profitability analysis
VINCI – An Analysis
I have chosen to work with Vinci corporation a multinational construction and energy company headed in France with subsidiaries all over the world.
1.VINCI is a French concessions and construction company founded in 1899 as Société Générale d 'Enterprises. It has employees of about 179,000 and is one of the largest construction companies in the world by revenue. It was formed in 1899 by French engineers Alexandre Giros and Louis Loucheur. It has went on to become the largest company in construction and related services worldwide. VINCI has spread into number of countries establishing its business in the form of subsidiaries and also expanded its expertise into different areas. Today the brand is a banner bringing together 2,100 companies and 191,000 employees who share a common outlook based on autonomy, empowerment, a culture of partnership and a focus on the public interest. The organizational structure followed by Vinci is a matrix structure which is a hybrid of divisional and functional structure. This structure is used in large multinational companies as this matrix structure helps with the benefits of functional and divisional structures to exist in one organization. The main operating activities of Vinci are energy, construction and concessions. The structure of the company can be depicted as follows.
There are number of subsidiaries under this each segment of business which is operating in different countries.
2. The brand creation of VINCI was done in 2000. This was driven by two events: Société Générale d 'Entreprise (SGE) parted ways with its main shareholder Vivendi; and SGE merged with the GTM Group. After the creation of the brand VINCI, it expanded its business into a number of countries and acquired additional expertise. Today under the brand of Vinci there are 2,100 companies operating in the form of subsidiaries and providing employment to 191,000 employees who share a common outlook based on autonomy, empowerment, a
I have chosen to work with Vinci corporation a multinational construction and energy company headed in France with subsidiaries all over the world.
1.VINCI is a French concessions and construction company founded in 1899 as Société Générale d 'Enterprises. It has employees of about 179,000 and is one of the largest construction companies in the world by revenue. It was formed in 1899 by French engineers Alexandre Giros and Louis Loucheur. It has went on to become the largest company in construction and related services worldwide. VINCI has spread into number of countries establishing its business in the form of subsidiaries and also expanded its expertise into different areas. Today the brand is a banner bringing together 2,100 companies and 191,000 employees who share a common outlook based on autonomy, empowerment, a culture of partnership and a focus on the public interest. The organizational structure followed by Vinci is a matrix structure which is a hybrid of divisional and functional structure. This structure is used in large multinational companies as this matrix structure helps with the benefits of functional and divisional structures to exist in one organization. The main operating activities of Vinci are energy, construction and concessions. The structure of the company can be depicted as follows.
There are number of subsidiaries under this each segment of business which is operating in different countries.
2. The brand creation of VINCI was done in 2000. This was driven by two events: Société Générale d 'Entreprise (SGE) parted ways with its main shareholder Vivendi; and SGE merged with the GTM Group. After the creation of the brand VINCI, it expanded its business into a number of countries and acquired additional expertise. Today under the brand of Vinci there are 2,100 companies operating in the form of subsidiaries and providing employment to 191,000 employees who share a common outlook based on autonomy, empowerment, a
References: http://www.vinci.com/ -used to answer Question 1 http://www.vinci.com/vinci.nsf/en/page/finance-results-annual-financial-statements.htm - used to answer question 4-8 http://www.vinci.com/vinci.nsf/en/page/group.htm - used to answer question 2 & 3 http://www.vinci.com/vinci.nsf/en/page/group.htm - - used to answer question 4-8 http://publi.vinci.com/vinci/2013-vinci-annual-report.pdf - - used to answer question 4-8 http://publi.vinci.com/vinci/vinci-2013-consolidated-statements.pdf - - used to answer question 4-8