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This thesis is a Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Pitchbook for the Boston Beer Company (SAM) to acquire the Craft Brew Alliance (BREW). This thesis includes a background on the beer industry, the craft beer industry, SAM and BREW. As well, the thesis includes an analysis of the reasons for the acquisition, potential risks and downsides, a valuation analysis including all of the potential and realistic synergies, conclusions and a recommendation to SAM to acquire BREW before a larger company does.
ContributorsZulanas, Charles (Author) / Simonson, Mark (Thesis director) / Aragon, George (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2015-05
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This thesis details our experience assisting BASE Equity Partners, a private equity firm based in New York City, on three prospective agricultural dealership deals over the course of this past academic year. The firm is currently structured as a Fundless Sponsor. This distinct structural trait is common for a type of private equity firm known among practitioners as pledge funds. This creates an interesting element for our experience as there is very limited academic research on these types of firms, which, since the Great Recession, have become popular players in middle-market private equity deals. We, first, provide some historical context on pledge funds and identify their primary differences with traditional private equity. The remainder of the paper documents our experience working on the agricultural dealership deals. We have organized this portion after the manner in which we received assignments. We go into detail on the specific projects with which we were tasked, our interactions with the partners and the major takeaways we had from this learning experience. This thesis paper will enrich the academic knowledge regarding pledge funds—and private equity generally—by documenting a real experience of what it is like performing analyst-level tasks at a real firm. Additionally, we were privy to information that is highly confidential, and though we have protected the confidentiality of the companies through pseudonyms and redaction of confidential material, all of the financial data shown, models provided and qualitative discussion is real.
ContributorsTang, Ivan (Co-author) / Johnson, Bradley (Co-author) / Panosian, Tro (Co-author) / Simonson, Mark (Thesis director) / Bonadurer, Werner (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Department of Finance (Contributor) / Department of English (Contributor) / School of Accountancy (Contributor) / School of International Letters and Cultures (Contributor)
Created2015-05
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This thesis seeks to explore the contrast between the performance of mergers and acquisitions and the propensity of CEOs to enter into these deals. M&A are common means by which firms achieve inorganic growth, but they often perform poorly and fail to accrue expected returns. This apparent contrast between deal popularity and performance prompts further examination and an application of theoretical concepts from the field of strategic management. Following a review of M&A theory, this thesis explores agency theory and managerial hubris and applies these concepts to executive decision-making in M&A. Four hypotheses are presented, evaluating the effects of compensation structure and overconfidence on the M&A decision-making behavior of executives.
ContributorsQuinty, Nicole Anne (Author) / Arrfelt, Mathias (Thesis director) / Nahrgang, Jennifer (Committee member) / Nemanich, Louise (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Accountancy (Contributor) / Department of Management (Contributor)
Created2013-05
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The purpose of this paper is to study the impact that poison pills have on the value of share prices after the cancellation of a transaction. While various studies have focused on the generic share price impact of poison pills, very few have focused on the impact of poison pills in cancelled transactions. Based on our research and analysis, in cancelled transactions, target firms that have poison pills prior to the transaction and target firms without poison pills generate returns above the announcement date premium and subsequent investment in the S&P 500 when held to the cancellation of the transaction and when held from cancellation to 6 months after the transaction. This analysis can contribute to the argument that holding shares of firms regardless of cancellation risk is preferable to taking profit at announcement date. Additionally, it can contribute to the study of undiscovered pricing impact of poison pills.
ContributorsChotalla, Gurkaran (Co-author) / Amjad, Hamza (Co-author) / Reddy, Samir (Co-author) / Stein, Luke (Thesis director) / Lindsey, Laura (Committee member) / School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (Contributor) / Department of Finance (Contributor) / Economics Program in CLAS (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2016-12
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This paper serves as an analysis of the current operational conditions of a real-world company – referred to as “Company X” – with respect to the IC substrate industry. The cost of substrates, a crucial component in the production of Company X’s product, has recently diverged from Company X’s predictions and is contributing to declining profitability. This analysis aims to discover the underlying cause for price divergence and recommend potential resolutions to improve the forecast of substrate costs and profitability. The paper is organized as follows: Chapter 1 is an introduction to IC substrates and the industry as a whole, Chapter 2 is a breakdown of the specific factors responsible for substrate prices, and Chapter 3 delivers a final recommendation to Company X and concludes the paper.
