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Merger Between K Mart and Sears

merger has yet to actually take place (though approval seems to have been obtained), many experts, needless to say, have many ques...

Advertising's Optimal Types

been seen recently (How often should you advertise? 30), then those shopping for shampoo may be convinced to try the product. Meow...

Failure of Acquisitions and Mergers

the acquisition of additional or superior skills or technology (Pilloff, 1996). The efficiency gain may come due to managem...

Small Business Inventory Management Automation and Networking

not survive the next generation of technological advances. The truth is that even though applications, hardware and possible spee...

Merger Between Caesars and Harrah's

creates very different models in each of its properties (Jones, 2004). If Harrahs tries to force the Caesars property managers to ...

Industry Clustering and Takeover Activity

this is the way in which a competitor adds value to their product or service at a lower cost than the premium which can be added ...

Business Position of Apple Corporation

the environment. There are two main markets, the i-pods and the computers. 2. The Economy The economy is important as this w...

Comparing Windows Operating Systems XP, 2000, and 98SE

This came as somewhat of a shock to Gates as he and his Microsoft Corporation had already done a lot of Dos-based work and were as...

Investment Target Selection

company, but it is likely that IBM will be able to attain growth at lease equal to that of last year Figure 1 provides a view of ...

Psychological Effects of the Merger Between Sears and K Mart

fear and only discuss it with superiors. For those left it may be perceived that these individuals would feel relieved that they...

Issues Involving Staffing and Mergers

they know what is expected and what they must learn. On the other hand, Woolford comments a company cannot afford to keep deadbe...

Case Study of DaimlerChrysler

to see why and how this merger was seen as one that could add a great deal of value to both companies. However, it may be argued t...

4 Articles on Microeconomics

of strong demand worldwide, tight supplies and fears that oil flows will be interrupted" (2004). Even with the terrorist attacks o...

Future of Competition and the Microsoft Antitrust Lawsuit

had some critics saying that the fine isnt enough. In that respect, the EU case continues, but what critics are starting t...

Merger Between Jaguar and Ford

people would likely purchase the vehicle only due to the fact that it had the Jaguar brand, even though the model was known to be ...

Virtual World and Electronic Commerce

quite sophisticated and "a large number of potential users may interact with each other" (Shen, Radakrishnan and Georganas, 2002; ...

Case Study of China's STS Manufacturing

produced relaxed a great deal. The move toward a "market economy" from one that has been state-run has been slow, however ...

Business Mergers and Their Difficulties

the market. The result of this rejection by the European Commission prevented the acquisition taking place, but this shows the w...

Should Comcast Buy Disney?

to increase market share they will have to make acquisitions. Increasing market share in the same market also indicates horizontal...

'Conservative' Accounting Approach of Microsoft

to accounting, much of which is exemplified in the use of the cookie jar. Microsofts Approach Microsoft has taken pride in ...

Investing in Microsoft

creating software for the format, this is one innovation that was only introduced recently, and is likely to grow in popularity (M...

Post AOL Merger Time Warner Company

access though its propriety software. Providing a services globally the company had 24.3 million subscribers in the United States ...

Reasons for Mergers and Why Some Fail

economies of scale leading to a potential cost advantage, the merging of contrasting advantages following the merger or the aspect...

Microsoft and its Success

may have used in more generic terms. Michael Porter has considered the way in which firms compete and defined two types of competi...

Strategy and International Investments of Time Warner

corporate cultures. They have in fact been quite aggressive. For example, Time Warner had demanded big chunks of revenue and contr...

Penske and Database Use

meeting their changing needs, Levitt (1986) argues that the future of the railroad industry could have been much different. It, a...

PC Industry and the Dominant Threat Posed by Microsoft

among his competitors who cry foul to such underhanded strategy. The antitrust lawsuit slapped on the Microsoft Chairman and Chie...

DEC Compaq Merger and Information Technology Integration

had occurred during the meetings. The two companies were very different in their approach to business. They sought to comp...

Nintendo, Sony, and XBox from Microsoft

Meanwhile,as Nintendo has sold 120 million Game Boy and Game Boy Advance units, effectively owning the portable game machine marke...

Acquisitions and Mergers

Mergers have become so common that there is a trend to look to this as a strategic tool in its own right, which is erroneous, as i...