Mergers and Acquisitions

question 31

Multiple Choice

Mergers and acquisitions

• A)are usually associated with business success.
• B)are usually successful as management styles usually blend easily.
• C)are illegal if the firms were competitors.
• D)can sometimes lead to the loss of a core competency.
• E)can be successful if they add to the value chain.

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Definitions:

Generalization

The process of extending the application of a principle or conclusion to many situations without additional evidence.

Discrimination

This refers to the unfair or prejudicial treatment of individuals based on characteristics such as race, age, or gender.

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In behavioral psychology, it refers to the process where a conditioned response decreases in frequency and eventually disappears when the reinforcement is no longer presented.

Conditioned Stimulus

An initially unimportant stimulus that, following its association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to evoke a conditioned response.