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    Cooper Industries 1. What is Cooper’s corporate strategy? How does it create value? What are Copper’s key resources? 2. Should Cooper Industries acquire Champion Spark Plugs? (How is this acquisition likely to affect shareholder value?) 3. What are the limits to Cooper’s corporate strategy? Cooper’s corporate strategy is to expand the company to lessen its dependence on the cyclical natural gas business and to exhibit stable earnings. The way they achieved this over the years was through the merger

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    – N OF OT C E FO N G A R SA GE LE LE OR ARN CL IN AS G SR OO M US E Rev. April 18‚ 1995 Cooper Industries’ Corporate Strategy (A) The business of Cooper is value-added manufacturing. – Cooper Industries’ management philosophy Manufacturing may not be glamorous‚ but we know a lot about it. – Robert Cizik‚ Chairman‚ President and CEO Cooper Industries‚ a company more than 150 years old‚ spent most of its history as a small but reputable maker of engines and compressors

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    Advanced Financial Management Cooper Industries Case March 30‚ 2009 Jesse Van Gestel ID#200504399 Cooper Industries‚ Inc. 1. If you were Mr. Cizik of Cooper Industries‚ would you try to gain control of Nicholson File Company in May 1972? 2. What is the maximum price that Cooper can afford to pay for Nicholson and still keep the acquisition attractive from the standpoint of Cooper? [Treasury Bills yielded 5.6% in May 1972.] 3. What are the concerns and what is the bargaining position

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    Spring 2010 08 Fall Cooper Industries‚ Inc. Prepared by: Finance 450 Overview & Introduction Cooper Industries is looking to acquire Nicholson File Company. It meets the three criteria that Cooper looks for in acquiring a company. “First‚ the industry should be one in which Cooper could become a major factor. The industry must be fairly stable‚ with a broad market for the products and a product line of ‘small ticket’ items. Finally‚ it had to be a leading company in

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    Cooper Industries’ is truly in the business of value-added manufacturing. From its criteria used to select acquisitions to its organizational structure‚ Cooper Industries is constantly trying to uncover opportunities to acquire and divest companies in the pursuit of increasing economies of scope and profitability. Acquisition Guidelines for Diversification Cooper has specific‚ detailed guidelines for its diversification approach. It will only acquire firms that will fit easily into their

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    ECONOMIES OF SCALE AND ECONOMIES OF SCOPE Economies of scale are reductions in average costs attributable to production volume increases. They typically are defined in relation to firms‚ which may seek to achieve economies of scale by becoming large or even dominant producers of a particular type of product or service. A distinction can be made between internal and external economies of scales. Internal economies of scale occur when a firm reduces costs by increasing production. External economies

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    Cooper Industries Inc. Based on the given information in the case study regarding the acquisition of Nicholson File Company by Cooper Industries‚ there is no question that Cooper should try to gain control of Nicholson. This decision is based on an analysis of the bargaining positions of each group of Nicholson stockholders which have disparate goals and needs that need to be met. In addition‚ an appropriate payment method and specific dollar value based on a competitor’s offer and Cooper financial

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    Economies of Scale Scope

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    GGS 3/17/09 15:15 r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r rr ECONOMIES AND SCOPE OF SCALE 2 r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r rr ew concepts in microeconomics‚ if any‚ are more fundamental to business strategy than economies of scale and the closely related economies of scope. Economies of scale allow some firms to achieve a cost advantage over their rivals. Economies of scale are a key determinant of market structure and entry. Even the internal organization

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    to “The Functions of the HQ Unit in the Multi-Business Firm‚” do economies of scale and economies of scope provide cost advantage opportunities to firms? · What considerations would be relevant to a firm’s deciding which strategy (scale or scope) to adopt? · How does the choice of executive focus – strategic planning‚ strategic control‚ financial control – influence HQ functions and approaches in a multi-business firm? In economies of scale lower cost of goods sold by leveraging increased production

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    Cooper Industries, Inc.

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    The management of Cooper Industries‚ Inc.‚ is considering whether to acquire the Nicholson File Company‚ a leading manufacturer of hand tools. The Nicholson family and other members of the management group own about 20% of the Nicholson stock; the remainder is publicly held. From the standpoint of Cooper‚ an affirmative decision may involve Cooper in a bidding contest with two other companies‚ which have already purchased part of the outstanding Nicholson stock and made tender offers in an effort

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