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Assignment_Topic Paper Week 4

Assignment_Topic Paper Week 4

Q Choose a recent merger / acquisition to write about for this topic paper. Use the material in Chapters 1-7 to analyze the reasons for and against the merger, and to assess the performance of the consolidated company since its completion. If you are unable to come up with a choice of your own, then you may choose the merger of Hewlett Packard and Compaq Computers from about 10 years ago. When the merger was announced, it was widely criticized as not making 'economic sense.' The merger continues to be of interest, as the CEO of the merged company, Carly Fiorina, was relieved of her duties shortly after the merger occurred.

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A merger is about the consolidation of the more than two companies and it is also about the joint production of the companies. There are different types of the mergers in the world of the business and it is said that there are different layers to the mergers and acquisitions. If two big companies think that they are going to produce better if they collaborate with each other then they merge together. There are different types of the issues that are part of the various types of the mergers and acquisitions.