Citibank: The Confia Acquisition in Mexico Situation Analysis Citibank is looking to expand their reach within the banking world. They had an opportunity to acquire Confia a Mexican bank. Many Mexican banks are having problems due to the lack of money and resources the Mexican people have to invest in the banks. Citibank does much research while deciding whether to follow through with the deal. At the very end of the purchasing process an undiscovered threat is exposed to Citibank that Confia
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CITIBANK CASE 1. Citibank should maximize profits in developed countries where there are very large populations with potential customers. The economy in Asia-pacific countries is not as developed as the United States and Europe. Citibank has the opportunity cost of maximizing profits in the United States and Europe for risking the card launch in Asia and not getting results from that. 2. If Citibank decides to launch the new card to Asia-Pacific countries‚ they should go ahead and launch
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Work Specialization is used to describe the degree to which activities in organizations are divided into separate jobs. This means that an entire task is not done by one individual but instead is broken down into jobs done by different people. In Citibank‚ tasks are divided into different jobs according to the requirements and work specialization can be seen. For example‚ in the distribution of debit cards‚ more than one person is involved in the process. There is a CRM (customer relation manager)
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ProblemThe California Division of Citibank has introduced a new performance scorecard to highlight the importance of a diverse set of measures in achieving the strategic goals of the division. Among the new measures introduced was a customer satisfaction indicator. Unfortunately‚ James McGaran‚ the manager of the most important branch and who consistently delivers impressive financial results scored "below par" on customer satisfaction. Frits Seeger‚ President of Citibank California and Lisa Johnson‚
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9-595-026 REV: OCTOBER 2‚ 2002 V. KASTURI RANGAN Citibank: Launching the Credit Card in Asia Pacific (A) On a rainy afternoon in 1989‚ Rana Talwar‚ head of Citibank’s Asia Pacific Consumer Bank‚ reflected upon the 11 years that had gone by since the Consumer Bank had established its consumer business in Asia. The branch banking business operations in 15 countries throughout Asia Pacific and the Middle East projected Citibank as a prestigious‚ consumer-oriented international bank and as the
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customers. It provided the tools and channels for its customers to receive money efficiently and to make payment in a timely fashion. In 2000‚ intense competition and the dot com boom put pressure on Citibank and its competitors to transform their business in the new economy. In response to these challenges‚ Citibank made a serious push to deliver integrated solutions that would enable its corporate customers to conduct transactions on-line. Citibank’s e-business strategy – Connect‚ Transform and Extend –
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CASE “Citibank: Performance Evaluation” Harvard Business School 9-198-048 rev: October 14‚ 1999 The Performance Scorecard: a strategic management tool Frits Seegers‚ President of Citibank California‚ is convinced that “in a competitive marketplace where businesses compete for customers‚ customer satisfaction is seen as a key differentiator and increasingly has become a key element of business strategy”1. Fulfilling customers’ expectations is a critical issue for the long term business sustainability
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evaluation of performance of James McGaran‚ Branch Manager of Citibank in Los Angeles by his Area Manager‚ Lisa Johnson‚ and the discrepancies that crept in during the evaluation process. In the case‚ it can be seen how Lisa Johnson had failed to reflect some of the performances properly leading to a stalemate position in the performance evaluation of an efficient manager like James McGaran. James McGaran was a branch manager of Citibank in Los Angles and the branch he is handing is placed in one
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objectives of the case is that Citibank has aligned its new performance evaluation process to inculcate non financial measures in the performance evaluation and thereby highlighting the importance of diverse set of measures for evaluating performance it has been a year since the California division has introduced this change through a new performance scorecard and Citibank has to make sure that the change is communicated throughout the organisation. * The Citibank California division has to make
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Citibank: Launching the Credit Card in Asia Pacific 45-720 Marketing Management Marc Brands Masatoshi Kaneko Oscar Lehmann Shu Yagi Juan Zatarain January 23‚ 2003 Executive Summary We recommend in the first phase to expand the credit card business into India‚ the Philippines‚ Taiwan and Thailand. These are fairly stable untapped markets. Our strategy is to focus generally on the high status groups in these markets. The cards should be issued in the local
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