Please respond to the following:

• Using the Internet, research acquisitions that are currently underway and choose one of these acquisitions to discuss. Based on the firms’ characteristics and experiences and the reasons cited to support the acquisition, do you feel it will result in increased strategic competitiveness for the acquiring firm? Why or why not?
• Of the problems that affect the success of an acquisition, which one do you believe is the most critical in the global economy? Why? What should firms do to make certain that they do not experience such a problem when they use an acquisition strategy?

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• Xerox’s Acquisition of HP

One of the most exciting stories hitting the news wave is the prospect of Xerox Holdings Corporation acquiring HP Inc. Company ( CNB, 2020). The buzz around this report is not surprising, considering that both companies have high profiles in the market of technological devices. Xerox is an American company that has established itself as a global leader in the provision of products like photocopiers…