Zama Brooks Ltd is a company that has been known to have bad results for the past three years. Our company has been trying to carry out an analysis to undermine whether acquisition of controlling shares in Zama Brooks Ltd will yield fruits. You are the financial director in the company interested in obtaining controlling shares in Zama Brooks Ltd and management at the company are so eager to produce good results. Management has been labeled for producing bad results for the past two (2) years by shareholders at the annual general meetings and general meetings. Managers may be under pressure to ensure that the investment yield good results. A board meeting was held to discuss the acquisition of controlling shares in Zama Brooks Ltd for the reason that it might boost income levels of the company. Despite the Earnings per share (EPS) of that entity being diluted the board went ahead with the decision to acquire controlling shares in that company. On the other hand there is another firm from Rwanda expressing interest in obtaining controlling shares in Zama Brooks Ltd even though they are at a disadvantage because the steps taken to acquire controlling shares share in Zama Brooks Ltd have reached an advanced stage. Required a. Describe five (5) techniques that Zama Brooks may use to contest a bid from a prospective potential takeover company. b. Discuss strategic ways an organization can use to address the unfavorable contribution to the value chain of a product that originates from the internal operational side of a business firm.
Zama Brooks Ltd is a company that has been known to have bad results for the past three years. Our company has been trying to carry out an analysis to undermine whether acquisition of controlling shares in Zama Brooks Ltd will yield fruits. You are the financial director in the company interested in obtaining controlling shares in Zama Brooks Ltd and management at the company are so eager to produce good results. Management has been labeled for producing bad results for the past two (2) years by shareholders at the annual general meetings and general meetings.
Managers may be under pressure to ensure that the investment yield good results. A board meeting was held to discuss the acquisition of controlling shares in Zama Brooks Ltd for the reason that it might boost income levels of the company. Despite the Earnings per share (EPS) of that entity being diluted the board went ahead with the decision to acquire controlling shares in that company.
On the other hand there is another firm from Rwanda expressing interest in obtaining controlling shares in Zama Brooks Ltd even though they are at a disadvantage because the steps taken to acquire controlling shares share in Zama Brooks Ltd have reached an advanced stage.
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a. Describe five (5) techniques that Zama Brooks may use to contest a bid from a prospective potential takeover company.
b. Discuss strategic ways an organization can use to address the unfavorable contribution to the value chain of a product that originates from the internal operational side of a business firm.
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