Your company recently went through a global merger or acquisition in which at least one of the parties involved was from one of the following countries (Saudi Arabia, Egypt, or Cuba). You need to create a PowerPoint presentation that you will present to the Board to describe the rationale behind the merger or acquisition.
Refer to the attached document for assignment details and grading rubric.
Assignment Clarifications:
For this assignment, you can develop your research based on (1) two hypothetical businesses (2) two existing businesses, or (3) a combination of (1) and (2).
For example, company one Marriott in the U.S., company two Voco Hotel in Saudi Arabia. You MUST specifically name two companies and specifically address the other elements of the assignment in reference to your two selected companies.
Please limit your graphics on each slide and do not include voice recordings.
Please DO NOT write in the Notes area. Please write your content in the slides only. Comments in the Notes area may be missed.
General Formatting of Slides:
Title/Introduction Slide – name of assignment, your name
Slide 2: Name of U.S. Company, Name of Company from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, or Cuba
Brief description of each company
Slide 3: Identify if merger or acquisition, identify vertical or horizontal
Slide 4: Advantages of merger as opposed to pursing an association
Slide 5: Disadvantages of merger as opposed to pursing an association
Slide 6: Social implications – human rights
Slide 7: Social implications – social responsibility
Additional slides for each topic as necessary
Conclusion Slide
Reference Slide – APA formatted, at least 3 references