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Research suggests that horizontal acquisitions of firms with dissimilar characteristics result in higher performance levels

Junk bonds are a financing option through which risky acquisitions are financed with debt that provides a large potential return to bondholders

In China, Starbucks is standardizing its operations while simultaneously decentralizing some decision-making responsibility to local levels to meet customers’ tastes. Starbucks is following the __________ international corporate-level strategy.

Typical returns on acquisitions for the shareholders of the acquiring firms are close to zero

Collusion is a form of cooperative strategy

R&D is one of the types of entries into a new market

Acquisitions can become a substitute for innovation in some firms and can leave a firm vulnerable

Which of the following is NOT one of the three main restructuring strategies?

In practice, the cost-minimization strategy can be more expensive than the opportunity-maximization strategy. Which of the following is a way in which the cost-minimization strategy is LESS expensive than the opportunity-maximization strategy?

Firms can increase their speed to market for new products by pursuing an internal product development strategy rather than an acquisition strategy