Which of the Following Is Not a Reason for the Failure

question 2

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a reason for the failure of an acquisition to generate the gains originally expected of it?

• A) Poor post-acquisition integration
• B) Overestimation of the potential gains to be derived from synergy
• C) The high cost of making acquisitions
• D) Lack of pre-acquisition screening
• E) Overestimation of the potential costs of realizing synergies

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Definitions:

Variance

A measure of dispersion that quantifies the degree to which values in a data set are spread out from the mean.

Outliers

Outliers are data points that are significantly different from the majority of a data set, often lying far outside the other values.

Variance

A statistic used in statistics to measure how far a set of numbers are spread out from their average value.

Negative Deviations

Differences where observed values fall below the expected or average values in a data set.