any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal

giving top executives lucrative benefits that must be paid by the acquirer if they are discharged after a takeover

(corporation) the practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm to threaten a takeover and thereby forcing the owners to buy those shares back at a premium in order to stay in business

the target company defends itself by threatening to take over its acquirer

the target company defends itself by making its stock less attractive to an acquirer

the target company defends itself by acquiring a company so onerously regulated that it makes the target less attractive