ContributorsAggarwal, Bianca (Author) / Guillaume, Riley (Co-author) / O'Loughlin, Connor (Co-author) / Fares, Ari (Co-author) / King, Camden (Co-author) / Simonson, Mark (Thesis director) / Hertzel, Michael (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Department of Finance (Contributor) / Department of Information Systems (Contributor)
Created2023-05
Description随着市场环境的日趋激烈，并购已经成为了一种扩大自身规模，增强核心竞争力，实现战略发展目标的重要方式，近年来我国企业之间的并购活动不断增多，形式也逐渐多样，无论是采用横向或纵向，还是多元化的并购，其最终目的都是通过有效的并购行为推动企业快速发展。但由于并购活动十分复杂，一直以来理论界和实务界都关心这样一个问题：企业进行并购究竟是出于何种考虑？最自然的回答便是纷繁复杂的并购活动背后企业真实的并购动机是出于企业自身价值提升：从宏观上讲，公司并购是对社会资源在配置，表现为产业结构升级换代：从微观的公司个体角度讲，建立一个现代企业要求有两个完全不同的机制，即经营管理战略机制和公司交易战略机制，而上市公司的并购行为会促使其经营机制等发生改变。尽管并购这种形式已经被企业家们运用的十分熟练，但由于每个企业所处的市场环境、并购的过程、采用的手段等都有所不同，每一次并购行为都有其自身的特点，对于一些较为典型的并购案例其并购经验值得其他的企业进行参考。
本文采用案例分析的模式，首先阐述了并购和品牌价值的概念，并介绍了市场上常见的并购类型以及并购的内部动因和外部动因。通过研究过往案例梳理出品牌价值的影响因素以及并购对品牌认知度的影响。
其次，以美年健康并购慈铭体检为例，介绍了美年健康和慈铭体检的基本情况，梳理了美年健康并购慈铭体检的整个过程，对美年健康并购慈铭体检所处的历史时期以及并购动因进行分析。 随后，通过财务指标研究法对美年健康并购前后的绩效变化进行分析，主要通过并购前后的市场占有率、盈利能力、运营能力和成长能力四个方面的变化来入手；然后通过分析2014年-2019年美年健康EVA值的变化来分析并购前后美年健康企业价值是否实现增长。接着，通过问卷调查形式来分析消费者对于美年健康的体检业务、体检服务以及并购情况的认知情况，以此来分析消费者眼中美年健康的品牌价值在并购前后的变化。同时通过托宾Q理论来间接评价美年健康并购前后品牌价值变化。
最后，本文对美年健康并购慈铭体检这一案例做出总结。根据研究案例自身情况，分析美年健康并购慈铭体检的成功之处，归纳出其中值得借鉴的地方。有助于为其他中国拟通过并购实现品牌价值飞跃的企业提供参考。
ContributorsMiao, Hong (Author) / Pei, Ker-Wei (Thesis advisor) / Chiu, Tzu-Kuan (Thesis advisor) / Zhu, Qigui (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2023
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Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) whose observed personal option-holding patterns are not consistent with theoretical predictions are variously described as overconfident or optimistic. Existing literature demonstrates that the investment and financing decisions of such CEOs differ from those of CEOs who do not exhibit such behavior and interprets the investment and financing decisions by overconfident or optimistic CEOs as inferior. This paper argues that it may be rational to exhibit behavior interpreted as optimistic and that the determinants of a CEO’s perceived optimism are important. Further, this paper shows that CEOs whose apparent optimism results from above average industry-adjusted CEO performance in prior years make investment and financing decisions which are actually similar, and sometimes superior to, those of unbiased CEOs.
ContributorsWalton, Richard (Author) / Bates, Thomas (Thesis advisor) / Lindsey, Laura (Committee member) / Babenko, Ilona (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2016
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The retail industry has experienced significant change and evolution in the past decade—perhaps more than any other consumer discretionary industry in the marketplace. The rapid growth and expansion of e-commerce has been a key catalyst in driving such evolution. As consumer preferences have evolved, and their demand for convenience and expedited service has increased, e-commerce has been a become a preferred channel for making purchases. What started out as a medium for purchasing everyday goods, such as clothing, has become a vast marketplace where buyers can find just about anything they need or want online – even groceries.
ContributorsKrause, Carson L (Author) / Brian, Sadusky (Thesis director) / Rick, DeAvila (Committee member) / Department of Finance (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2019-05