Choose two (2) public corporations in an industry with which you are familiar – one (1) that has acquired another company and operates internationally and one (1) that does not have a history of mergers and acquisitions and operates solely within the U.S. Research each company on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (https://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University’s online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

1) For the corporation that has acquired another company, merged with another company, or been acquired by another company, evaluate the strategy that led to the merger or acquisition to determine whether or not this merger or acquisition was a wise choice. Justify your opinion.
This question requires you find ONE corporation that has BOTH an international operation AND has acquired another company, either by merging or acquisition. Once you choose this corporation, research its past to determine why and what type of strategy it used when determining that it was a good choice to acquire the company (GM buying Opal). Figure 7.1, p. 204, lists many choices. You should have terms like acquisition, takeover, increased market power, horizontal-, vertical-, related-, or cross-border- acquisitions, as all of these are strategies. Yours should be one of them. Explain why you chose the response you made.

2) For the corporation that has not been involved in any mergers or acquisitions, identify one (1) company that would be a profitable candidate for the corporation to acquire or merge with and explain why this company would be a profitable target.

This question requires you to research your second corporation, a national company with no past acquisitions. You are to choose another company (NOT CORPORATION) that would be a good fit for your chosen corporation to acquire. Explain why you think it is a good choice, using the terms in the above explanation.
3) For the corporation that operates internationally, briefly evaluate its international business-level strategy and international corporate-level strategy and make recommendations for improvement.

Using the corporation in question one, you are to research its international BUSINESS-LEVEL strategy AND its INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE-LEVEL strategy and decide on a better way for EACH to perform. Using the terms on Figure 8.1, p. 226; Figure 8.2, p. 227; International business-level strategy, p. 231; and International corporate-level strategy, p. 234, to complete your answer.
4) For the corporation that does not operate internationally, propose one business-level strategy and one corporate-level strategy that you would suggest the corporation consider. Justify your proposals.

Using the corporation you chose for question two, respond with Corporate-level strategies that include Ventures, p. 263; Alliances, p. 265; business-level strategies; or include Alliances from p. 270; uncertainty-reducing, p. 273; or competition-reducing, p. 273.

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Posted on May 26, 2016Author TutorCategories Question, Questions