Despite the Antimerger Act, There Has Been Some Leniency in Allowing

question 318

Multiple Choice

Despite the Antimerger Act, there has been some leniency in allowing mergers between firms that have been competitors. When considering a merger, companies should take this aspect of the _____________ environments into consideration.

• A) legal and political
• B) cultural and economic
• C) technological and legal
• D) social and cultural
• E) political and economic

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Definitions:

Strategic Planning

A systematic process for envisioning a desired future and translating this vision into broadly defined goals or objectives and a sequence of steps to achieve them.

Supply Chain Network Design

The strategic planning and setup of a network of interconnected businesses involved in the provision of product and service packages required by end customers.

Financial Analysis

The process of evaluating businesses, projects, budgets, and other finance-related entities to determine their performance and suitability.

Sensitivity Analysis

A technique used to determine how different values of an independent variable affect a particular dependent variable under a given set of assumptions.