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Abstract
After acquiring the public sector company Georgia-Pacific in November 2005, Koch Industries Inc became the largest privately held company in the US in terms of revenue, with combined revenues of $80 billion. With an existing business portfolio, which ranges from trading commodities to oil refining, the acquisition of Georgia-Pacific is expected to strengthen Koch''s presence in the consumer products sector that has been dominated by large players like Procter & Gamble. The case study, while highlighting the acquisition of Georgia-Pacific by Koch and their strategic fit, offers the scope to discuss the trend of public sector companies going private in the US owing to the increasing costs of compliance with regulations after the introduction of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002.
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Abstract
After acquiring the public sector company Georgia-Pacific in November 2005, Koch Industries Inc became the largest privately held company in the US in terms of revenue, with combined revenues of $80 billion. With an existing business portfolio, which ranges from trading commodities to oil refining, the acquisition of Georgia-Pacific is expected to strengthen Koch''s presence in the consumer products sector that has been dominated by large players like Procter & Gamble. The case study, while highlighting the acquisition of Georgia-Pacific by Koch and their strategic fit, offers the scope to discuss the trend of public sector companies going private in the US owing to the increasing costs of compliance with regulations after the introduction of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002.
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