TRAN Dinh Khoi AUDENCIA IMM 06-07 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AS A DOUGHNUT: SHAPING YOUR KNOWLEDGE STRATEGY THROUGH COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE 1. About the author Etienne Wenger Etienne Wenger‚ a recognized authority on the discipline‚ is a consultant and researcher‚ and the co-author of Cultivating communities of practice: a guide to managing knowledge (Harvard Business School Press‚ 2002) with R. McDermott and W. Snyder. 2. Summary The utility of knowledge management has been debating
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have also briefly looked at the negative sides of corporate culture to avoid bias. Furthermore I have looked at how corporate culture affects (International) mergers and acquisitions of companie. I have given an analysis of the failure of the DaimlerChrysler Merger in view of their clashing corporate cultures. Subsequently I have listed what a company could possible do if they enter in a merger to avoid clashes in culture. Corporate culture as a competitive advantage Introduction In order
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Lecture 1: Microeconomics and Biz Strategy References: Pindyck&Rubinfeld. Chap.1 What are the firm’s important functions and strategies ? 1. Selling need to know consumers purchasing behavior for example‚ what if the price increases: price elasticity of demand marketing/product positioning strategies Topics 3-5 lectures 2. Production Supply function/producers output decision how to produce? Firms output decision: Short run vs LR For example‚ should the firm continue producing
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The importance and the influence of the corporate culture in a merger and acquisition context Authors: Tutor: Program: Hanane Makhlouk Olena Shevchuk Dr. Mikael Lundgren Master´s Programme in Leadership and Management in International Context Subject: Change Management Level and semester: Graduate‚ May 2008 Baltic Business School Acknowledgement First of all‚ we would like to express our gratitude to all the teachers involved in the Master Programme for their contribution
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company rather than remaining separately owned and operated. Both the company stocks are surrendered and a new company stock is issued in its place. For example Daimler-Benz and Chrysler no longer exist when they merged but now a new company “DaimlerChrysler” was created ‚(McClure in investopidia) A purchased deal can also be called a merger when both CEO’s agree that joining together will be the interest of both company ‚as Vos & Kellerher.‚2000 stated that theoretically a company will enter
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incremental $50 million in wealth for its shareholders. The project has a net present value (NPV) of $50 million. Input $100 M Output Project $150 M Value Created = $150M - $100M = $50 How is this possible? Investments that Destroy Value DaimlerChrysler formed by the $36 billion acquisition of Chrysler by Germany’s Daimler-Benz in 1998 Net cash outflows‚ restructuring payments Chrysler “bleeding cash and unlikely to become profitable under the bestcase scenario until 2009” 2007 Cerberus
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Pergamon PII: European Management Journal Vol. 19‚ No. 3‚ pp. 239–253‚ 2001 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved Printed in Great Britain S0263-2373(01)00021-4 0263-2373/01 $20.00 + 0.00 HR Issues and Activities in Mergers and Acquisitions RANDALL SCHULER‚ Rutgers University‚ New Jersey SUSAN JACKSON‚ Rutgers University‚ New Jersey Mergers and acquisitions are increasingly being used by firms to strengthen and maintain their position in the market place. They are seen by many
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Chrysler was founded in 1925 and it has had a joyous history. Being the third-largest of Detroit’s auto companies it was especially known for its development in well-engineered cars the years after World War II. As of the last three decades it has been experiencing both highs and lows. The unlikely union of Chrysler and Fiat to me seemed to be a bigger mistake than that of the Chrysler and Benz merger (" daimler‚ chrysler‚" 2008). Fiat took control of Chrysler after it emerged from its government-sponsored
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Basic introduction The Volkswagen group has its headquarters in Wolfsburg‚ Germany. With around 350‚000 employees and annual deliveries of more than 5 millions vehicles Volkswagen is Germany’s leading automobile manufacturer and therefore belongs to Europe’s main leaders. Volkswagen runs 58 production plants worldwide and sells cars in over 150 countries. Main regions to sell apart from Europe are North America and China. The business is divided into two different sectors: 1. The automobile
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SMART CAR CASE 1. What is Smart’s competitive advantage? Its brand image? The Smart Car‚ made by DaimlerChrysler‚ offers a cost focus and focused differentiation. It brand image is very narrowly focused. Smart appeals to single people (or families with no children)‚ who primarily do city driving and want a no frills automobile that is economical and eco-friendly. Some advantages that Smart brings to the table are as follows. First‚ the vehicle has an exceptional look that appeal to those who
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