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    Business/Finance

    (1) The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is a linear model that can be used to estimate a company's cost of equity and determine a stock's required rate of return. The required rate of return is one input into the Dividend Discount Model, a model used to determine the value of a company's common stock. There are a several va

    IT Acquisition Planning Teams

    Two IT acquisition planning teams worked together to study the same problem and develop alternative solutions for solving it. The teams then separated and each developed a work breakdown structure for the same alternative solution. The teams then compared the resulting work breakdown structures and found that they were significa

    Mergers and Restructuring

    On September 30, 2000, Mattel®, a major toy manufacturer, virtually gave away The Learning Company®, a maker of software for toys, to rid itself of a disastrous acquisition of a software publishing firm that actually had cost the firm hundreds of millions of dollars. Mattel, which had paid $3.5 billion for the firm in 1999, so

    Acquisition and Shareholder Value

    An acquisition creates shareholder value: 1. by acquiring a business whose fundamental value is lower than the purchase price 2. as long as the fundamental value of the target plus the future value of the synergies is greater than the purchase price 3. as long as the fundamental value of the target plus the present value

    How to Sustain Organizational Identification After a Merger

    Please critique the following article with a literature review, methodology and state key findings. Dick, R., Ullrich, J., & Tissington, P. A. (2006). Working Under a Black Cloud: How to Sustain Organizational Identification after a Merger*. British Journal of management, 17(S1), S69-S79.

    An analysis of the EADS group: Article Analysis

    Please critique the following article: Barmeyer, C., & Mayrhofer, U. (2008). The contribution of intercultural management to the success of international mergers and acquisitions: An analysis of the EADS group. International Business Review, 17(1), 28-38 In your critique, please include and identification of methodology, as

    Managing Post-Acquisition Cultural Change

    Please the following article: identify methodology, gaps, and key findings. Ahmad, R., Rashid, M., & Zia-ur-Rehman, M. Managing Post-Acquisition Cultural Change: A case Study of Union Bank Limited (Now Standard Chartered Bank Pakistan Limited).

    Cross-Border Acquisition Abandonment

    Please critique this article by identifying methodology, gap and key findings. Dikova, D., Sahib, P. R., & van Witteloostuijn, A. (2009). Cross-border acquisition abandonment and completion: The effect of institutional differences and organizational learning in the international business service industry, 1981-2001. Journal

    Article Review - Friendly Merger Evaluation

    Here is an article I need to look at in further detail: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8551.2006.00476.x/abstract In particular, I have been asked to examine the methodology employed by the researchers as well as their key finding and an explanation of a gap, if there is one.

    Acquisition Response & Behavior and Board Characteristics

    Please give me some ideas on the article below, paying particular attention to the methodology described, if there's any gap and also the key findings that may occur. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014829630900112X.

    Strategic and Psychological Preparation for Mergers - Article Review

    Please critique Articles 11 attached, identify methodology, gap and key findings Please critique the article below as best you can, including an identification of the methodology used, the gap and any key findings the writer may have concluded. http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4165737?uid=3737720&uid=2&uid=4&sid=2110245

    M&A Beyond Borders: Opportunities and Risks

    Please critique the following article regarding M&A Beyond Borders: Opportunities and Risks. Identify methodology, gap and key findings: http://www.kmsdesign.co.uk/uh/tender_ds12004/pdfs/Marsh_Beyond_Borders_Report.pdf.

    Merger and acquisitions critique

    Read: Enhancing the success of mergers and acquisitions: an organizational culture perspective - Mike Schraeder To critique a merger and acquisition article in order to highlight gaps in the literature review, the method of analysis used in the methodology and the reasons for failure or sucess of the M&A.

    High Tech Firm Acquisition

    Your firm is interested in acquiring a high tech firm to expand its business. It is considering making the acquisition using cash, stock, or a combination of both. You have been tasked to make a recommendation on the type of acquisition that will result with the minimal tax impact. Analyze the pros and cons of cash, stock, and c

    Consolidating effect of mergers and acquisitions

    Firms have more than one option for diversifying; among these options are the following: corporate entrepreneurship, strategic alliances, and mergers and acquisitions. Mergers and acquisitions can have a consolidating effect in the industry, and may force other industry players to merge. When a company 'buys' another company wit

    Project Acquisition Management

    1. Using CJCSI 3170.01 describe the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS). 2. What are Key Performance Parameters (KPP) and why are they necessary to be defined in the acquisition process? 3. What are the four elements of Net-Ready Key Performance Parameter (NR-KPP)? 4. Why is interoperability im

    Cisco Systems and successful acquisitions

    1. Investigate the approach that Cisco Systems has used in its many successful acquisitions. What are some of the human resource practices that have made its acquisitions successful? 2. If human resources are a major source of competitive advantage and the key determinant of an organization's ability to pursue a given strate

    Program management, acquisition, and evaluation

    1. Define Program Management (within the DoD) and list three traits of an effective program manager. 2. What are Acquisition Categories (ACATs) and why is the Milestone Decision Authority (MDA) important? 3. What is the PPBE process and explain the Request for Proposal (RFP) process? 4. Where does Test & Evaluation (T&E

    Acquisition Management

    Read Chapter One of Introduction to Defense Acquisition Management, Chapter One of Joint Program Management Handbook, visit https://akss.dau.mil/dag/ and read DoDD 5000.1 sections 1, 2, & 3 and Answer the questions below. 1. Describe the roles of the Executive Branch, Congress, and defense industry in Defense Acquisition. Wha

    Acquisition System

    What would necessitate the DoD to have a structured, regulated, and robust acquisition system?

    Merger Between Starbucks and Dunkin Doughnuts

    For this SLP, think about your SLP company (Starbucks) and the possibility of it merging with another company (Dunkin Donuts.). Answer the following questions: 1. If you were to pick one company for your SLP company to merge with, what would it be? Explain your choice with respect to possible benefits of this merger and why

    SLP: General Electric case study on designing a merger effectively to assuring the overall outcome is proficient to meeting the designated stakeholders expections within the marketplace.

    Company Used: General Electric For this SLP, think about your SLP company and the possibility of it merging with another company. Write a two to three page paper answering the following questions: 1. If you were to pick one company for your SLP company to merge with, what would it be? Explain your choice with respect to