Ashford BUS 690 Week 5 DQ 2

Please review the article “Corporate Governance and Market Performance of Parent Firms Following Equity Carve-Out” and watch the video Parent Company Guarantees, Kirsty Barnes - ThinkHouse September 2011.

Identify and research an organization that fits into the definition of a corporate parent. Describe three types of opportunities through which the organization could add value beyond the sum of its separate businesses. Discuss the concept of parent company guarantee as it relates to your chosen company. Please ensure to use two outside sources. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

References:

N.A. (2016). Parent Company. Retrieved from: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/parentcompany.asp

Betters. E. (2014). What does Facebook own? Here's the companies it has acquired and the reasons why. Retrieved from: http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/128617-what-does-facebook-own-here-s-the-companies-it-has-acquired-and-the-reasons-why

Pearce, J.A. & Robinson, R.B. (2011). Strategic management: Formulation, implementation and control (12th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.

Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co. (2014, June 6). Parent company guarantees, Kirsty Barnes - ThinkHouse September 2011 [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcDiW-N_7Qw

Chahine, S., & Zeidan, M. J. (2014). Corporate governance and market performance of parent firms following equity carve-out announcements. Journal of Management and Governance, 18(2), 471-503. doi: 10.1007/s10997-012-8245-2

WORD COUNT NEEDS TO BE BETWEEN 150-200 WORDS PLEASE!!!