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Investors are driven by this and should streamline synergies.
What is value creation?
100
The preparation domain of Tyco's combination program was skewed by the perceived momentum of the market.
What is purpose?
100
In Tyco's hasty response to industry momentum, this relationship parameter was never assessed properly.
What is strategic end state?
100
This disregarded driver of disaster in Tyco's various acquisition initiatives could be attributed to government financial oversight.
What is tight coupling?
100
EPS and revenue are forms of this.
What are momentums?
200
Kozloski built a conglomerate with 2,431 susidiaries, mostly guesswork into the decision making process.
What is complexity?
200
Momentum thinking and over confidence is a form of this.
What is cognitive bias?
200
The two different type of acquisition strategy used by Berkshire an Tyco.
What is Momentum and Value Oriented acquisition strategy?
200
Positive alpha return is explained from this type of momentum, rather than firms momentum.
What is industry momentum?
200
Tyco reduced its effective tax rate from 36% to 18.5% by this formof accounting.
What is aggressive tax accounting?
300
In the book, the author shows a flow chart Acquisitions with High Priced stocks leads to EPS growth which then leads to this.
What is Rising P/E?
300
From 1990-1998 Tyco and Berkshire showed remarkable growht in share prices, they were fueled by this.
What are acquisitions?
300
Marks and Mirvis refer to it in the Merger Syndrome section and Buffet warns of the peril of investing with it.
What is investing with emotion?
300
Warren Buffett cautions investors to measure performance in intrinsic value and not by this.
What is accounting profit?
300
GAAP measures results in terms of net profit, but according to Buffett, in economic reality the results of a business are measured by this.
What is a flow of cash?
400
Marks and Mirvis talk about this in creating synergies and Buffett calls it this.
What is an alignment of agents and owners?
400
This is opposite to the strategy of momentum acquiring.
What is value acquiring?
400
The investor who bought Berkshire Hathaway and implemented a strategy of growth through acquisitions.
Who is Warren Buffett?
400
A form of payment that is preferred by investors who focus on real value of the firm rather than "good will" and incredible synergies?
What is paying with cash?
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Momentum acquiring is usually achieved in this type of market.
What is a Hot Market?
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