Why do firms purchase other corporations

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Research corporate acquisitions using your text, course materials, and Web resources and then answer the following questions:

1. Why do firms purchase other corporations?
2. Do firms pay too much for the acquired corporation?
3. Why do so many acquisitions result in shareholder losses?

Please include four references.

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