Introduction in development and strategic management – MBA ENG Group Members: Tamuna Gelashvili Lina Poghosova Tinatin Murghulia Mariam Kiladze Ia Pirtskhelava Tamar Bichiashvili Anna Martiashvili Nino Makatsaria Natia Pachikashvili Mikheil Abashidze Case #3: Kmart and Sears: still stuck in the middle? Kmart Company History Kmart had been established in 1962 by its parent company S.S. Kresge as a discount department store offering the most variety of goods at the lowest
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BIG DIVERSIFIED MATURED BRANDED 1 BACKGROUND PARAMOUNT COMMUNICATIONS ESTABLISHED PRESENCE: TYPE OF BUSINESS: • Entertainment/Motion Picture production and distribution 1934 Worldwide Gulf & Western previously‚ name changed after acquisition of Paramount Pictures TYPE: HQ: Public NYC‚ New York‚ US • Publishing 2 BACKGROUND VIACOM ESTABLISHED PRESENCE: TYPE OF BUSINESS: • Networks • Cable Television • Entertainment 1971 Worldwide TYPE: HQ: Public (NYSE VIA) Burbank
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Introduction On August 03‚ 2005‚ Adidas-Salomon AG (Adidas)‚ Germany’s largest sporting goods maker announced acquisition of the US-based Reebok International Limited (Reebok) for $3.8 billion. The share prices of both the companies recorded an increase on the day of the announcement of the deal. The share price of Adidas increased by 7.4% from €147.52 on August 02‚ 2005 to €158.45 on August 03‚ 2005 on the Frankfurt stock exchange‚ while Reebok’s share price at the New York Stock Exchange rose
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COMPANY MERGERS When separate companies or different entities merge‚ how the seniority lists of the two are Combined‚ this becomes a critical question. These mergers will frequently require the consolidation of seniority lists and‚ where the parties cannot agree on how it Is to be done‚ arbitrators will be called in‚ as they have been in the past. If the decisions and awards in these cases are to be intelligent‚ fair‚ and practical‚ the possible criteria which are available for use in the merging
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TOO MANY NAMES CRITICAL APPRECIATION Neruda talks of continuity. The fabric of time is unending and cannot be cut with ‘weary scissors’. He says that the days are blurring together. He asks why we should have names which are made-up things. None of us really are from any countries which are made-up things‚ too. He knows only of his skin and of the earth‚ both of which are nameless as well. Roots please him more than flowers‚ stones ring like bells. He is unnamed while in his dream world‚ why should
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British Journal of Management‚ Vol. 9‚ 91-114 (1998) Attributes of Successful and Unsuccessful Acquisitions of US Firms^ Michael Hitt‚* Jeffrey Harrison‚^ R. Duane Ireland* arid Aleta Best§ *Lowry Mays College of Business Administration‚ Texas A&M University‚ College Station‚ TX 77843-4221‚ •College of Business Administration‚ University of Central Florida‚ Orlando‚ FL 32816‚ ’Hankamer School of Business‚ Baylor University‚ Waco‚ TX 76798-8004‚ and ^College of Business and Industry‚ University
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A basic introduction to the Daiiichi - Ranbaxy acquisition RANBAXY LABORATORIES LIMITED Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited‚ India’s largest pharmaceutical company‚ was an integrated‚ research based‚ international pharmaceutical company producing a wide range of quality‚ affordable generic medicines‚ trusted by healthcare professionals and patients across geographies. It was incorporated in 1961 by Singh’s grandfather Bhai Mohan Singh‚ further his son Dr. Parvinder Singh succeeded it‚ transforming Ranbaxy
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the Netherlands‚ Singapore‚ Thailand and the United Kingdom‚ and employs around 81‚600 people. Its largest plant is located in Jamshedpur‚ Jharkhand. In 2007 Tata Steel acquired the UK-based steel maker Corus in what was the largest international acquisition by an Indian company to date. Tata Steel is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange‚ where it is a constituent of the BSE SENSEX index‚ and the National Stock Exchange of India. It is ranked 401st in the 2012 Fortune Global 500 ranking of the world’s
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Chapter-1 Company Profiles before Merger 1.1 British Petroleum Company British Petroleum Company (BP) is a British multinational oil and gas company. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world. It is vertically integrated and operates in all areas of the oil and gas industry‚ including exploration and production‚ refining‚ distribution and marketing‚ petrochemicals‚ power generation and trading. It also has renewable energy activities in biofuels
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By acquiring Lehman Brothers‚ Nomura would be bringing onboard some of the brightest bankers in the industry‚ along with the administrative and technological setup supporting them. But the acquisition also meant that Nomura would be potentially increasing its headcount by almost 8000 employees over Europe and Asia. And these employees would be coming from an organization with a culture very different from Nomura’s existing culture. There was a formidable set of challenges‚ and Nomura ran into trouble
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