What was the stated objective of General Motors Risk Management policy? Three primary objectives: 1) Reduce cash flow and earnings volatility – this means management hedges the company’s transaction exposures and deliberately pays no attention to any balance sheet exposures or translation exposures. 2) Minimize the management time and costs dedicated to global FX management – this is as a result of an internal study that determined that the investment of resources in active FX management
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Motives and Effects of Mergers and Acquisitions by JUANJUAN WANG September 2007 A dissertation presented in part consideration for the degree of MA in Finance and Investment Acknowledgements I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere appreciation to all those people who helped me complete this dissertation. Firstly‚ I do appreciate my supervisor Ms. Lynda Taylor’s assistance. She gave me valuable feedback and guidance throughout this dissertation. In addition‚ I
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A case study of the acquisition of the Jaguar and Land Rover by Tata Motors Abstract Purpose – This research explores the key factors in the success of the integration and implementation process for creation of value through realization of synergy from the merger of firms. It also intends to study the managerial complexities associated with these key factors. Method – A case study method approach has been adopted in this research from Tata Motors acquisition of Jaguar and Land Rover a British Automotive
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voluntary merger. There was significant value addition of HDFC in terms of increase branch network‚ geographic reach‚ customer base and a bigger pool of skilled manpower. For HDFC Bank‚ this merger provided an
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Vertical Integration as Organizational Ownership: The Fisher Body-General Motors Relationship Revisited BENJAMIN KLEIN University qfCalijbrnia‚ Los Angeles I have always considered my work with Armen Alchian and Robert Crawford (1978) on vertical integration to represent an extension of Coase ’s classic article on "The Nature of the Firm." By focusing on the "hold-up" potential that is created when firm-specific investments are made by transactors‚ or what we called the appropriation
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General Mills’ Acquisition of Pillsbury from Diageo PLC Lauren Sherlock Jason Park JP Zendman 12/9/2009  General Mills’ Acquisition of Pillsbury from Diageo PLC Situation Analysis: In December 2000‚ management at General Mills (GM) proposed a plan to acquire Pillsbury‚ a baked- goods producer‚ in a stock-for-stock exchange. Pillsbury is currently controlled by Diageo PLC‚ one of the world’s leading consumer–goods companies. The deal specifies that General Mills is to create
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restructuring their operations around their core business activities through mergers and acquisitions. 2. TITLE OF THE PROBLEM :- It is true that dramatic events like mergers‚ acquisitions‚ takeovers‚ restructuring and corporate controls occupy the Indian business news papers almost daily. Further they have become central focus of public and corporate policy issues. Some assert that the activities of mergers and acquisitions represent a new force in creativity and productivity. Some other
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and take short position in General Electric Company (GE) simultaneously The main consideration in her decision is when she heard disturbing news about the proposed bid by General Electric Company (GE) for Honeywell International Inc. This merge is obviously an arbitrage opportunity. Generally and predictably‚ there will be different positions for the stock price tendency. For the target company‚ the stock price normally will increase whereas the stock price of the merger company is likely to drop
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OUTBOUND CROSS-BORDER MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS IN INDIA: RECESSION & BEYOND [1] Pragyan Parimita Sarangi. Faculty (Finance)‚ Bhavan’s Centre for Communication & Management. e-mail: pragyansarangister@gmail.com Mobile No: +91 9437282167 Address: Plot No - 9‚ Kharavel Nagar‚ Unit - III‚ Bhubaneswar - 751 001. [2] Trilok Nath Shukla. Faculty (Finance)‚ Bhavan’s Centre for Communication & Management. e-mail: shuklatrilok@yahoo.com Mobile No: +91 9337327034 Address: Plot No - 9‚ Kharavel
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Research Title “A research on failed marketing strategy of General Motors in India; and recommendation for successful strategy implementation”. Research Aim and objectives This research aims to find out the failure reason of General Motors Marketing strategy in India and recommend suitable strategy for successful implementation. Objectives To review the extant theoretical frame works and conceptual models related to Marketing strategies in developing countries. To investigate the failure
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