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Getting growth right
In: Strategic Direction 20 (2004) 10, pp. 11-14
My local soccer team has spent its entire existence to date struggling in the lower reaches of English football. But a couple of years ago, the club raised more than a few eyebrows by pulling off what most people regarded as a transfer coup. Now the player in question was no world‐beater but...
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The latest boom in mergers and acquisitions. Should we be worried?
Thomas, Mark; Cardot, Rebecca - In: Strategic Direction 32 (2016) 6, pp. 2-4
of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) will inevitably come. As with economic booms, the best that can be hoped for is a soft …Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical …
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Africa: a new potential of growth for Danone through multiple acquisitions
Bouchet, Christelle - In: Strategic Direction 32 (2016) 9, pp. 28-31
which is one of the main worldwide player in the food market decided to go into mergers and acquisitions in Africa since the … relatively untapped market, and mergers and acquisitions in Africa represent a promising opportunity for companies that want to … 2000s; its strategy and its results will be analyzed. Design/methodology/approach General review. Findings It is shown that …
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Hostile territory – managing the new style of M&A
Lye, Kate - In: Strategic Direction 21 (2005) 1, pp. 2-4
Economists and investment managers have spoken with one voice in predicting a future rise in mergers and acquisition (M …
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Reaching for new heights
In: Strategic Direction 18 (2002) 11, pp. 11-14
How many times have you read about heightened global competition or dramatic changes in the competitive landscape over the last couple of years? Chances are quite a few. But no matter how much we read about such changes and the beneficial effects they may be having for consumers, many...
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Environmental capabilities and corporate strategy: exploring acquisitions among US manufacturing firms
In: Strategic Direction 29 (2012) 1
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To risk or not to risk
In: Strategic Direction 32 (2016) 8, pp. 12-14
Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical …
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Making foreign policy work with Kodak and Norske Skog
In: Strategic Direction 19 (2003) 11, pp. 27-29
In recent months, the vogue for international business mergers has been getting bad press. Despite the fact that the …
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Can a merger of equals truly exist?
Alluru, Jayanth-Reddy; Thomas, Mark - In: Strategic Direction 32 (2016) 6, pp. 40-42
Purpose Between 1985 and 2001, only 45 of 90,480 total European mergers and acquisitions were identified as a merger of … categorized as a merger of equals. This paper aims to analyse two recent mergers and assess to what extent they are “of equals …-Dow Chemical mergers. Findings Zaheer et al. (2003) point out that in the case of a merger of equals emotions run usually high …
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Theory and practice in M&A valuations
Mazzariol, Patrick; Thomas, Mark - In: Strategic Direction 32 (2016) 6, pp. 8-11
Purpose Academics and practitioners are in relative agreement on what drives a company’s fundamental value, primarily it’s current assets and future cash flows. The practice of paying a premium may thus be due to the non-tangible factors associated with perceived value that currently are not...
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