components‚ while others required Lucent proprietary ASICs and other proprietary components. Finally‚ due to the wide range of specialized needs of customers‚ the 5ESS Switch was a custom configured‚ engineered-to-order product. Manufacturing Strategy Four joint ventures had been established in Asia in response to requirements from customers. Once a joint venture was established‚ most manufacturing continued to be done in the United States. It was believed that the high volume of production in Oklahoma
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MARTINEZ CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN GERMANY 1. General presentation of the case study (Summary) Martinez Construction is a well-established construction company in Eastern Spain. Because of a recent decline in contracts in the Spain society‚ Martinez Construction Company needed to expand to international market in order to survive (expand and grow). After a survey in the international market‚ the newly
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is conducive because they want to produce high quality goods for their customers and they realize the brand name retailers do not want to deal with anti-sweatshop campaigns because it can cause issues. The company is also is comprised of three joint ventures: Mast Industries‚ Courtaulds and MAS Holdings. Amongst the three‚ Slimline has been able to become a successful company due to the strategies in placed and the support of one another in creating the company. The management team has been superb
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The Motives for International Acquisitions: Capability Procurements‚ Strategic Considerations‚ and the Role of Ownership Structures Author(s): Shih-Fen S. Chen Reviewed work(s): Source: Journal of International Business Studies‚ Vol. 39‚ No. 3 (Apr. - May‚ 2008)‚ pp. 454471 Published by: Palgrave Macmillan Journals Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25483277 . Accessed: 28/02/2013 12:46 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at .
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” 1995 – 1998 In early 1998‚ William and Victor Fung had to review their business‚ the Li & Fung Group‚ to plan for the next three years. Examine strategic and organizational issues including company culture‚ international expansion‚ and venture capital projects. Discussion Questions: 1. How is Li & Fung able to maintain margins three times those of the rest of the industry? What are its specific strengths and how does it differ from more traditional competitors? 2. What
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QUESTION: Discuss the expansion and growth strategies: joint venture‚ acquisition‚ merger‚ hostile takeover‚ leverage buy outs. Give examples of each in the discussion. ANSWERS AND DISCUSSION: All successful small business startups eventually face the issue of handling business expansion or growth. Business expansion is a stage of a company’s life that is fraught with both opportunities often fortunes and for perils. it a owners On the one hand‚ business in In growth carries with corresponding
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mechanisms that propel the partners’ strategy forward in a turbulent environment faster than would be possible for each company alone. Alliances typically fall under one of three categories: Joint Ventures: Two or more companies create an independent company; an example is the Nuumi corporation‚ created as a joint venture between Toyota and General Motors‚ which gave GM access to Toyota’s manufacturing expertise and provided Toyota with a manufacturing base in the U.S. Equity strategic alliances: Two or
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in the year 1987. The plan initiated under the new leadership of David Whitwam encountered many problems in its early stages illustrated in a declining profitability in its home market‚ losses in the European market and failure in some of its joint ventures in the Asian market.1 With such poor performance and failure in achieving competitive edges in global markets‚ Whirlpool was at a great risk of losing huge investments made in foreign markets‚ and losing highly-potential market shares in emerging
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that there is huge gap between what Nora and Sakari can sacrifice to successfully negotiate the contract with each other. Following are some example proving how far they are from the real contract. Sakari proposed an equity split in the Joint Venture (JV) Company of 49 percent for Sakari and 51 percent for Nora. Whereas‚ Nora proposed a 30 percent Sakari and 70 percent Nora Split. Sakari proposed to provide the JV Company with the basic structure of the digital switch where by the
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microanalyzers are a relatively small portion of our overall business (10% of sales)‚ so while anticipated sales growth in this product line is significant‚ its largest impact is expected to serve as a brand leader for our other product lines. Fourth‚ we need to acquire expertise in the character of business activities such as production and marketing in the specific emerging markets. Finally‚ we recognize that our microanalyzer is a value product and as such it
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