diligence Checklist An appropriately constructed due diligence checklist, according to the article entitled "Due Diligence: The Critical Stage in Mergers and Acquisitions," attempts to answer such vexing questions for a venture capitalist as if indeed the product in question "is what he or she thinks it is." In other words, is the venture capitalist in question really and truly buying the company or an interest in the product that is
Mergers & Acquisitions One of the more fascinating and complex part of corporate news and maneuvering is when companies engage in mergers and acquisitions as a means to further their growth, development and diversification. This report shall look at two companies in particular, those being Mattel and Texas Instruments. After conducting a thorough literature review, questions about both firms will be posed and answered. While there is more than one way
Cost Analysis The author of this brief report shall be analyzing the proposed cost structure that is being negotiated and considered between Good Intentions Technology (GIT) and Federal Watchout Agency (FWA). In question is a Firm Fixed Price Solicitation for the B1-RD surveillance product as sold and made by GIT and extended to FWA. The author has been asked to take the perspective of one of the two parties and look
Diligence Alphanumeric HouseholdID Length of Residence City Gender Occupation Fields with null values MSACode Athletic Dimension Fields with "Unknown" values Marital Status Occupation Presence of Children Wealth Score MailResponder f. Number-based fields that cannot be used in calculations Income LengthofResidence Region g. Number-based fields that can be used in calculations Fields where numbers used to indicate non-text values (e.g. Y/N, etc.) OwnACat OwnADog OwnCellularPhone Due Diligence Standardize Y/N fields Methodology should be the same in all columns Calculate averages and standard deviations for all number fields after cleanup is completed Can at least do counts for those fields
Corporate Cultural Due Diligence In the past few years, the amount of mergers and acquisitions have dramatically increased, raising the importance of the performance of corporate cultural due diligence. Financial, operational, and technical due diligence have become routine undertakings before companies consummate a merger or acquisition. A review of the literature indicates that cultural incompatibility causes the most problems in the necessary transitions of many mergers and acquisitions. Through cultural due
accounting serves as a means of prioritizing business activities. In many instances, business has limited amounts of resources and a seemingly infinite amount of methods in which to deploy them. For large, multinational corporations the problem is compounded as various departments jockey to receive the maximum amount of funding for their own projects. By accounting properly, management can better ascertain which projects will be fully funded and which project