Chapter 1 Introduction "There is no more dramatic or controversial activity in corporate finance than the acquisition of one firm by another or the merger of two firms. It is the stuff of which reporter's dreams are made, and it is also an embarrassing source of scandal."(Ross,S.1996) A merger refers to the absorption of one firm by another. The acquiring firm retains its name and its identity, and it acquires all of the assets …showed first 75 words of 7892 total…

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