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d. cross-border acquisitions remain popular as a viable path to firm growth and strategic competitiveness.
c. The acquired and acquiring firms have complementary assets and/or resources.
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achieve through diversification of their own portfolios.
b. Private synergy is more likely when the two firms in an acquisition have complementary assets.
c. Private synergy results when the combination of two firms yields competencies and capabilities that could
not be achieved by combining with any other firm.
d. because the skills of top executives are better used in making acquisitions than they are in daily
organization operations.
When the target firm does not solicit the acquiring firm's bid, it is referred to as a(an):
a. adversarial acquisition.
b. leveraged buyout.
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c. stealth raid.
d. hostile takeover.
A friendly acquisition:
a. facilitates the integration of the acquired and acquiring firms.
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Private synergy:
a. is assessed by managers during the due diligence process.
d. occurs in most related acquisitions and allows firms to see increased returns.
b. a firm pursuing its core competencies by seeking to build a top management team that comes from a
similar background.
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c. a restructuring action whereby a party buys all of the assets of a business, financed largely with debt, and
takes the firm private.
d. a firm restructuring itself by selling off unrelated units of the company's portfolio.
Evidence suggests that firms using acquisitions as a substitute for internally developed innovations:
a. eventually encounter performance problems.
b. are able to offset the loss of research and development competencies by competencies in other areas.
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c. can leverage their core competencies across a broader range of products.
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