The Effect of Mergers and Acquisition on Target Companies

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Table Contents DECLARATIONS II Abstract IV ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS V Table Contents VI Section A 1 Introduction 1 1. Personal Learning Analysis 2 2.1 VARK questionnaire 2 2.2 Myers Briggs Test Results 5 2.3 Honey and Mumford Learning Style Questionnaire 7 2.4 Belbin Inventory Test Results 8 3. Personal Career Development 9 3.1 Lifelong Learning 9 3.2 Transferable skills 11 3.3 Career Choice 14 Section B 15 Part 1 introduction 15 1.1 Motives for the topic choice 15 1.2 overall objectives 16 1.3 part outline 17 Part 2: Literature Review 19 2.1 PEST Model of environment analysis of mergers and acquisitions 19 2.2 Merger Motives 24 2.4 Post-acquisition effect on target companies 34 3. Summary and Conclusions 36 Reference 39 Appendices Reflective Statement Section A Introduction It is more acceptable that self analysis is the basic step of success for a person in this modern society. The aim of self analysis is to find accurate position in the society and to acquire correct outline of value. A successful person is good at finding the merit of his own and taking advantage of it to make the achievement. Establishing a clear target and implementing sufficiently is important to everyone’s whole life. A Chinese famous ideologist Lao Tzu argued that knowing yourself is enlightenment rather than knowing others (2000). Only if knowing yourself all around can develop yourself effectively. During the self analysis, the first step is that you should understand the three questions: what kind of people y; what is your long-life objective; what career is proper to you? After considering the questions carefully, you will have clearer conception of your anticipant life. Next step is more important, analyzing your strengths and weakness. According to the history of successful person, they concentrate on learning strongpoint from others to improve themselves

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