Case Studies - BPR in Poland The first ever Business Process Reengineering (BPR) project in the formerly communist countries of eastern Europe was completed on October 28th‚ 1994 by Wizdom Polska‚ the Polish subsidiary company of Wizdom Systems‚ Inc. Wizdom has once again taken BPR to new frontiers‚ achieving unprecedented results in the massive task of Reengineering a company laden with the residuals of 50 years of central planning. The company‚ Stomil Sanok S.A.‚ is a manufacturer of rubber
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(Consolidating the Nigerian Banking Industry to meet the development challenges of the 21st century).....[more] The case for Mergers and Acquisition in the Banking Sector in Nigeria Introduction The law on company mergers and acquisition is codified in the Nigeria Companies and Allied Matters Act of 1990. Like many sophisticated laws in Nigeria‚ the law on company mergers and acquisition has been largely untouched by the judiciary. There are very few decided cases in this area of the Nigerian law. In fact
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Mergers & Acquisitions: The Case of Microsoft and Nokia Luís Franco Hilário Advisor: Peter Tsvetkov Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degrees of MSc in Business Administration‚ at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa SEPTEMBER 2011 1 Abstract Due to the financial downturn and the emergence of new devices in the global handset market has led companies to change their business strategies. Indeed‚ Mergers and Acquisition are considered one of the
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of financial managers is to maximize the shareholders’ wealth. Therefore‚ merger and acquisition decisions should be consistent with shareholder wealth maximization‚ and financial characteristics of the targets to consider in the decision-making process. The net present value method is one of the useful methods that help financial managers to maximize shareholders’ wealth. The capital budgeting decision mergers Acquisitions Net Present Value Financial
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|MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS SCENARIO IN IT/ITES | | | |ERNST & YOUNG | | | |5/27/2009 | |
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Cultural due diligence 1. Introduction Why Cultural Due Diligence (CCD) The implementation of effective cultural due diligence is well recognized in both the academic and business world. Through mergers and acquisitions‚ as well as any other business alliances‚ cultural due diligence has helped companies enter global markets‚ acquire capital‚ technology‚ branding‚ and country specific practices to help do business. It also reduces the risk and maximizes the profits in many ways (Cartwright &
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Monkey business? Scientists put a group of five monkeys in a cage. At the top of a ladder‚ they hung a banana. As soon as a monkey climbed the ladder‚ he was showered with cold water; the group soon gave up trying to reach the banana. • Next‚ the scientists disconnected the cold water and replaced one of the five monkeys. When the new monkey tried to climb the ladder‚ the others Immediately pulled him down and gave him a good beating. The new monkey learned quickly‚ and enthusiastically Joined
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OVERVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF GENERAL MOTORS "General Motors has no bad years‚ only good years and better years" (Sloan‚ 1972). This mantra established in 1950 by former GM president Harlow H. Curtice may have been true at one point‚ but is called into question today by many‚ including Wall Street. By many standards‚ General Motors is an extremely successful company‚ though an analysis of the corporation today uncovers many troubling issues. GM is and has been the world ’s leader in automotive
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General Motors S.W.O.T Analysis General Motors Corporation (GM) is primarily engaged in the production of vehicles. It designs‚ manufactures and markets car‚ trucks‚ and other automobile parts all over the world. GM has a strong brand portfolio gives it significant competitive advantage. However‚ sustained decline in light vehicle sales as a result of increasing durability of vehicles and weak economic conditional pressure on the overall performance of the company. Strengths Weakness
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Topic: Evolution of a fortune 500 company & link the concept covered in theme 1 & 2 with the management evolution of the selected company Fortune 500 Rank 15 - General Motors “A car for every purse and purpose" – Alfred P Sloan Jr‚ Former President & CEO General Motors. General Motors‚ one of the world’s largest automakers‚ traces its roots back to 1908. With its global headquarters in Detroit‚ GM employs 205‚000 people in every major region of the world and does business in some 157
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