CASE 2/ Fiat Chrysler alliance 1/ Strengths and weaknesses of Fiat GM alliance Fiat was close to bankruptcy (no sustainable position) ; GM took 20% and Fiat received a put option ; explain ? Relations deteriorated (operations phase)‚ GM became less interested : Alliance was not equal ; The gross of the company has been different (different cycle and country) ; 2/ Strengths and weaknesses of Chrysler Daimler alliance Merger of equals‚ however Daimler baught Chrysler for bn$ 36 ; isnt’ it surprising
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In the case of Chemalite‚ Inc. we analyzed the financial data provided by one of the largest stockholders of the company‚ Bennett Alexander‚ and the company’s bookkeeper. According to given expenditures‚ transactions‚ cash outflows and other related financial information; we prepared transaction journals‚ T-accounts‚ income statements‚ statements of financial position and statements of cash flows for the six months ended June 30‚ 2003 and for the year ended December 31‚ 2003. We
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shortage → in Canada‚ more than $2 billion in sales → largest consumers – municipalities‚ both products and services → significant portion of market – industrial Competition: → dominated by 2 large mutli-national companies ( Siemens water tech and Zenon membrane solutions) → competition targeted large users of filtration systems (corporation and municipalities) requiring over 1 million litres/day → Siemens – 2.8 million in revenue‚ 6000 employees (150 R&D)‚ serve more than 90% of fortune
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Evergreen Park‚ Illinois. Michael‚ 39‚ is the father; Brynn‚ 38‚ is the mother; Sandra‚ 11‚ is the daughter. Michael works as a pediatric surgeon at Advocate Children’s Hospital and Brynn is a pharmacist at CVS Health. They chose these occupations because of the satisfaction it brings to them and the salary to provide to their family. Some alternatives that were considered was a nurse and a teacher. They rejected those occupations because the less satisfaction they’d have. Both Michael and Brynn are doing
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I. BACKGROUND OF THE CASE February 27‚ 1981‚ the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of the Philippines entered into a contract to develop applications of solar energy in the Philippines. The project was called the Philippine-German Solar Energy Project (PGSEP). The technology involved the capsulation of the sun’s rays through panels of photovoltaic (PV) cells. The encapsulated energy charged a wet cell battery‚ controlled by battery control unit (BCU). It produce direct current
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Rooms Division Management Chapter 1 A process is a series of related tasks that yields a product or service to satisfy a guest. A typical hotel has the following core processes: Guest’s selection of a hotel Guest’s arrival at the hotel Guest’s stay at the hotel Guest’s departure The selection proceeds through the introduction of the hotel which can be done in 3 ways: On Internet through a hotel’s website (one of the most important sources of reservations for hotels)
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I. Brief Background of the Case August Scientific Instruments‚ Inc. (ASI‚ Inc.) is a small private company which specializes in the manufacturing of miniature electromechanical components. It is located on a small but progressive town wherein a Technical Education Institute is also based. At first‚ the company underwent several problems and setbacks and was able to grow steadily and expand its operations until in 1958; it was able to acquire additional investments‚ substantial monthly sales and
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The reason I am writing this essay is because leaving ones equipment laying around degrades the efficiency of the work environment. It binds up all the components that naturally flow causing more problems to arise that are normally not present. Typical the machine is free of problems but‚ is now faced with correcting the issue at hand rather than carrying on with its work. If even a single component is out of place the unit doesn’t function properly and the whole suffers. An old saying comes to
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1. SUBSTATION EQUIPMENT AND THEIR FUNCTIONS Substations INTRODUCTION: In Power System network‚ in order to transmit and distribute the generated power‚ it is necessary to install “SUBSTATIONS” at strategic points to work at required voltage level since “HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION” is resorted to. The Sub stations are classified as “GRID” of “RADIAL” Substations. The Grid station is installed in Grid network to reduce the voltage level from 230KV to 110 KV. The radial Station within Distribution net
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FIN532M: Financial Derivatives Problem Set 2 DUE DATE: Feb. 12‚ 2015 1. How can you differentiate the forward price from the value of a forward contract? (2 points) 2. Explain why an FRA can be viewed as an exchange of a floating rate of interest for a fixed rate of interest payments and how you can use FRA in mitigating risks. (4 points) 3. The standard deviation of monthly changes in the spot price of live cattle is 1.2 cents per pound. The standard deviation of monthly changes in the futures
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