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book Global Business Today 8th Edition by Charles Hill cover

Global Business Today 8th Edition by Charles Hill

Edition 8ISBN: 978-0078112621
book Global Business Today 8th Edition by Charles Hill cover

Global Business Today 8th Edition by Charles Hill

Edition 8ISBN: 978-0078112621
Exercise 6
Reread the Management Focus case on the European Commission and Media Industry Mergers, then answer the following questions:
a. Given that both AOL and Time Warner were U.S.-based companies, do you think the European Commission had a right to review and regulate their planned merger?
b. Were the concessions extracted by the European Commission from AOL and Time Warner reasonable? Whose interests was the Commission trying to protect?
c. What precedent do the actions of the Euro­pean Commission in this case set? What are the implications for managers of foreign enter­prises with substantial operations in Europe?
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a) Yes. The merger of two of the largest...

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