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Chapter 8, Problem 1DQ
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How effective different company's acquisitions were in terms of creating synergy?
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Theory and logic have proved that when two get together they will be able to perform better than each individually performing. This is called synergy, where when two get together they will be able to achieve more together, collective use of knowledge, skills, resources, expertise and etc.
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