AQA BUSS4 Research Theme June 2012
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Re: AQA BUSS4 Research Theme June 2012Kraft's takeover of Cadbury is an obvious one. You should probably find a few others, maybe successful takeovers/mergers and comparing them with not so successful takeovers/mergers.
Takeovers and mergers is way more interesting than what I had with BUSS4 last year!
also, have a look at tutor2u business studies blog's. Some good starting points, tips and case studies on there. Helped me quite a bit when I was researching.Last edited by Bektas; 21-02-2012 at 23:29. -
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Re: AQA BUSS4 Research Theme June 2012The guardian website has a good Mergers and Aquisitions blog
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Re: AQA BUSS4 Research Theme June 2012If Cadbury didn't want Kraft to take them over, why did they let them? I am so confused. The people at Cadbury are really upset by the acquisition but surely the could have stopped it?
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Re: AQA BUSS4 Research Theme June 2012The decision about whether to agree to a takeover is taken by the shareholders only. Only they can decide whether to sell the company.
When the cadbury shareholders eventually voted on the Kraft bid, over 30% of the shareholders had bought their Cadbury shares in the preceding weeks - they were mainly American hedge funds. No wonder, therefore, the Cadbury voted to accept the bid
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If Cadbury didn't want Kraft to take them over, why did they let them? I am so confused. The people at Cadbury are really upset by the acquisition but surely the could have stopped it? -
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Re: AQA BUSS4 Research Theme June 2012We've set up a dedicated blog for the AQA Section A research theme on takeovers and mergers.
http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.ph...s-studies/C634
Jim
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Does anyone know any other useful business blogs apart from tutor2u ?
