Introduction Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) is a proprietary hospital management company. The company has been following an acquisitive strategy by taking over hospital companies and not-for-profit hospitals. The firm is also considering expanding into new health service areas like home health care and outpatient surgery. The company is at a crossroads with regard to its financial goals; HCA currently faces the likelihood of adverse changes to the Medicare/Medicaid policy which could strain
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The Black & Decker Corporation. Mission Statement Black & Decker is the worlds leading manufacturer and marketer of many consumer and industrial products. Black & Decker is committed in offering always the most innovative‚ high quality and technologically advanced products and is recognised worldwide for its reputation and excellence. Apart from its commitment to the customers the company had devoted much effort for the satisfaction and good relation with its stockholders‚ suppliers
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this contribution are those of the authors and do not reflect the position of the French Ministry of Defense nor of the French Air Force. 1. Introduction In the field of organization science and strategic management‚ the question of the acquisition of core capabilities is critical (Dodgson‚ 1993; Teece and Pisano‚ 1994). Within this framework‚ the central issue is to understand how organizations acquire‚ exploit and adjust their core capabilities in responding to complex circumstances. Many
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KENNECOTT COPPER CORPORATION CASE REPORT 1. Analyze the economic rationale of the Carborundum acquisition. Under what conditions an acquisition would be expected to add to shareholder value in general? Do any of these reasons apply to Carborundum acquisition? Prior to the consideration of Carborundum as an acquisition target‚ Kennecott‚ a copper company‚ pursued an acquisition of Peabody‚ a coal company‚ for $285 million in cash in 1968. There are two main rationales behind the acquisition of Peabody
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Introduction to Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational software corporation headquartered in Redmond‚ Washington that develops‚ manufactures‚ licenses‚ and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing. The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4‚ 1975. Microsoft is the world’s largest software maker measured by revenues. It is also one of the world’s most valuable companies. Microsoft was established to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for
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notion "corporation" in English and American law; the Philippine Commission enacted the Corporation Law (Act No. 1459)‚ to introduce the American corporation into the Philippines as the standard commercial entity and to hasten the day when the sociedad anónima of the Spanish law would be obsolete. The statute is a sort of codification of American Corporate Law. Harden v. Benguet Consolidated Mining‚ 58 Phil. 141 (1933). 2. The Corporation Law The first corporate statute‚ the Corporation Law‚ or Act
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Journal of Business Case Studies – January/February 2010 Volume 6‚ Number 1 Sunbeam Corporation: A Forensic Analysis Patricia Hatfield‚ Ph.D.‚ Bradley University‚ USA Shelly Webb‚ Ph. D.‚ Xavier University‚ USA ABSTRACT The members of the Board of Directors at Sunbeam were completely bewildered. Al Dunlap‚ Sunbeam’s highly successful but controversial CEO was threatening to resign after almost two years of leading Sunbeam successfully out of a slump that had threatened the long-term
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1. What are the challenges faced by extractive mining corporations in their attempt to establish subsidiary operations in developing nations As major multinational extractive mining corporations continue to expand their developing country footprints‚ they are finding challenges in carrying out corporate social responsibility (CSR) to achieve a sustainable balance of benefits for business‚ its employees‚ stakeholders and the communities in which they attempt to establish subsidiary operations. In
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General Motors Corporation S B Davenport University I often wonder if in 1982 when R.E olds first converted his father’s naval and industrial engine factory into the Olds Motor Vehicle Company to build horseless carriages‚ did he know he was making way to for the largest full-line vehicle manufacturer and marketer (General Motors Corporation. 2011). The beginning of General Motors (GM) Corporation all begin from the minds of just a four innovative engineers and good businessman. When R.E.
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Nuclear Corporation of America was involved in the nuclear instrument and electronics business. In 1964‚ the company’s board of directors opted for new leadership due to suffering several money-losing years and facing bankruptcy. F. Kenneth Iverson was the new leader‚ president‚ and CEO of Nuclear Corporation. F. Kenneth decided that the best way to rebuild the company was to expand around its profitable South Carolina. Iverson was already the head of Vulcraft before adopting Nuclear Corporation. He
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