observations are draw from the author’s personal experiences. The case is not intended to support a particular approach to management‚ nor is there a correct solution to the case analysis. Key issues include international strategic alliances and joint ventures‚ corporate response to trade liberalization‚ organizational and national culture‚ and cross-cultural management and negotiation. INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY During the NAFTA negotiations‚ many U.S. firms were concerned about the reduction of U
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intake 10 Strategic Management and Business Policy Submitted by: Rawi El Masry Submitted to: Dr.Sherif Lotfy Case Study Carrefour Table of Content 1. Introduction Carrefour is the famous French multinational retailer headquartered in Boulogne Billancourt‚ France‚ in Paris. Carrefour means "crossroads" and "public square" in French. Carrefour is the market leader for retail business in Europe & number 2 worldwide after Wal-Mart. It’s present in 34 countries across
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Carrefour FIN4812 International Finance Case Analysis CARREFOUR S.A This report is created with a discussion over several important international finance topics for instance‚ interest-rate parity‚ currency risk management‚ regarding description on Carrefour S.A. financing policies as well as hedging strategy. Additionally‚ we also discussed on which currency Carrefour should issue its 10-year‚ 750 million euro‚ annual coupon bond‚ its foreign currency risk exposure and a possible hedging
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Motivated professionals‚ dedicated to customer service With over 410‚000 employees‚ 110‚000 of them in France‚ the Carrefour group ranks among the top 13 private employers in the world. Wherever it is an employer‚ Carrefour aspires to be seen as a benchmark in human resources management and social responsibility. Attracting‚ training‚ supporting and securing the loyalty of employees: the group makes every effort to support the development of its staff members‚ who are‚ after all‚ its ambassadors
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Joint Ventures‚ Strategic Alliances‚ Collaborations and Merger and Acquisitions Questions | Q1. Why is a Joint Venture (JV) preferable to more general collaboration form of the Strategic Alliance? Q2. What are the relative merits and weaknesses of JVs and SAs? Q3. Why would company seek M&A as a market entry strategy? What are the advantages and disadvantages of M&A? why might a merger fail and what might be the outcome? Q4. What are the relative merits/ disadvantages of JVs‚ SAs‚ and
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3.1. IJV local environment This section discusses in detail the effect of national culture and organization culture on the performance of Sino-foreign joint ventures‚ based on previous studies. 3.1.1. National culture Culture is regarded as a “system of shared values and beliefs” (Saloner‚ Shepard and Podolny 2001) that aims to solve problems that arise due to external adaption and internal adaptation of the organizations (Schein 1985). External adaptation is defining the strategy and main objectives
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regulation has China liberalized in order to conform to international standards? Before and after joining in WTO‚ China has liberalized aspects of its regulation to conform to international standards. First aspect is the law that China permits wholly foreign owned operations in its territory. The Joint Venture now is an important vehicle for foreign investors to obtain Chinese market sensitivity‚ capability‚ and experience. Second is the capital source control. The JV in China can borrow capital
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Solving the Labor Dilemma in a Joint Venture in Japan 1. What steps can you suggest that might help John solve his labor problems for the new plant in Tokyo? First an International or Global Human Resources Manager should be hired since this person is familiar with operations in the United States and Japan. This executive will be knowledgeable of both countries (U.S. & Japans) education‚ economic‚ legal and political system and specially its socio-cultural environment and will be key player in
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Marketing Research and Management in SEA Case Analysis: Nora-Sakari: A Proposed Joint Venture In Malaysia Submission date: 03.03.2004 Nanyang Technological University CONTENTS: ___________________________________________________________________________ Introduction 1 Cultural differences 2 Relationship-Focus vs. Deal Focus 2 Formal vs. Informal 4 Time and Scheduling- Monochromic vs. Polychronic 5 Why Nora should contact Kuusisto in Helsinki. 6 Why shouldn’t Nora contact Kuusisto in
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………………………………………………………………….…... 3 2. General overview of international joint ventures ……………………………... 4 2.1 Main classification of joint ventures ……………………………………. 5 2.2 Structure of joint venture entity ………………………………………..… 5 3. Advantages and disadvantages of international joint ventures …………….. 6 3.1 Advantages of IJV ……………………………………………………….... 7 3.2 Disadvantages of IJV ……………………………………………………... 8 4. Planning an international joint venture ………………………………………... 8 4.1 Preliminary investigation …………………………………………………
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