Case 20: PEPSICO CHANGCHUN JOINT VENTURE Capital Expenditure Analysis Study Questions Q1. Use the information in the case to construct two sets of NPV and IRR analysis from joint venture view and Pepsico. Based on the results‚ what would be your decision on the proposed Changchun joint venture? Q2. Comment on the financial projections that PepsiCo used in its capital budgeting exercise‚ especially the NOPBT Cap‚ foreign exchange rate projection and the discount rate. Q3. What differences might
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GLOBAL JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH ♦ VOLUME 3 ♦ NUMBER 2 ♦ 2009 AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARIES AND JOINT VENTURES FOR ENTRY INTO CHINA MARKETS Yung-Heng Lee‚ Northwestern Polytechnic University‚ USA Yann-Haur Huang‚ Northwestern Polytechnic University‚ USA Mei-Jane Chan‚ Northwestern Polytechnic University‚ USA ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to empirically investigate the effectiveness of The Eclectic Theory in explaining the entry mode choices of Taiwanese Electronic Components
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CASE STUDY: HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY (ELI LILLY AND COMPANY) Introduction: Following on his experience of medicines used in the Civil War‚ Colonel Eli Lilly‚ a Union Officer and a pharmacist‚ started a small pharmaceutical company in Indianapolis‚ Indiana‚ USA with the aim of producing high quality prescription drugs. After Colonel Lilly’s death‚ his son Josiah K. Lilly Sr.‚ and eventually his two grandsons‚ Eli Lilly and Josiah K. Lilly Jr.‚ each served as president of the company. It was his grandson
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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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to forming a joint venture in China focused on 3G‚ or more specifically‚ TD-SCDMA (time division-synchronous code division multiple access) and W-CDMA. The joint venture will focus on research and development‚ manufacturing and sales of 3G network systems. The JV will begin offering its first TD-SCDMA and W-CDMA systems next year under China Puritan’s Potevio label. The TD-SCDMA standard is being billed as a Chinese alternative to 3G. In addition to 3G services‚ the venture also will offer
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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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it appears to have had no HRM (human resource management) plans or strategies in place to address its expansion into Japan. “An HR department is typically created when the number of employees reaches 200-500” (Ivancevich‚ 2010‚ p. 14)‚ Johnsco has 300 employees currently and with the expansion into the Japanese marketplace this number will obviously increase. “The HRM strategies must reflect clearly the organization’s strategies regarding people‚ profit‚ and overall effectiveness”. (Ivancevich‚
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ABSTRACT: Petrochina‚ one of the largest companies in the world‚ has established a joint venture with Ineos refining in 2011‚ with strategic motives to attain competitive advantage and core competence. From the context of corporate strategy and joint ventures‚ a joint venture is the best way to share and utilize the complementary assets from another company with low risk compared to any other process such as acquisitions. Using the resource based theories such as PESTEL and VRIN ‚ the paper
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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 of the organization‚ and understanding the opportunities and threats
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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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