September 2022
Intermediate to advanced
304 pages
7h 11m
English
The change giants
The SWOT and PESTLE analyses in Chapter 1 highlighted a range of typical change drivers and the resulting change activity. In this chapter we will explore three of those drivers in more detail:
acquisitions
digitalization
regulation.
An acquisition refers to one company purchasing most or all another company’s shares, thus gaining control of that company. Provided the purchasing company acquires more than 50 per cent of the target firm’s stock and other assets, the acquirer can make decisions about the newly acquired assets without the approval of the acquired’s shareholders. In general, acquiring companies are financially stronger ...
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