The text book will be one of the 3 sources. Text book info Parnel, J. A. (2014)

The text book will be one of the 3 sources. Text book info Parnel, J. A. (2014). Strategic Management: Theory and Practice, 4th ed., Sage Publications, Chapters 1-12
•A Merger occurs when two or more firms, usually of roughly similar sizes, combine into one through an exchange of stock.
•An Acquisition is a form of merger whereby one firm purchases another, often with a combination of cash and stock.
6-3 Growth Strategies
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This application assignment requires you to share a business related article from the past 6 months that describes your view of our assigned course topic(s) for the week. In other words, your view may explain the topic’s effect, relevance, importance, non-significance, etc. in workplace behavior. This assignment should consist of three distinct paragraphs. In the first paragraph you will summarize the article you chose. In the second paragraph you will clearly identify and discuss the course topic(s) relevant to the article. In the third and final paragraph you should discuss your views about the topic and what the article stated.
It is imperative to choose a concept being covered in this module. It is also important not to copy material from other related assignments or directly from the article itself–use proper citations and rewrite important components into your own words. Concepts and verbatim material will receive a zero.
Current Event: News story must be from a credible source within the last 6 months with appropriate citation.
Context must be provided on why the story is immediately relevant to the topics being covered.
Responses which are purely opinion and anecdotal are not considered to be substantive in nature.
Original news story from an external source, one additional external source, and your textbook are required (Minimum: These THREE citations).
Be sure to include the required textbook citation both in-text and on your References page.
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