Case Study on Youku and Tudou’s Business Combination Frank CHANG‚ Leonard XU Fang YANG‚ Sainan YU Background： In March 2012‚ Youku Inc. (NYSE:YOKU) ("Youku") and the Company announced that they had signed a definitive agreement for Tudou to combine with Youku in a 100% stock-for-stock transaction. After the merger‚ the new company Youku Tudou Inc will keep the Youku and Tudou brands‚ continuing to occupy the 1st and 2nd positions in the online video industry. Youku and Tudou together will achieve
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GD GOENKA WORLD SCHOOL INTERNAL ASSESSMENT “Should Koyka Electronics Pvt.Ltd set up its manufacturing unit of transformers in district Haridwar of Uttarakhand in order to expand its business”? Candidate Name- Canditate number- Session- May 2013 Subject- Business management HL Word count Research proposal- 475 Written report-1986 Supervisor- Asha yadav Research proposal Research question “Should Koyka Electronics Pvt.Ltd set up its manufacturing unit
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1. Examine how at least three (3) growth strategy alternatives utilized by Amazon.com in the global and domestic retail markets influenced profitability‚ and indicate if the strategies were successful. Amazon.com has a bunch of growth strategies in place. Their number one strategy is the fact that they start with the customer and work their way backwards. To them as a company they live by what all companies should live by – customer satisfaction is their number one goal. Amazon.com themselves
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Covered Combination The covered combination‚ also known as the covered strangle‚ is a limited profit‚ unlimited risk strategy in options trading that involves selling equal number of out-of-the-money calls and puts of the same underlying security‚ strike price and expiration date while owning the underlying stock. Covered Combination Construction Long 100 Shares Sell 1 OTM Call Sell 1 OTM Put Limited Profit Potential Maximum gain for the covered combination is achieved when the underlying
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Internal Planning Factors Planning Factors These are the factors that relate to what is already happening inside the business. This includes how the organisation is changing to cope with new methods of working or new demands made on it‚ such as the introduction of technology or new products or services. It is also a way of considering the new skills that will be needed in the future and those that the existing staffs already have. The gap between the skills already present and those that are needed
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International Business Expansion Strategy 1. Introduction: Ajami‚ Cool & Goddard (2006‚ p. xxvii) astutely observe that the intensity of international business activities of Multi-national Corporations (MNC) has witnessed an exponential rise over a period of two decades; and the sustained growth of economic inter-connections spanning across national borders has engulfed practically the whole range of diverse business domains‚ from financial markets to manufacturing and shipping (Ajami et al.‚ p
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Advantages: Information technology (IT) benefits the business world by allowing organizations to work more efficiently and to maximize productivity. Some of the advantages that IT can have on our enterprise are given as following. 1. Storage: Information technology creates electronic storage systems to protect our company’s valuable records. 2. Automated Process: In business‚ people look for ways to do more work in a shorter amount of time. IT improves our company’s efficiency by developing
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Advantages of E-Business Strategy E-business is the new mantra of businesses in today’s world and its advantages vary on the type of business or organisation based on their products or services. As the saying goes ‚ one man food is another man poison so strategy that is best for firm A might be the least efficient for firm B. E-business gives a business/firm the opportunity to open its portal to the global market and become a part of the global business community. The most important feature of
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The Advantages of Statistics in Business 1. Performance Management Statistics have many applications in business‚ such as in a manager ’s role in performance management. A manager collects data about employee productivity‚ such as the number of tasks completed or the number of units produced. He must analyse data to find ways in which an employee should improve to achieve maximum productivity. For example‚ if a manager finds that an
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The term internal recruitment is defined as the practice of choosing amongst current companyworkers to fill a position that falls vacant over time. The vacancy could sometimes be advertised throughout a company; this could be on the company’s monthly or quarterly job-sheet. Most institutions of higher learning use this practice. The practice is evoked occasionally when a company’s employee has been rendered redundant in their current post‚ and oftentimes it’s a way used to promote a certain company
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