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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Rising to the top of the milk [22 May 2012]
BUSS4 Emerging Markets : Starbucks’ challenges in China [21 May 2012]
6 Essential M&A Cases: Tata Group buys Jaguar Land Rover [21 May 2012]
Who owns who? [18 May 2012]
AQA BUSS4 - ‘with reference to *** plc and your own research ....’ [13 May 2012]
BUSS4 - Keep Calm and Carry On… [13 May 2012]
Takeovers and Mergers - A Casino Gamble? [12 May 2012]
Takeovers and Mergers - Vue on the Growth Trail! [12 May 2012]
Takeovers and Mergers - the failed takeover behind Clinton Cards’ Collapse [9 May 2012]
‘Hooks’ in BUSS4 Essays [5 May 2012]
AQA BUSS2 & BUSS4 Revision Workshops in Spring 2013 [4 May 2012]
AQA BUSS4 Section A Research Online Clinic - Tuesday 1 May 2012 [1 May 2012]
BUSS4 - Three Ways to Evaluate Emerging Markets [28 Apr 2012]
Paul Polman (Unilever CEO) on cultural change, leadership, Asia and Corporate Social Responsibility [27 Apr 2012]
Vodafone takes over Cable and Wireless Worldwide [23 Apr 2012]
6 Essential M&A Cases: BA & Iberia Merge to Form IAG [23 Apr 2012]
BUSS4: 6 Essential M&A Cases [22 Apr 2012]
BUSS4: The Seven Point Scale for Perfect Paragraphs [22 Apr 2012]
Easy ride for Audi? [19 Apr 2012]
Irene Rosenfeld on Leadership, Transformation, and THAT takeover [18 Apr 2012]
Takeovers and Mergers - Cost Synergies in Action at BMI [17 Apr 2012]
Takeovers and Mergers: Facebook & Instagram in News Clips [14 Apr 2012]
ResearchBuster: Acquisitions [8 Apr 2012]
Revision Presentation - Mission, Aims, Objectives and Stakeholders [7 Apr 2012]
BUSS4 M&A - the Benefits of Foreign Takeovers of UK Firms [7 Apr 2012]
Essay writing: turn evidence into analysis [4 Apr 2012]
IAG bid for BMI receives approval [3 Apr 2012]
The Ultimate BUSS4 Takeovers and Mergers Crossword 2012 [26 Mar 2012]
The Main Motives Behind Takeovers and Mergers [26 Mar 2012]
“Strategy is Choice” - Takeovers are Just One Option [25 Mar 2012]
Starbucks acquisition provides the base for entry into the juice bar market [25 Mar 2012]
BUSS2 and BUSS4 Comes to the Olympics! [25 Mar 2012]
Women & Leadership [22 Mar 2012]
BUSS4 2012 - Keeping in Touch using the #BUSS4 Hashtag [19 Mar 2012]
Game Over? [13 Mar 2012]
Tata & Jaguar Land Rover - Culture and Strategy [11 Mar 2012]
Takeover and merger integration: lessons from the experts (GE Capital) [9 Mar 2012]
Mergers in Action - All Systems Go for United? [5 Mar 2012]
Takeover troubles - Has the Co=operative got Indigestion with the Somerfield Integration? [5 Mar 2012]
Takeovers and Mergers - tutor2u Mini Briefs [4 Mar 2012]
Takeovers and Mergers - the BUSS4 Card Game [4 Mar 2012]
Takeovers - the Indian Experience [4 Mar 2012]
AQA A2 Business (BUSS4) Research Theme 2012 [3 Mar 2012]
Mergers - problems first, synergies later [2 Mar 2012]
BUSS4 Bellwork - The School Merger [1 Mar 2012]
Google’s takeover of Motorola Mobility is given regulatory seal of approval [22 Feb 2012]
Takeover insights: Kraft & Cadbury - The Story in Video Clips [22 Feb 2012]
Takeover insights: Kraft & Cadbury - Behind the Scenes of the Bid Defence [22 Feb 2012]
Tata and the rise of Jaguar Land Rover [22 Feb 2012]
