The purpose of this assignment is to analyze a merger target for operational and organizational synergies and to provide a high-level roadmap discussing your assessment.

Given your present competitive market and financial positioning in the MEGA simulation and your assessment of the data you have for the merger target’s competitive market and financial position, write a paper of 1,000 words that addresses the following:

Given the option, would you pursue an equity or a nonequity merger? Provide the data and your reasoning to support this assessment.
How would this merger impact your financial statements? Be specific by identifying at least two important income statement and two balance sheet line items and project, with your reasoning, the estimated impact on each.
How would this merger change your team’s corporate strategy? Using terminology from the strategy guide and your independent and cited research, how will this strategy shift facilitate a successful merger?
Given your MEGA team’s current production and financial footprints, the merger type selected, and your corporate strategy, identify and defend the mode of entry for one of your business units.
Prepare this assignment using effective business writing style. Refer to the resource, “Effective Business Writing,” located in the Class Resources, for specific guidelines and formatting requirements.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.