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Oracle's Hostile Takeover of Peoplesoft, 2008.
An analysis of the benefits and strategic tactics of Oracle in their hostile takeover bid of Peoplesoft.
2,984 words (approx. 11.9 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 88.95
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This paper discusses Oracle's hostile takeover bid for Peoplesoft which was one its main competitors in the enterprise software industry. It provides an overview of Oracle and Peoplesoft, as well as the general industry background. The paper then discusses the benefits of the merger for Oracle, as well as their strategic tactics in the takeover process.
Table of Contents:
Oracle Overview
Peoplesoft Overview (pre Oracle)
Industry Background
Situational Overview
Merger Benefits & Market Perception
Financing Structure of the Takeover
Bid Tactics of Oracle
Conclusion
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"The financing structure of the Oracle takeover bid for PeopleSoft was, on the surface, initially a cash offer because Oracle had such a large pool of cash reserves at the time. The final offer for PeopleSoft was for $26.50 per share which placed PeopleSoft at a market value at the time of $10.3b. This final price that Oracle is paying for PeopleSoft is $2.50 per share more than Oracle's previous final offer which Oracle accomplished through cash and stock offerings for existing PeopleSoft shares tendered by December 10, 2004 in which 120,600,093 shares had been tendered and, according to Oracle, not withdrawn which completed the final acquisition. While most analysts agree that Oracle overpaid for PeopleSoft the benefits and market advantages that the company gained by acquiring PeopleSoft has paid dividends in the mid term because of the new customers the company has acquired as well as the host of other acquisitions that Oracle has undertaken since its PeopleSoft hostile takeover."
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Hostile Takeover, 2008.
A study of the legal, business and political aspects of the hostile takeover in view of globalization.
6,447 words (approx. 25.8 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 149.95
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This papers examines the policies and situations in China and Germany regarding hostile takeovers in those countries. It looks at how hostile takeovers are becoming more popular and how the number is increasing on a global basis. In particular, it discusses a case in China where a foreign entity was able to gain a considerable market share of an entire sector, despite government controls to avoid such a situation. The Chinese Beer War is an excellent example of why governments need to devise strategies for protecting domestic companies from hostile takeovers.
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The Problem
Significance of the Problem
Company Self Protection
Government Protection Against Hostile Takeovers
Structure of the Thesis
Chapter I - Introduction
Analysis of the Methods of Hostile Take-Over
Types of Takeovers
Anatomy of a Takeover
Chinese Beer Wars
Alcan/Alcoa
Shanda and Sina
Sohu's Poison Pill
Germany's First Hostile Takeover
Conclusion
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"Hostile takeovers are not only a danger for the company that is being taken over, it can also pose a threat to national security. This is especially true in the face of a foreign hostile take-over. If the take-over occurs in a major business sector, it could have devastating effects on the economy. A foreign hostile take-over can be seen as foreign direct investment, which in many circumstances would be considered to be good due to the boost to the economy. However, in the case of a foreign hostile take-over, there is a loss of a domestic business. Therefore, the boost to the economy is negligible. Companies need to take measures to protect against hostile takeovers as a matter of national economic stability. "
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Hostile Business Takeovers, 2007.
This paper explores the effects of hostile takeovers on post-deal stock prices.
2,429 words (approx. 9.7 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 74.95
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The paper presents a review of buy-side company performance in relation to stock price in and around the time various corporations have made their hostile takeover bids. The paper reviews the literature and collection of research data from companies around the world that have been involved in both successful and failed takeover bids. The paper then attempts to determine whether companies ought to consider hostile takeovers as viable tools in their competitive toolboxes. The paper concludes that it appears that successful hostile bidding in itself is neither a guarantor nor a hindrance to performance, as measured by stock prices.
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Review of the literature
Statement of the problem
Data Collection and Analysis
Results
Conclusion
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"The subject of hostile takeovers has been frequently considered in the American research literature since the 1980s (Yang, 2003). After a large number of such takeovers occurred in the United States during that time, businessmen, academics, and legislators began to look for ways to deal with hostile takeovers with rational, research-supported solutions. One major development in the literature revolved around the ways the American economy has responded to block most attempts at hostile takeovers, with public policy and optimal defense strategies that corporations could use in order to fend off unwanted takeover bids. Subramanian (2003) provides a review of the major trends in buyer takeover strategies, and shows how legislative responses and corporate defense measures such as poison pill and effective staggered board management structures have made target-side corporations very difficult to acquire against their will."
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Hostile Takeovers, 2002.
This paper analyzes the defense mechanisms used to protect against hostile takeovers.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper examines how defense mechanisms such as poison pills, staggered boards of directors, golden parachutes, stockholder rights plans, greenmail payments and other methods have evolved so successfully that hostile takeovers are losing their appeal as a corporate governance strategy on Wall Street.
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Oracle E-Business Suite.
This paper discusses Oracle Technologies' Oracle E-Business Suite and its implementation in the financial sector as represented by industry leader, J.P. Morgan Chase.
