Mergers and acquisitions

If one company takes over another company (the purchase of one company by another) and establishes itself as the new owner (no new company is formed) what is type of the corporate's strategy?

• joint venture

• merger

• acquisition

• new opening

What is the difference between a merger and an acquisition?

• No real difference—the terms are synonymous

• An acquisition is a merger involving a hostile takeover

• In a merger, there is never any acquirer or target—two companies simply fuse and the stronger company holds complete control and power.

• Acquisition when the acquirer and the target combine to become one legal entity and the larger company takes over the smaller

What exactly happened in 1998?

• Google acquired small start-up company called which was engaged in designing software based on Linux.

• Two giants from consulting environment merged into corporation known as PwC.

• Poland joined North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

For what purpouse Cyfrowy Polsat bought Netia's shares?

• to boost its capabilities in fixed services and B2B segment

• to expand its range of services

• to boost its capabilities in fixed services and B2C segment

LBOs stands for:

• Leveraging buyouts

• Leveraged buyouts

• Leveraged big offers

• Leveraged buy-outs