Mergers and Acquisitions Represent Paradoxes in the Sense That

question 5

Multiple Choice

Mergers and acquisitions represent paradoxes in the sense that:

• A)The stock market remains suspicious of them,despite widespread evidence of their effectivess as tools of corporate strategy
• B)Companies continue to be enthusiastic in initiating acquisitions despite empirical evidence that acquisition destroy shareholder value for acquirers
• C)Both of these
• D)Neither of these

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