Diversification
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Technical
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Vertical
Questão 15
Questão
Which of the following is a source of diversification economies?
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marketing
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production
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scheduling
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portfolio management
Questão 16
Questão
________ economies are achieved by the ability of firms to dictate prices by exerting market power.
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Pecuniary
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Technical
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Diversification
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Production
Questão 17
Questão
________ economies are achieved by improving a firm's performance relative to its risk attributes or lowering its risk attributes relative to its performance.
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Technical
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Diversification
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Pecuniary
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Market
Questão 18
Questão
Which of the following is a financial motivation for why bidding firms might want to engage in merger and acquisition strategies?
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to increase leverage opportunities
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to capture economies of scale
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to adopt more efficient production or organizational technology
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to engage in vertical integration
Questão 19
Questão
Which one of the following is not one of the reasons that Jensen and Ruback listed as to why bidding firms might want to engage in merger and acquisition strategies?
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to reduce production or distribution costs
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to gain market power in product markets
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to expand individual managers' power within an organization
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to eliminate inefficient target management
Questão 20
Questão
In a related acquisition, if there is one target firm and ten bidding firms, and the value of each of the bidding firms as a stand-alone entity is $50,000 and the value of the target firm as a stand-alone entity is $30,000, the market value of the combined entity will be
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$0.00.
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less than $80,000.
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more than $80,000.
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$80,000.
Questão 21
Questão
Wealthy individuals who provide capital to entrepreneurs to help them grow their businesses are known as
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business angels.
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venture capitalists.
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stockholders
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CEOs.
Questão 22
Questão
________ firms typically raise money from numerous smaller investors, which they then invest in a portfolio of entrepreneurial firms.
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Business angel
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Venture capital
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Closely held
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Private equity
Questão 23
Questão
In a(n) ________, a firm, typically working with an investment banker, sells its equity to the public at large.
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FTC
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merger
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IPO
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acquisition
Questão 24
Questão
Entrepreneurs must rely on capital generated from their ongoing operations or ________ and debt capital provided by banks.
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initial public offering
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retained earnings
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venture capital firms
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operating budgets
Questão 25
Questão
Managers of bidding firms continue to engage in merger or acquisition strategies even though they usually do not generate profits for bidding firms in order to
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ensure survival.
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improve firm reputation.
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reduce agency problems.
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reduce managerial hubris.
Questão 26
Questão
Which of the following actions should bidding firm managers take to help earn superior performance in an acquisition strategy?
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Share information with other bidders.
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Delay the closing of the deal.
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Avoid winning bidding wars.
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Operate in competitive acquisition markets.
Questão 27
Questão
A thinly traded market is a market where
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there are only a small number of buyers and sellers,where information about opportunities in this market is not widely know, and where interests besides purely maximizing the value of a firm can be important.
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many firms are implementing acquisition strategies.
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information about opportunities in this market is widely known.
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the only important interest is to maximize the value of a firm.
Questão 28
Questão
To ensure that the owners of target firms appropriate whatever value is created by a merger or acquisition, managers in these target firms should
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create a thinly traded market for their firm.
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seek information from bidders.
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close the acquisition deal quickly.
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limit the number of bidders involved in the bidding competition.
Questão 29
Questão
________ is (are) a maneuver in which a target firm's management purchases any of the target firm's stock owned by a bidder and does so for a price that is greater than the current market value of that stock.
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Standstill agreements
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Poison pills
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Shark repellents
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Greenmail
Questão 30
Questão
Firms using ________ fend off an acquisition by taking over the firm or firms bidding for them.
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shark repellents
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a crown jewel sale
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the Pac Man defense
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a golden parachute
Questão 31
Questão
A ________ is a compensation arrangement between a firm and its senior management team that promises these individuals substantial cash payment if their firm is acquired and they lose their jobs in the process.
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white knight agreement
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greenmail agreement
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shark repellent
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golden parachute
Questão 32
Questão
Mergers and acquisitions used to create diversification strategies should be managed through the
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M-form structure.
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functional structure.
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U-form structure.
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matrix structure.
Questão 33
Questão
The most significant challenge in integrating bidding and target firms has to do with
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accounting differences.
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cultural differences.
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operational differences.
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logistic differences.
Questão 34
Questão
A ________ is another bidding firm that agrees to acquire a particular target in the place of the original bidding firm.
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golden parachute
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greenmail
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white knight
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crown jewel
Questão 35
Questão
________ include a variety of relatively minor corporate governance changes that, in principle, are supposed to make it more difficult to acquire a target firm.
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Shark repellents
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White knights
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Greenmail
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Poison pills
Questão 36
Questão
Supermajority voting rules are an example of a
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poison pill.
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white knight.
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golden parachute.
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shark repellent.
Questão 37
Questão
________ does not affect the wealth of target firm equity holders.
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Blue Man defense
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Pac Man defense
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Golden parachute
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Silver parachute
Questão 38
Questão
________ is an example of an ineffective and inconsequential response with the idea that sometimes a bidding firm is interested in just a few of the businesses currently being operated by the target firm.
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A Pac Man defense
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A Blue Man defense
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A crown jewel sale
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A golden parachute defense
Questão 39
Questão
If P&G's bid for Gillette was invited by Gillette's management, this would be an example of a
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hostile acquisition.
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joint venture.
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friendly acquisition.
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merger.
Questão 40
Questão
If Gillette's total market value on the day the deal was announced was $48.30 billion, P&G's $57 billion offer would represent a(n)
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18% acquisition premium.
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82% acquisition discount.
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82% acquisition premium.
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18% acquisition discount.
Questão 41
Questão
Since both P&G and Gillette are consumer products firms, this acquisition is best described as a
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vertical merger.
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horizontal merger.
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market extension merger.
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conglomerate merger.
Questão 42
Questão
P&G's acquisition of Wella in 2003 is an example of a
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market extension merger.
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conglomerate merger.
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vertical merger.
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product extension merger.
Questão 43
Questão
P&G's purchase of AG-Hutchison Ltd in 2004 is an example of a
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conglomerate merger.
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vertical merger.
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market extension merger.
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conglomerate acquisition.
Questão 44
Questão
If one of the reasons P&G acquired Gillette was to gain greater market power in key industries, this would be an example of ________ economies.
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technical
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pecuniary
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diversification
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vertical
Questão 45
Questão
If P&G wanted to increase the probability that it would be able to earn superior economic performance from its acquisition of Gillette, P&G should
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share information about Gillette with other potential bidders.
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share information about strategic fit potential between P&G and Gillette with Gillette.
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wait to submit its bid for Gillette until there are multiple interested bidders.
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close the acquisition deal as quickly as possible.
Questão 46
Questão
If Gillette's managers wanted to maximize the value that Gillette received from its acquisition by P&G, they should
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seek information from P&G about the value that P&G will receive from its acquisition of Gillette.
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not engage in negotiations with any bidder but P&G.
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close the acquisition as quickly as possible.
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stop the acquisition.
Questão 47
Questão
If P&G's acquisition of Wella had been delayed because it had to overcome a stipulation in Wella's corporate bylaws requiring that more than 50% of Wella's board of directors had to approve the takeover, this would be an example of
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the Pac Man defense.
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a poison pill.
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greenmail.
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a shark repellent.
Questão 48
Questão
The most significant challenge P&G is likely to face in integrating each of the acquired companies into P&G's operations is likely to be ________ differences between P&G and each of the companies.
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logistical
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cultural
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operational
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distribution
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