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Home Categories Mergers and Acquisitions Inorganic growth is growth through the purchase of other businesses or the opening of new offices. The “just say no” defense is a strategy used by boards of directors to prevent hostile takeovers by outright rejecting a takeover bid. Kamikaze defense is a defensive strategy sometimes used by company management to prevent a takeover by another company. Killer bees are companies or individuals that help targeted firms avoid takeovers.
“Their job is to develop anti-takeover strategies that make acquisition more difficult or costly. Leveraged buyouts occur when the acquisition of another company is almost entirely leveraged. The term liquidation in finance and economics refers to the process of bringing a business to an end and distributing its assets among applicants. A management buyout is a transaction in which the management of a company buys the assets and operations of the business they manage. Mergers are a way for companies to expand their presence, enter new segments or gain market share. Merger arbitrage is an investment strategy in which an investor simultaneously buys shares in merging companies. A minority stake is a stake in a company that is controlled by a larger parent company.