University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Business Department of Business Administration BADM 544: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT Spring 2013 Name: Joseph T. Mahoney Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship Caterpillar Chair of Business Department of Business Administration Office: Wohlers Hall 140C Office Hours: Wednesday 4:30PM- 5:30PM (Or by appointment) Website: Phone: Email: 244-8257 josephm@illinois.edu http://www.business.illinois.edu/josephm Click on the course
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Case 7 Nucor Corporation in 2012: Using Economic Downturns as an Opportunity to Grow Stronger Percent of Worldwide Production Country Total Production of Crude Steel China 752 million tons 45.9% Japan 118 million tons 7.2% United States 95 million tons 5.8% India 79 million tons 4.8% Russia 76 million tons 4.6% South Korea 75 million tons 4.6% Exhibit 8 shows the world’s 15 largest producers of steel in 2010. Steelmaking Technologies Steel was produced by either integrated
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Case Study analysis TATA-CORUS:- Q.1. What are the benefits of the TATA-CORUS merger deal to the stakeholders of TATA Steel and the stakeholders of CORUS? Evaluate the post-merger security with the help of CAPM Model. A.1. On January 31st‚ 2007 India’s Tata Steel acquired Corus‚ the erstwhile British Steel Major at a price of 608 pence per Corus share totaling $12.1 billion/ Rs 54‚000 crore/ £6.1 bn‚ which was five pence per share higher than the offer of Brazil’s CSN (Companhia Siderugica Nacional)
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wet-shaving market C-76 Incat Tasmania’s race for international success: Blue Riband strategies C-95 Kiwi Travel International Airlines Ltd C-105 CASE 8 Beefing up the beefless Mac: McDonald’s expansion strategies in India: C-120 CASE 9 Nucor Corporation and the US steel industry C-128 CASE 10 Pacific Dunlop: Caught on the half volley C-157 CASE 11 Philip Morris C-173 CASE 12 Pisces Group of Singapore C-188 CASE 13 Raffles‚ Singapore’s historic hotel C-194 CASE 14 Southwest Airlines
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refractive index n of a polymer slab from its constructive and destructive thin-film microwave interference; and (b) determine the lattice constant a of an array of thin copper rods from its Bragg diffraction of the incident microwave. Introduction Thin Film Interference When plane electromagnetic wave of wavelength λ is incident on a dielectric surface‚ part of the electromagnetic wave is reflected‚ and part of it is transmitted. If the dielectric is thin‚ i.e. its thickness t is comparable
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Nucor SWOT Analysis STRENGTHS: • Has a strong leadership team at all levels. • Workforce is highly motivated‚ productive‚ and flexible. • Technology = Innovation and technology has been the integral strength for Nucor Co. They are always into searching for new mediums and technology in the production side. The major benefit that they get from it is the amount of resources that they save and the improved efficiency levels. (McLean‚ 2009) • Continuing Innovations = Nucor has plants with low
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is about the art of motivation in Nucor‚ about strategy and action plan to motivate the people such as talking to them‚ listening to them‚ taking a risk on their ideas‚ and accepting the occasional failure. It ’s a culture built in Nucor with symbolic gestures with unblinking focus on the people on the front line of the business in order to maximize profitability. Nucor has foster one of the most dynamic and engaged workforces around. The nonunion employees at Nucor don ’t see themselves as worker
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COMM 1010: Individual Assignment Nucor in 2009 Case Analysis Hussein Savji B00575439 November 1‚ 2013 1. Key Issues and Decisions Being the head of a corporation is a task that requires increasing amounts of responsibility and intuition. The CEO of a corporation takes on the role of primary decision maker‚ though is influenced by many factors including employees‚ the situation of the market and the situation of the corporation. Any decisions he makes must benefit
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10 CASE Nucor Corporation: Competing Against Low-Cost Steel Imports ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS 1. What are the primary competitive forces impacting U.S. steel producers in general and the producers like Nucor that make new steel products via recycling scrap steel in particular? Please do a five-forces analysis to support your answer. 2. What driving forces do you see at work in this industry? Are they likely to impact the industry’s competitive structure favorably or unfavorably? 3. How attractive
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Chapter 3 Case Synopsis: A Steely Resolve Nucor is a steel manufacturing company that makes steel by recycling used metals and reforming them into new beams and sheets. Nucor has long had a reputation as a good place to work‚ although its human resource management policies have generated some controversy. Employees are paid by how much they produce‚ the more they produce the more they make. Yearly bonuses are based on overall company performance. Employees can choose how hard
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