Takeover insights: Kraft & Cadbury - Justifying the Deal [22 Feb 2012]
Takeovers and Mergers - the Language of M&A [16 Feb 2012]
AQA BUSS4 CPD Briefing Days in 2012 [16 Feb 2012]
M&A - It’s time to merge breakfast cereals with some crisps… [15 Feb 2012]
The Strategic Challenges Facing International Airlines Group - Interview with Willie Walsh [14 Feb 2012]
For sale - three sixth form colleges [13 Feb 2012]
M&A: 8 ways to make a success of a takeover [12 Feb 2012]
Q&A: What are synergies in takeovers and mergers? [12 Feb 2012]
Insights on takeovers and mergers from KPMG’s 2011 global survey [12 Feb 2012]
BUSS4 Research Theme - Merger and Takeover Egg Heads [10 Feb 2012]
Takeovers - the search for cost synergies [7 Feb 2012]
The story of a failed takeover - Fred Goodwin, RBS & ABN-Amro [6 Feb 2012]
Takeovers in the UK - the long-term trend [5 Feb 2012]
Glenstrata - Glencore proposes merger with Xstrata [3 Feb 2012]
Cadbury’s Law - Should UK Firms be Protected from Takeover? [2 Feb 2012]
AQA BUSS4 - Research Toolkit for June 2012 & Jan 2013 [2 Feb 2012]
Mastering the art of merger integration [1 Feb 2012]
Integration, integration, integration [1 Feb 2012]
BUSS4 Revision Workshops 2012 - Programme Outline [1 Feb 2012]
BUSS4 research - some initial ideas [31 Jan 2012]
The Guardian on Takeovers and Mergers [31 Jan 2012]
Strategic choice: What should Apple do for its investors? [29 Jan 2012]
Post-Easter 2012 Revision Workshops for AQA AS & A2 Business Studies [16 Jan 2012]
AQA BUSS2 & BUSS4 Revision Workshops Spring 2012 [11 Nov 2011]
Consolidation on the cards as IAG claims deal to acquire BMI [6 Nov 2011]
CSR - 40 Years of Upsetting Big Business [15 Sep 2011]
Olaf takes the knife to management hierarchy [5 Sep 2011]
High growth, fast-track firms that end on the scrapheap [2 Aug 2011]
The costs of redundancy [5 Jul 2011]
AQA A2 Business (BUSS4) - Exam Topic Tracker [16 Jun 2011]
Nestle and Diversification - Investing in Healthcare [25 May 2011]
Profit, not external growth, should be the sensible strategy? [22 May 2011]
Strategy explained - Insights into Amazon [13 May 2011]
AQA BUSS4 CSR Briefing - Review Copies Available [9 May 2011]
Whitbread goes for organic growth [2 May 2011]
Horizontal integration in action - Virgin grabs Esporta [26 Apr 2011]
Life in the chocolate factory - automation, productivity, motivation and culture [24 Apr 2011]
AQA A2 Business (BUSS4) - Specification Resource Map [22 Apr 2011]
CSR - A responsible company from day one? [21 Apr 2011]
Strategy and bargaining power - food for thought [22 Mar 2011]
Leadership Resource - Every Little Helps [16 Mar 2011]
Change management - Kraft and Cadbury One Year On (FT) [14 Mar 2011]
CSR becomes the Strategy for Co-operative [5 Mar 2011]
BUSS4 - Research Theme for 2011 - CSR [26 Feb 2011]
BUSS4 Section A Research Briefing Days - 2011 Research Task [22 Feb 2011]
External growth - Diageo on the acquisition trail [21 Feb 2011]
BUSS4 2011 - Introducing the tutor2u Twelve [20 Feb 2011]
BUSS4 Research - “Beyond e.g.” [18 Feb 2011]
Takeovers: What happens next? [16 Feb 2011]
CSR - Avoiding the child labour hotspots [15 Feb 2011]
Cadbury and Kraft One Year On - Culture and Change [12 Feb 2011]

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