Issues: » Study the synergies of the merger between Hindalco and Novelis » Study the rationale behind Hindalco acquiring a loss making aluminum company » Examine the way the acquisition deal was financed » Analyze whether the deal was overvalued or not » Analyze the trends in the global aluminum industry Keywords: Hindalco Industries Limited‚ Novelis Inc.‚ Merger and Acquisition‚ Deal Valuation‚ Debt-equity Ratio‚ EV/EBITDA Ratio‚ Indian Aluminum Industry‚ Merger Integration‚ Consolidation‚ Downstream
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1. Describe Microsoft’s overall reporting strategy. Why had the company adopted this strategy and why was the SEC concerned about it? Answer: 1) Hiding profits – The success of Microsoft provided incentives in hiding success from regulators and competitors. There is high incentive to reduce their performance given the history of the company with regulatory intervention. Therefore‚ the company’s policy of software capitalization occurred before serious regulatory intervention. 2) Avoiding complacency
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Google failures. GOOGLE ANSWERS. In competition with Yahoo! Answers‚ Google created Google Answers a program which goal was to answer all kind of questions users could have. The program counted with a team of researchers guaranteeing correct‚ quality answers‚ despite this‚ users favored Yahoo!’s. WHY? First mistake Google made was charging clients for posts. People didn’t want to pay when they could use Yahoo‚ which is totally free‚ although their answers don’t have the same quality as the ones
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Software-as-a-Service for Microsoft Dynamics NAV What is SaaS? As more and more organizations are turning to Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) for their needs of technology‚ SaaS is becoming an increasingly prevalent software delivery model‚ which is commonly known as a more cost-effective and flexible alternative to traditional on-premises model. Software-as-a-Service or SaaS is a method of delivering software over the Internet. It is an on-demand software service through which a SaaS vendor hosts
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Sony vs. Microsoft Sony and Microsoft make a similar product game consoles the xbox360 with Microsoft and the ps3 with Sony the consoles are similar. Sony offers a free network but Microsoft requires you to pay first. The price of the Xbox is 200$ while the ps3 is at about 240$. Government decisions do not affect these companies because the consoles are imported. Both companies are targeting teenagers and adults under 50. Government decisions do affect what games come into country like man with
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iPod touch viewed as in final stage of product life cycle By Neil Hughes With the iPad mini now joining the iPhone and iPad 2 in Apple’s sub-$400 product lineup‚ the company is expected to reduce its investment in the iPod touch going forward. Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities‚ an analyst with a strong track record in relation to Apple’s future plans‚ said in a research note this week that the iPod touch "has entered the final stage of its product life cycle." The latest version‚ released this
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Human Resource Management Negotiation strategy Introduction Negotiation strategies and tactics come from understanding the negotiation process and knowing how other people use it. This allows the person negotiating to watch out for tricks another person might use to convince him that he’s wrong. Negotiation is about working a problem out so that both parties are happy‚ but it’s still best to know tricks that others ... Read More » Internship Report on Forecasting HR Needs and Planning A study on
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Nokia Nokia is an informational and technological company which started as paper manufacturer in 1865 by Fredrick Idestam and co founded by Leo Mechelin. With its headquarter located in Espoo‚ Finland‚ Nokia is able to become a leader in the advanced technologies fields‚ network infrastructure industry and location-based technologies sector. It is currently focusing on a massive scale telecommunication infrastructure and technology development (Nokia‚ 2015). Employing more than 57‚000 workers‚ it
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Page 1 of 2 Microsoft: Who We Are Mission and values student exercise Using the statement of mission and values on the following page‚ answer the following questions: 1. Which human resource management functions are identified in the mission and values of Microsoft? Which functions are missing? 2. How does the HR department influence how Microsoft wants to do business? 3. Re-read the document and replace “customer” and “people” with “employee.” Answer the following questions: a. What quality products
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strategy of Merger & Acquisition for Development and Expansion of Business. Introduction Introduction The terms merger and amalgamation are synonyms and the term ‘amalgamation’‚ as per Concise Oxford Dictionary‚ Tenth Edition‚ means‚ ‘to combine or unite to form one organization or structure’. Merger or an Acquisition in a company sense can be defined as the combination of two or more companies into one new company or corporation. The main difference between a merger and an acquisition
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