QUESTION ONE A Merger can be defined as a Voluntary amalgamation of two firms on roughly equal terms into one new legal entity. Mergers are effected by exchange of the pre-merger stock (shares) for the stock of the new firm. Owners of each pre-merger firm continue as owners‚ and the resources of the merging entities are pooled for the benefit of the new entity. If the merged entities were competitors‚ the merger is called horizontal integration‚ if they were supplier or customer of one another
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MEMORANDUM TO: JUAN C. ARAQUE FROM: GROUP #6 SUBJECT: CASE STUDY FOR COMPANY "BRINKERHOFF INTERNATIONAL INC." DATE: 11/14/00 CC: HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR OBJECTIVE: After careful review and analysis of the situation and the facts surrounding the company Brinkerhoff International Incorporated (BII)‚ our team has been able to develop a viable course of action to efficiently improve productivity and relations within the organization. PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED: It is apparent through financial
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of easyJet’s competitive advantage in the aspects of differentiation and costs. Moreover‚ recommendations have been given to the specific case. The structure of the industry in which easyJet competes According to the Structure – Conduct – Performance Model‚ the start point for strategic analysis must be the understanding of the industry structure. In the case situation‚ as the European airline industry had been highly regulated in December 1992‚ the barriers to entry had a considerable reduction
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used to organize your thoughts about a case. As you perform your analysis remain open to the fact that your interpretation of the facts may change and therefore you should constantly revisit your answers. Define the Problem: Describe the type of case and what problem(s) or issue(s) should be the focus for your analysis. | List any outside concepts that can be applied: Write down any principles‚ frameworks or theories that can be applied to this case. | List relevant qualitative data:
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1. How do Information Technologies contribute to the business success of the companies depicted in the case? Provide an example from each company explaining how the technology implemented led to improved performance. Information technologies have contributed to the business success for the companies depicted in many different ways. One of the methods was through the introduction of new hardware that would add to the communication networks of the company. Another method would be the introduction
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Case Study 1. What do you think is causing some of the problems in the bank’s home office and branches? Ans: I think these is a problem of recruiting suitable employees. Because there is an employee named Johnson who didn’t know the machine’s name that she’s working with and she didn’t know its name either. She only knew how to operate the machine precisely. The employees don’t have the adequate experience of their work. With customers to see and loans to be made‚ they have little time to work
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any one listed group of companies operating in India. Research its website to study its business‚ organization structures and corporate governance arrangements as well as financial information. Try and meet or talk to senior executives in the company as well. Ensure that your presentation covers the following: 1. Where are the companies in the group incorporated? Where are their shares listed? 2. Are these cases of networks‚ pyramids or chained structures? 3. What is your opinion on the
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Jude Excell L. Morales BSCS IV-A CASE STUDY 1 You Are Your Own Worst Enemy Q1. Think of yourself as a business manager. You have employees you supervise and you are responsible for ensuring that they meet daily work quotas. But you find they are spending a couple hours per day shopping online‚ chatting with their friends through instant messaging‚ and so on. How do you motivate your employee to perform their work? How do you restrict them from non-work-elated activities without creating
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Case Study 6 One of the main causes of the housing bubble “bursting” in the mid-2000’s was largely due to the sub-prime mortgages. A sub-prime mortgage is generally classified as a mortgage loan to a borrower with a low credit score‚ with a small down payment‚ or high debt to income ratio. The market for sub-prime mortgages was 37.6 percent of total mortgages by the end of 2005. In 1994 sub-prime mortgages accounted for only 6 percent of total mortgages. To a great extent the “bubble burst” is
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1.0 Overview of the case study Background of the Study Sweeney Tours is a holiday tour operator offering package holidays to a number of resorts in the Mediterranean. The holidays fly from a number of airports in the UK and have a fairly complicated pricing Structure. There is a great deal of information in the brochures that Sweeney Tours produce along with an Accompanying price guide. Some of the information is on computer but this is somewhat cumbersome as it is in separate systems that are
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