3.4 Mergers & Acquisitions Mergers & acquisitions (M&A) are getting very common in today business world. IP, being 1 of the most valuable intangible assets, often be the most important discussion point during the negotiation & also the company valuation. It can increase the economic value significantly, combining the patents, trademarks and copyrights. Typically, M&A happens when certain organizations seek to expand their business or improve the dominance in the market. The acquisitions activities enabled the small or medium enterprise to have stronger intellectual property rights to achieve large entity status with much larger market presence. IP valuation is a key tactics & skills during M&A discussion. Approaches include cost approach, …show more content…
IP Strategy phase, mainly talking about strategy or evaluate option based on IP. IP Due diligence is to collect the respective parties IP assets data & identify the risk. Lastly the IP risk management & integration phase, it is mainly being to target the risk identified, addressing & minimizes them. Major integration activities should be planned in detail too during the phase. 3.4.1 Advantages & Disadvantages of M&A Let us briefly walk through the pros and cons in terms of IP management that could resulted from Mergers & acquisitions (M&A) activities, so that we can careful consider when certain companies may go for M&A option during their business expansion. Advantages of M&A: - The Gap of the IP can be filled immediately. - Efficient way to acquire the talents from all aspects, including IP or innovation, …show more content…
own. thekey to this integration was to boost innovation within P&G from incorporation of Gillette process. P&G succeed in ensuring a great M&A by forming a team of about 100 global integration teams. P&G managed to integrate all the IPs from Gillette nicely, by careful planning & great transition planned. With these, top talents able to retain from Gillette, more than 90% top manager from Gillette accept the new offer from P& G and continue to work for the organization. P&G’s revenue boosted and currently enjoying sustainable growth along these years with great innovations and talents with them. Within the few years, there are some famous acquisitions from Google too, which went out to be very successful, with lots of innovations, technologies transferred to Google. These include acquisition of Android in 2005 & Youtube in
Acquiring intellectual property assets of NewCo’s competitor will require consideration of four key issues, each of which will impact valuation, pricing, and NewCo’s tax benefits. Firstly, NewCo must determine whether the intellectual property will be acquired by purchase or license, as each option has different tax consequences. Secondly, NewCo must determine the transaction type – whether to acquire intellectual property as part of a business or separately as a standalone asset. Thirdly, payment needs to be structured, which will be critical for financing and negotiating terms of the agreement. NewCo may elect to make an up-front or lump sum payment, periodic fixed installments, contingent installments and renewals (which are generally
The strategy is a way to bypass the time and resources entailed in achieving organic growth. With mergers and acquisitions, growth occurs by finding complementary alliances among the competition. Although an ample upside is associated with a successful merger or acquisition, potential risks dictate prudence before companies tie the knot.
The third phase is called the development phase. In the development phase, the engineers are focusing on the objectives.
Part 2 of this course continues with an overview of the merger and acquisition process, including the valuation process, post merger integration and anti-takeover defenses. The purpose of this course is to give the user a solid understanding of how mergers and acquisitions work. This course deals with advanced concepts in valuation. Therefore, the user should have an understanding of cost of capital, forecasting, and value based management before taking this course. This course is recommended for 2 hours of Continuing Professional Education. In order to receive credit, you will need to pass a multiple choice exam
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Company or Corporate law originally was derived from the Common Law of England, but has evolved significantly in the 20th Century. Many countries have forms of business entity unique to their countries. The doctrine of the veil of incorporation was demonstrated From the age long decision of House of Lords in the case of Salomon v. Salomon & Co Ltd (1897) The effect of the House of Lords' unanimous ruling was to uphold firmly the doctrine of corporate personality, as set out in the Company Act (1862) so that creditors of an insolvent company could not sue the company's shareholders to pay up outstanding debts.. The principle behind the veil of incorporation is what is referred to as limited liability that is that a company's creditors can
An initial public offering (IPO) is the first sale of stock by a company. Small companies looking to further the growth of their company often use an IPO as a way to generate the capital needed to expand. Although further expansion is a benefit to the company, there are both advantages and disadvantages that arise when a company goes public.
Company has many advantages and disadvantages. One of the greatest advantages is limited liability whereby the shareholders only risk whatever amount they invested to the business and does not risk their personal possession in case if the business fails. Unlike sole proprietor and partnership are each liable for all the debts of the business (unlimited liability). For example, if the asset of the sole proprietor and partnership cannot settle the debt, the creditor can go after their personal asset (i.e house, bank account etc). On the other hand, the shareholder, investor or partner are not liable if the company runs out of funds.
Privatization refers to the transfer of business, property or ownership of the government to the private sector. The government will not own the entity or the production anymore. By Kosar (2006), it is a shift of the function from the state to the private sector. Privatization is often used to increase the revenue of the government, it is a common economic tool. (Addams, 2006). According to Poon (2004), privatization can be divided into four categories which is sales arrangement: meaning of transferring ownership of the government to the private enterprises, contracting arrangement: it involves transfer of service productions from the in-house government to the private contractors, deregulation: reducing the state regulation by market entry restrictions to increase market competition, user pay: it assumes people are rational and separate individuals who aim to earn profit in everyday lives. These are some definitions
The objective of this part is to analyze the reasons that can lead a firm to M&A operations. Neoclassical economists and strategy experts argue that it improves the competitive position of the firm by exploring the characteristics of the acquired business and its added value, while others are in favor of behavioral theories such as agency theories, hubris, and misvaluation. This part therefore presents the main motivations for merger transactions as well as the improvements that an M&A transaction provide.
Business acquisition is one of the most vital tools to expand an existing business effectively. An acquisition takes place when an existing company buys another company which has more or less similar operating activities and ended up controlling it. It is clearly different from merger which is the integration of a business with another and sharing the control of the combined businesses collectively. Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have long been considered as an one of the most highly appreciated method to achieve the desired growth rate and satisfying the key stakeholders. With rapid
In the industrial stage the primary assets responsible for creating wealth in the organization were tangible (Li, 2011). In the new intellectual stage intangible assets are a new primary driver of wealth. Unfortunately, most of the Merger & Acquisition managers ignores the function of intangible assets.
The phases in the general PM process help to ensure that the project and the original objectives are achieved. Through the processes a business should be able to better identify its objectives, whether the project is on target, the possible risks associated with the project, and the strategies they may need to employ to reduce possible risks.
Acquisitions are types of business combinations in which two entities or operations of entities are merged into one single entity (www.enotes.com)
Phase 1- Define: Initially the problem (defects occurring) is clearly and specifically defined. Consists of the project objectives, project team, process and the critical customer requirements