December 1996 Marvel Entertainment Group filed for bankruptcy. Marvel came up with a reorganization plan that meant that Perelman‚ Marvel’s largest shareholder‚ would invest $365 million in exchange for 427 million newly issued shares. Carl Icahn‚ one of the main bondholders‚ did not support this plan. On March 7‚ 1997‚ a confirmation hearing was scheduled at which both parties would vote on the proposed reorganization plan. In this case study‚ we will first look at why Marvel filed for bankruptcy
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[pic] Case: Marvel Entertainment Group Corporate Finance 1 Marvel’s bankruptcy In December 1996‚ Marvel Entertainment Group and the three holding companies entered bankruptcy. Why did they file for it and why were the problems caused; bad luck‚ bad strategy or bad execution? And did Perelman’s pre 1997 decisions contributed to Marvel’s downfall? In our opinion‚ the bankruptcy of Marvel was caused by a variation of problems. These problems can be divided
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Marvel Entertainment Group Question 1 Filling Chapter 11 could help Marvel to commence the restructuring plan in a more smoothing pattern. As Marvel was a highly leveraged company with a significant number of dissenters‚ bondholders and vulture investor including Carl Icahn would not easily agree on the restructuring plan. Under Chapter 11‚ reorganization plan will bind dissenting creditors and shareholders to arrive at an agreement easier. In fact‚ upon the filing of a Chapter 11‚ an
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Marvel Entertainment Inc. BUSINESS STRATEGY Marvel Entertainment Inc. is a media and entertainment company. The entertainment and the media they provide are based on characters like Spider-man‚ Spider-Man‚ Incredible Hulk‚ Fantastic Four‚ X-Men‚ Blade‚ Captain America and so forth. Their primary operating segments include Publishing‚ Licensing and Film Production. The Licensing segment earns revenues from selling rights to movies‚ television production companies‚ video game publishers‚ merchandise
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Chapter 4 The External Environment The Environmental Domain Organization Environment is composed of all elements that exist outside the boundary of the organization that have the potential to affect all or part of the organization. Its domain is the chosen field of action. The environment comprises several sectors or subdivisions of the environment that contain similar elements (ie. industry‚ raw materials‚ human resources‚ market‚ technology‚ financial resources‚ economic conditions‚ government
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The External Environment: Opportunities‚ Threats‚ Competition‚ and Competitor Analysis The external environment affects a firm’s strategic actions. For the example‚ when Philip Morris International (PMI) joint venture with Swedish Match AB‚ PMI distribute smokeless tobacco in multiple global market. A firm’s external environment creates the opportunities (opportunities PMI to enter the smokeless tobacco market) and threats (the regulation in its market reduces the consumption of PMI’s tobacco
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Chapter 2 The external environment: Opportunities‚ threats‚ industry competition and competitor analysis Knowledge objectives 1 Explain the importance of analysing and understanding the firm’s external environment 2 Define and describe the general environment and the industry environment 3 Discuss the four activities of the external environmental analysis process 4 Name and describe the general environment’s six segments Knowledge objectives 5 Identify the five competitive forces
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play a role‚ the vast majority of the highly successful business people I’ve met over the past 25 years do one thing in common – and they do it extraordinarily well. They monitor their business environment to predict future market trends. They analyse external forces‚ such as their competitive environment‚ economic conditions‚ technological possibilities‚ political and legal forces‚ changes in demographics‚ seasonal factors‚ as well as shifts in social behaviour”. Basically they engage their crystal
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The External Environment All outside factors that may affect an organization make up the external environment. The external environment is divided into two parts: ● ● Directly interactive: This environment has an immediate and firsthand impact upon the organization. A new competitor entering the market is an example. Indirectly interactive: This environment has a secondary and more distant effect upon the organization. New legislation taking effect may have a great impact. For example‚ complying
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External Environment influence organization Introduction: Each organization has their own organization structure and strategy to help them get their organization’s goals. Therefore managers of organization should to design and choose the structure and strategy that fit for different types of organization to get the goals. However managers should according to the external environment to make decision for the organization. The external environment will influence the organization’s choose‚ if the
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