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Question at position 10 During the mid-2010s, GE had structured its organization into 6 divisions, each dedicated to a specific product category (Energy, Capital, Home & Business solutions, Healthcare, Aviation, Transportation). They provided some centralized services to support these business units with the intention of minimizing expenses and creating consistency. They acquired several new companies with the expectation of integrating them into the current structure; however, they faced significant challenges in achieving success and failed to deliver executive expectations. Which of the following factors was a likely contributor to the failure of these acquisitions?Continual changes in the external environment which made the acquisition unable to deliver a value proposition Overestimating synergies which would be achieved Incompatible organizational culturesAll of the choices provided were likely contributors to the failure of their acquistions

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A.Continual changes in the external environment which made the acquisition unable to deliver a value proposition
B.Overestimating synergies which would be achieved
C.Incompatible organizational cultures
D.All of the choices provided were likely contributors to the failure of their acquistions
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Question restatement: The scenario describes GE in the mid-2010s with six divisions and centralized services, plus acquisitions that failed to meet executive expectations. The prompt asks which factors were likely contributors to those acquisition failures. Option 1: 'Continual changes in the external environment which made the acquisition unable to deliver a value proposition.' External environment......Login to view full explanation

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