Mergers and Acquisitions Represent Paradoxes in the Sense That

question 13

Multiple Choice

Mergers and acquisitions represent paradoxes in the sense that:

• A)The stock market remains suspicious of them,despite widespread evidence of their effectives as tools of corporate strategy
• B)Companies continue to be enthusiastic in initiating acquisitions despite empirical evidence that,on average,acquisitions destroy shareholder value for acquirers
• C)The CEOs who initiate them are lauded by the business media,despite the suspicious that they are vehicles for CEO testosterone-fueled hubris
• D)They are often initiated by companies that profess a stakeholder orientation despite the fact that it is investment bankers who are the main beneficiaries,while consumers and employees are the main losers

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