PART B

1) Provide examples from the real world for successful and unsuccessful mergers and acquisitions cases in recent years and state the specific reasons behind their success or failure.

Notes:

Do not provide general reasons behind success or failure [as it will not be considered] Provide only one example for each case.

Examples dated before 2003 will not be considered.

Write your answer in the space provided in the following table:

	Names of the companies And Detailed information about this business combination	Reasons for Success/Failure
Successful Merger/Consolidation/ Acquisition
Unsuccessful Merger/Consolidation/ Acquisition

* Answers not provided in a tabular format will be disregarded.

** Examples dated before 2003 will not be considered. (13 Marks).

The TMA requires you to:

1- Review various study chapters in addition to supplementary materials.

2- Conduct a deep information search using the internet and your E-Library. You are expected to use E-library sources to support your answers. A minimum of 3 sources is required.

3- Its imperative that you write your answer using your own words. Plagiarism will be penalized depending on its severity and according to AOU plagiarism policy.

4- You should use a Microsoft Office Word and Times New Roman Font of 12 points.

5- You should use Harvard referencing style for in-text citation and list of references.