BUSS4 2012 - Mergers and Takeovers on the Business Studies Blog

As you might imagine, there is already a substantial amount of relevant content on the Business Studies Blog which will be helpful for colleagues and students researching Mergers and Takeovers for BUSS4. We’ll be adding substantially to this over the coming days and weeks. Here are a couple of suggestions for the best way to find useful resources on the blog.

(1) Follow the Tags

Our content is now comprehensively tagged with key words, topics, business names etc. A quick glance through a list of blog resources for each tag will speed the research process and the listings are automatically updated each time we add new blog content.

Here are some suggested tags to follow for BUSS4 Section A: [we’ll add some more as the content develops]

takeover | acquisition | merger | synergy | external growth |

(2) Dip into the Revision Notes & Presentations

We’re building a series of short revision notes (Q&As) for each topic in BUSS4 (and related A2 units). These might be useful starting points for getting to grips with the underlying topics:

Q&A - Explain what is meant by acquisitions or takeovers
Q&A - Why do acquisitions often fail to deliver acceptable returns?
Q&A - Why are acquisitions so popular as a method of business expansion?

Revision Presentation - Acquisitions

(3) Get the Daily BUSS4 Email Digest straight to you inbox

Its likely that we’ll be adding one or more resources for the research theme to the Business Studies blog every day for the next month or two. You can opt to request Google Feedburner to send you a daily digest of all new content first thing in the morning, A great way to see if there is anything that is useful to support your research.

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