1. Merger types [LO 26.1] In 2014, Japanese liquor company Suntory Holdings Ltd acquired US bourbon maker...

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1. Merger types [LO 26.1] In 2014, Japanese liquor company Suntory Holdings Ltd acquired US bourbon maker Beam Inc. for US$14 billion. Is this a horizontal or vertical acquisition? How do you suppose Beam’s nationality affected Suntory’s decision?

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Fundamentals Of Corporate Finance

ISBN: 9781743768051

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Authors: Stephen A. Ross, Rowan Trayler, Charles Koh, Gerhard Hambusch, Kristoffer Glover, Randolph W. Westerfield, Bradford D. Jordan

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