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Acquisition Company and for Acquiring Company. Acquisition Verizon and AOL will give a lot opportunities in developing business for both corporations, however, board of direction of companies always have to define, evaluate, monitor and manage major risks exposure. Risk factors for a target acquisition company “AOL is a leader in the digital content and advertising platforms space.” (3 Concerns Consumers Should Have About the Verizon/AOL Merger. (n.d.). Retrieved May 25, 2016, from http://www.blackenterprise

Both AOL and Time Warner were successful in their own right before the merger. The companies together had approximately 85,000 employees. Their global presence was one that was and still is well known. The acquisition valued at $350 billion and is still the largest merger in American business. But this marriage was not one made in media heaven. AOL Time Warner diversified because of synergy, it was designed to save money

the new Internet industry while AOL would benefit from Time Warner’s cable infrastructure. The two CEOs noted that both companies had comparable values that would mesh well together. Both sides had been interested in merging with another large company in a related industry. AOL “had been plotting for months about how to use its high-priced stock to make a big acquisition. The company hired the investment bank Salomon Smith Barney… to consider various targets.” AOL was in talks with eBay and Electronic

industry relative to its competitors CompuServe and Prodigy? AOL offered a broad range of features including real-time talk, electronic mail, e-magazines and newspapers, online classes, shopping, and internet access. They also had software for the internet such as for production and distribution of original content, interactive marketing and transactions capabilities, and networks to support the transmission of data. In other words, AOL was a platform that connected the person with the need to internet

2003, AOL Time Warner, Inc., announced that it would be posting a loss of $98.7 billion for the year ended December 31, 2002, the largest corporate loss in U.S. history. While company exec- utives described the loss as a result of accounting changes rather than problems with ongoing opera- tions, the media conglomerate clearly faced significant challenges. The stock price closed the month of January at $11.66, down from $71 in January 2000, when it announced its merger with America Online (AOL). The

Problem statement The organization is rapidly growing as the need for IT solutions is rising in the corporate sector. The challenge they now face is that, up till now, they have been able to uphold the values of AOL and synchronized their organization, both business and workers, with the AOL teachings and practices. But now the management is worried about how they are going to continue doing so with the rate of expansion and business growth they will have in the future years. Analysis The values of

commitment to give good customer service. GE (General Electric) is ranked one of best companies that provide excellent customer service. Their commitment, training and quality to the customers for decades is how they gotten to the top. Meanwhile, AOL is ranked as one of the worst companies that provide poor customer service. There rude deposition, unethical guidelines and disgraceful quality is why they are going out of business. GE’s motto, “We bring good things to life” is definitely working

Case: America Online Inc., Topic: Strategy Analysis Prior to 1995, AOL was so successful in the commercial online industry relative to its competitors CompuServe and Prodigy primarily because of its pricing rate structure which was the easiest for customers to understand and plan for ahead of time. CompuServe and Prodigy offered the same pricing as AOL for its standard service, but, charged additional fees for premium services and downloading which made it more difficult for customers

a law designed to fight monopolies. When that case was finally decided, and it was found that Microsoft had indeed broken U.S. law, a competitor, AOL Time Warner, then filed a civil suit claiming damages from the illegal activities of Microsoft. As a result of the civil suit, Microsoft agreed to pay AOL Time Warner $750 million, as well as allow AOL to use Internet Explorer free of charge for seven years. Beginning in 1999, the U.S. government, along with a number of individual states, brought

AOL was able to beat out Prodigy and CompuServe because of the amount of marketing that AOL used to gain customers. AOL was famous for blanketing college campuses, book stores and random people by buying mailing list shipping out free CD’s that gave customer a free trial period to try AOL and then successfully converting those customers to paying customer. Because of the unprecedented amount of CD’s they gave to potential customers via the mail, as well as being available in public places, providing