1,190 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 40.95
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This paper explains that the businesses value of the application of Oracle E-Business Suite to J.P. Morgan is implementing the basic capabilities of the application in integrating and assimilating financial data about customers and markets. The author suggests that some improvements to the existing application might be to make it less flexible and less easily applicable to other systems, which would give Oracle more exclusivity, given its ubiquity to the Internet age. The paper relates that some of the selling points of Oracle's contribution to the business sector and some of the reasons J.P. Morgan uses it includes a more holistic analysis of its overall image, its application to a variety of systems and industries, and its compatibility with other existing systems.
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""The E-Business Suite is "purveyed through industry-leading independent software vendor (ISV) applications running on high-performing, scalable Oracle technology." Before, at JP Morgan, back-office applications that captured data for analysis were disaggregated and put into data silos rather than integrated. It became clear that financial institutions on the cutting edge of the industry, such as JP Morgan desired to be, must rely upon better integrated data in order to meet demands from regulators and customers, and to deliver the performance shareholders demanded in increasingly competitive times."
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The Oracle of Delphi, 2007.
This paper discusses the Oracle of Delphi of ancient Greece, including the important aspects of the cultural experience that took place at Delphi.
2,000 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper explains that the Oracle at Delphi was one of the most important oracles in Greek culture because, not only did the Oracle evaluate most of the important actions by Greeks and their governments, but also the temple and its grounds served as a location for festivals, games and many other cultural events. The author points out that the Oracle at Delphi supported Apollo, one of the most important and powerful Greek gods, which attracted worshipers and consultants from all over the world. The paper related that the Oracle, who commented on battles, political decisions, governmental laws and social issues, had more influence than many of the most important rulers of the time.
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"Apollo's sphere of influence of the Greeks is legendary and well documented. According to Burkert, Apollo's sphere of influence included prophesizing or divination. Zeus clearly differentiated between Apollo and Dionysus, his other son, giving Dionysus reign over the erotic, or initiation spheres, effectively separating their duties and responsibilities, while he watched over both equally. In addition, Apollo's worshipers stretched from Sicily throughout the sphere of Greek influence, and more than one city or town was named for the god. In fact, there is at least some evidence that Apollo ..."
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Oracle Systems Corporation, 2006.
This paper examines the Oracle company's decline and losses in the technology sector.
1,162 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 40.95
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The paper discusses the Oracle Systems Corporation that was one of the most successful software companies in the world until 1990. The paper explains how the Oracle case study is a prime example of how a corporation can perform well on paper for a number of years only to suddenly shock shareholders, customers and investors. The paper explores the underlying causes of Oracle's loss in both revenues and market share. The paper concludes that unless Oracle invests more money into technology advancement and software engineering, consumers will remain disenchanted with what was once the industry giant. There must be a change of sales tactics, management strategies, and an improved product quality or its stock price may continue to decline.
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"Oracle Systems Corporation was founded by Lawrence J. Ellison in 1979 "to commercialize an innovative database management system," (p. 74). Throughout the 1980s, Oracle was the "fastest growing software company in the world" and clearly enjoyed a position at the top of the database management systems (DBMS) industry (p. 75). The company went public in March of 1986 with a stock issue price of $2.00 per share. By 1990, only four years later, Oracle's share price peaked at $28.375. Oracle's pre-1990 fiscal health was due to several factors, including an aggressive sales policy, diversification strategies, and international expansion and growth. Between the years 1980 to 1989, Oracle had "more than doubled its sales every year," (p. 75). However, in March of 1990, just when Oracle's stocks peaked in price, the company suddenly reported zero-growth and flat earnings revenue. The March 1990 announcement sent shock waves through the stock market and on September 25 of that year, Oracle announced its first ever quarterly loss. The previous year, Oracle had reported $11.7 million in earnings; in September of 1990, Ellison admitted a $36 million quarterly loss. Because the decline in share price revealed deeper conflicts within the corporation including management issues, Oracle was not financially healthy in September of 1990."
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Oracle's Customer Relationship Management (CRM), 2001.
This paper is a study on Oracle CRM application suites, claiming it to be the most comprehensive product available.
1,215 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper discusses the CRM system produced by Oracle and how it can help every company with their customer service problems. It examines the ideal CRM architecture and how Oracle provides it. It details the basic features and products provided by Oracle's products. It also discusses the integration of Enterprise Resource Planning systems and Customer Relationship Management systems. It concludes by recommending Oracle's 360 degree solution to any company whose customers are important.
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"As companies accelerate their customer relationship management initiatives they are faced with new issues and challenges that are not easily answered. Customer relationship management presents one of the biggest opportunities facing CIO's and business line managers today - the ability to grow incremental revenue through existing customers. This requires a system that fully leverages ERP in the back end. Oracle's integrated architecture provides an ideal CRM solution for the large installed base of customers who have already implemented Oracle ERP applications. Oracle's customer relationship management applications leverage Oracle database, tools and integration with back-end ERP applications to provide comprehensive customer intelligence. The integrated solution provides a 360-degree view of all customer interactions, whether they occur through direct sales contact, and customer access over the web, through a call center or indirectly through partner channels."
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Oracle Bones and Traditional China, 2004.
