Under a straightforward takeover bid for Sky, Fox could be left with an activist minority shareholder base in the pay-TV broadcaster if less than 90% of Sky's investors accepted its bid.
We examine the frequency of jump bids, retaliatory bids and straightforward bids across these auctions.
Often, however, one cannot assume straightforward bidding and it is not clear from the theory how these non-linear personalized price auctions (NLPPAs) perform in this case.
While NLPPAs performed very well in case of straightforward bidding, we observe problems with revenue, efficiency, and speed of convergence when bidders deviate.
His pupils, mostly in their 20s or 30s, are taught a straightforward system of bidding and play, and competition, though fierce, is deliberately friendly.
Beyond the political huffing and puffing, the debate about what Pfizer would have to pay to bag AstraZeneca always seemed straightforward: a bid of £60 a share or thereabouts would be a knockout; anything less and Pfizer would struggle to get an agreement.
With 80 percent of its earmarked Olympic venues already completed, Madrid's bid was centered on a straightforward argument: we have built the sites already, so let us at least use them.
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The unpredictable route of a bidding war may not be as appealing as a straightforward road to organic growth.
The auction was straightforward: an opening bid, a strong jump-shift, support, Blackwood, one ace, slam.
