If There Is One Target Firm with a Current Market

question 49

Essay

If there is one target firm with a current market value of $20,000 as a stand-alone entity and five bidding firms, each of which has a current market value of $30,000 as a stand-alone entity, and the value of the target firms and any of the bidding firms combined is $60,000, estimate the price the bidding firms would be willing to pay for the target firm and the return to stockholders of bidding and target firms when there is strategic relatedness between firms.

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