This paper discusses the role of oracle bones, the earliest form of Chinese writing, as an important source for understanding the development of written Chinese and the Shang society.
2,040 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 18 sources, MLA, $ 64.95
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This paper explains that, in the religion of the Shang civilization, which was based on the worship of ancestral spirits and Shang Di, the supreme God, important decisions were made in the ancestral temple through divination by the oracle bones. The author points out that oracle bones also were used to record astronomical events. The paper states that the character 'yue' appears quite often in the oracle bone inscriptions as a pictograph of one range of mountains above another and is the object of sacrifices.
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"The exact political status of the Huanbei Shang City is unknown, however, the walled city is probably one of the Shang capitals due to its huge size and geographic location. From traditional accounts, it was believed that the 19th king, Pan Geng, moved the capital to Yin, however, the oracle bone inscriptions from Yinxu only details the period from the reign of the 22nd king, Wu Ding to the 30th and last king of the Shang dynasty, Xin. Therefore, Yinxu probably did not become the capital until the reign of Wu Ding and Huanbei most likely was the capital of Pan Geng and the two succeeding kings. Moreover, inscribed oracle bones discovered in the area have enabled researchers to reconstruct the Shang royal genealogy. For nearly a century now, scholars have been reading the oracle bones to detail Chinese history."
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The Leader Behind Oracle, 2006.
The life of Larry Ellison is examined and his philosophies that made Oracle what it is today.
1,456 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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In this paper the author centers on Larry Ellison as the leader and force behind the success of Oracle Corp. The paper starts with the humble beginnings of Larry Ellison centering on his upbringing and philosophy of life. The paper examines how Larry Ellison's background has helped make Oracle Corp one of the most successful software companies in the world.The author concludes with Larry Ellison's need to be number one.
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"Eight years later, in about 1987, Steve Cully came to Ellison with a proposal to put Oracle software into him M-cubed machine. At first, he didn't even believe that the machine could exist. The specs just didn't add up. Then after much questioning, he saw that it indeed was possible, and a year later made the decision to move his software into massively parallel computers. Oracle has been the only company since whose software is compatible on both conventional computers and massively parallel computers."
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The Stelco Takeover, 2005.
This paper discusses the role of the government in the Stelco takeover.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 4 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper explains that the question of what is the appropriate role of the state in reviewing the takeover of Stelco by a foreign company is a complex one. The author points out that the answer is dependent to a significant degree upon the ideological framework from which it is approached. The paper argue that a strong case can be made for government to play an active role in terms of accepting or rejecting any such takeover.
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"The question of what is the appropriate role of the state in reviewing the takeover of Stelco by a foreign company is a complex one. As this essay will explain, the answer is dependent to a significant degree upon the ideological framework from which it is approached. However, as will be argued, a strong case may be made for government to play an active role - in terms of accepting or rejecting - any such takeover. Any foreign takeover of Stelco would be occurring within the context of an international economic process known as "globalization"."
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Oracle Databases, 2004.
A discussion on the implementation methods of an Oracle database.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper describes various issues to be taken into account when implementing an Oracle database. These include cost, platform, training and database design. It expands on the programming process. The author also explains the importance of choosing the right database for a company.
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"For most companies today their computer systems form the heart of the business. Web sites, accounting, sales, tracking, manufacturing, human resources and ancillary day-to-day functions all reside on various computer systems that are ..."
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"The Silent Takeover", 2002.
Reviews the book, "The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and The Death Of Democracy" by Noreena Hertz.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper reviews another book by Cambridge economist Noreena Hertz, entitled "The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and The Death Of Democracy", on the effects of global capitalism upon democracy and related social perspectives.
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Comparative Analysis of Oracle and Sybase, 2002.
This paper looks closely at the two software companies, Oracle and Sybase, comparing their products and showing how they differ.
896 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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The paper shows how these two companies function as part of the enormous and ever-growing software, internet, and computer market of today. Oracle and Sybase have some overlapping functions; however, the paper focuses on the different services they provide to the world market.
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"Sybase, Inc., located in Emeryville, California, is a global provider of software solutions for businesses to manage, deliver and distribute information across mixed computing environments. Sybase, Inc. develops relational database systems for computers distributed in networks. (Money Central Investor, www.msn.com, 12/16/00). The company?s primary markets include financial service providers, insurance companies, telecommunications companies and defense and government agencies. The company?s software products may be utilized on hardware platforms including those manufactured by Compaq (Digital, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Sun Microsystems. They are able to handle a wide range of operating systems including UNIX applications, Windows, Window NT and Linux."
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"The Silent Takeover", 2005.
An analysis of the book "The Silent Takeover" by Noreena Hertz, discussing the balance of power between global capitalism and state.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 35.95
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This essay examines and analyses the following statement by Noreena Hertz: "Over the last two decade the balance of power between politics and commerce has shifted. The political state has become the corporate state." This essay outlines the main arguments for and against this claim particularly those used by Hertz in her book "The Silent Takeover". Hertz argues that in today's world, multinational corporations have 'taken-over' the running of the state away from governments. With the formation of global economy multinational corporations have became the dominant economic powers.
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