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The Wadson Company is a management research firm which headquartered in New Jersey. The company was recently hired by a large conglomerate with a wide range of products, ranging from
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toys to electronics and financial services. This conglomerate wants Wadson to help them identify
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an acquisition target. The conglomerate is not willing to spend up to $ 2.5 billion to buy a major
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company at anywhere in the world. One of the things the research firm did was to identify the amount of foreign direct investment in the United States by overseas companies. The re search group also compiled a list of major acquisitions by non-U. S. firms. It gathered these data to show
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the conglomerate in the types of industries and companies that are currently attractive to the international buyers. "If we know what outside firms are buying, " the head of the re search firm
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noted, "this can help us identifying out similar overseas businesses that may also have strong
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growth potential. In this way, although we will not confine our list of recommendations to U. S
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firms only. " In terms of direct foreign investment by industry, the researchers had found that the
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greatest investment was being made in manufacturing. Then, in descending order, they came wholesale trade, petroleum, real estate, and insurance. On the basis of this information, the
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conglomerate has had decided to purchase a European firm. "The best acquisitions in the United States have already been picked, " the president told the board of directors. "However, I'm
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convinced that there are highly profitable enterprises in Europe that are ripe for the taking over.
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I'd particularly like to focus my attention on France and Germany. " The board gave to the president its full support, and the research firm will begin focusing on potential European tar gets within the next 30 years.