Int. J. of Human Resource Management 15:8 December 2004 1355– 1370 The role of human resource management in cross-border mergers and acquisitions Ruth V. Aguilera and John C. Dencker Abstract Cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have become the dominant mode of growth for firms seeking competitive advantage in an increasingly complex and global business economy. Although human resource management (HRM) can play a value-adding role in the merger process‚ existing research and evidence
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airline industry was in a downturn in the early 2000s‚ but both Airbus and Boeing had an extensive backlog. The market for jumbo aircraft had grown up significantly since Boeing had introduced its 747 model in 1966‚ which revolutionized the concept of air travel due to its large size‚ and ushered in the era of mass travel through the hub-spoke system. Boeing was well fit to this system because of its wide range of aircraft from the single-aisle 737‚ the medium-long size and range 767 and 777‚ and jumbo
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Constitutions are codes of rules which aspire to regulate the allocation of functions‚ powers and duties among the carious agencies and officers of government‚ and define the relationships between these and the public (Finer 1979: 15). The German Constitution known as the Basic Law was adopted on 23 May‚ 1949 by the West German State and became the constitution of the entire Federal Republic of Germany with the 1990 reunification. Its French counterpart came into effect on October 4‚ 1958 leading
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WestJet Case Study WestJet is a Canadian low-cost carrier‚ which was founded in 1996 and headquartered in Calgary‚ Alberta. WestJet is Canada’s second largest airline with high per cent of the domestic market. It provides scheduled and charter air service to 86 destinations in Canada‚ the United States‚ Mexico‚ the Caribbean and Central America. WestJet operates an average of 425 flights and carrying over 45‚000 passengers per day. In 2012‚ WestJet carried 17‚453‚352 passengers‚ making it the ninth-largest
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universal monarchy for himself or alternatively to use it to secure natural frontiers for France thus improving its defences. During his reign Louis was involved in four major wars some of which Louis may be accountable as the provocateur‚ however‚ I believe that mainly his motives were purely defensive. It was apparent to Louis that there were a number of gateways from the Empire through which enemies of France might threaten the state ’s security. The three imperial bishoprics of Metz‚ Toul and Verdun
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Igor Petrusca 1. Describe the corporate culture at Sealed Air. What is its business model? How do they make money? From the very beginning the Sealed Air corporation established itself as a company seeking market leadership and fostering technological leadership. It was a company of “firsts”. In essence‚ its philosophy was based on the belief that innovation is a customer-generated process and that it brings about market leadership which in turn means greater and sustainable profits. That is why
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through its parent company United Breweries Group‚ has a 50% stake in low-cost carrier Kingfisher Red. The airline has been facing financial issues for many years. Until December 2011‚ Kingfisher Airlines had the second largest share in India’s domestic air travel market. However due to a severe financial crisis faced by the airline at the beginning of 2012‚ it has the lowest market share since April 2012. Vijay Mallya is looking at reports of Q3 of 2008 ‚ thinking that can there beany way to at least
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resource‚ it will eventually run out. One possible alternative is the air-powered car. Air powered cars runs on compressed air instead of gasoline. This car is powered by a two cylinder compressed engine. This engine can run either on compressed air alone or act as an IC engine. Compressed air is stored in glass or fiber tanks at a pressure of 4351 psi. [pic] Within the next two years‚ you could see the first air-powered vehicle motoring through your town. Most likely‚ it will
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Marko Ortiz Charpilloz 8A Mr.Elinghous The relations between France and the United States During and after the war During the American revolution o1775 insert date America’s biggest ally was France. During and after the war‚ both nations consistently helped each other but also fought with one another. Examples of these such events are the x‚y‚z affaire as is also the Quasi war. The relationship in between these two nations was howether also very fragile during the French revolution in which Britain
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Executive Summary The HNA group re-launched its commercial carriers under a new entity: Grand China Air; their strategy was to create a brand where its four major airlines (Hainan‚ Shanxi‚ Xinhua‚ and Chang’an airlines can compete globally. They have delivered very good financial returns and have expanded throughout the Chinese market in a relative short period of time. HNA is not a governments entity. this allowed them to expand very rapidly by increase the size of its equity from stock markets
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