Corporate Acquisitions and Mergers TABLE OF CONTENTS

1  INTRODUCTION ................................. 1

Statement of the Problem .................. 1

Statement of Purpose ...................... 3

Definitions of Terms ...................... 4

Limitations ............................... 4

2  REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ..................... 6 Antitrust Considerations ..................... 6

Financial Implications of Diversification .... 12

3  METHODOLOGY .................................. 18

Research Methods ............................. 18

Analysis of Data ............................. 19

4  RESULTS ...................................... 20

BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................. 21

Corporate acquisitions, mergers, and consolidations constitute a contentious issue in the contemporary American economy.1 During the decade of the 1980s, this type of activity assumed historically high levels of activity.2 The questions raised by the outcomes of many of the acquisitions, mergers, and consolidations deal with a wide scope of concerns, which range from macroeconomic effects to micro effects on shareholders and employees. The proposed research study will investigate some aspects of the corporate acquisition, merg

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scope to meet the changing needs of the country in the face of continuing economic and social change. The first major antitrust legislation enacted in the United States was the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890.11 The first section of this act deals with contracts, combinations, and consipracies in restraint of trade. This act is the basic antitrust legislation for the country, and declares illegal "every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several states, or with foreign nations."12 The second section of the act deals with monopolies and with conspiracies to monopolize commerce. This section states that "every person who shall monopolize, or attempt to__________ 10S. Lebergott, The Americans: An Economic Record (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1984), pp. 312325. 11D. G. Moore, Toward a National Antitrust Policy (New York: The Conference Board, Inc., 1976), p. 99. 12Ibid. 9monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other person or persons, to monopolize any part of the trade or commerce among the several states or with foreign nations, shall be deemed guilty of a felony."13 This language permits the federal government in the United
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