Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780077861704
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 26, Problem 8CRCT
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To discuss: The kind of action the management of the company should take to compete against a hostile acquisition from an unwanted or unknown suitor; the shareholders of the target firm’s benefits and harm towards the defensive tactics of their management team.
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A kind of corporate merger or acquisition that is carried out against the wishes of the target firm’s management is termed as a hostile takeover.
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