What Is Perhaps the Most Important Reason Why Acquisitions Fail

question 66

Multiple Choice

What is perhaps the most important reason why acquisitions fail?

• A) The expense of the acquisition
• B) The timing of the acquisition
• C) Management's unwillingness to make the necessary effort to make the acquisition work effectively
• D) Incompetence on the part of workers in the acquired firm
• E) Difficulties in coordinating manufacturing activities

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Definitions:

Rejection Sensitivity

A tendency to expect rejection from others and to become hypersensitive to possible rejection.

Emotional Rejection

The feeling of being denied or dismissed in an emotional or relational context.

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The degree to which an individual is accepted or approved by a social group or society.

Ingratiation

A psychological technique where an individual attempts to become more appealing to others through flattery or conformity.