| Publication Type |
honors thesis |
| School or College |
David Eccles School of Business |
| Department |
Accounting |
| Thesis Supervisor |
Ronald M. Mano |
| Honors Advisor/Mentor |
Bruce F. Baird |
| Creator |
Bennett, Franklin Reed |
| Title |
Corporate acquisitions & the accounting profession: Rethinking strategic planning for CPA firms |
| Date |
1983-06 |
| Year graduated |
1983 |
| Description |
The business world has also witnessed several gargantuan corporate acquisitions since 1979. Since 1979 through the third; quarter of 1982, there have been eleven corporate acquisitions valued at $2 billion or more. Two acquisitions, the Dupont; purchase of Conoco and the U.S. Steel purchase of Marathon Oil, each carried price tags greater than six billion dollars. The; list of eleven of the largest acquisitions in the last four years is presented in Exhibit 1-3. This explosion of corporate acquisition activity marks the; beginning of the fourth major period of merger activity in the United States [Brigham, 1982, p. 732]. The reason why 1981 is termed "explosive" can be visualized by comparing Exhibit 1-1 with the level of corporate activity in prior years as illustrated in Exhibit 1-4. |
| Type |
Text |
| Publisher |
University of Utah |
| Subject |
Accounting - United States; Consolidation and merger of corporations - United States |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights Management |
(c) Franklin Reed Bennett |
| Format Medium |
application/pdf |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6vf0wh7 |
| Setname |
ir_htca |
| ID |
1289909 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vf0wh7 |
