Electric’s Joint Ventures -- Case Discussion Questions 1. GE used to prefer acquisitions or greenfield ventures as an entry mode rather than joint ventures. Why do you think this was the case? Acquisitions were thought to be more cost effective and less risky. With GE having total control‚ they did not have to worry about the internal problems of the company and could enhance coordination all the while gaining immediate market share. 2. Why do you think that GE has come to prefer joint ventures in recent
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Exclusion or social isolation. Being shouted at or being humiliated. Being the target of practical jokes. Excessive monitoring. What is Corporate/Institutional Bullying? Corporate/institutional bullying occurs when bullying is entrenched in an organization and becomes accepted as part of the workplace culture. Many bullying situations involve employees 1 Corporate/institutional bullying can manifest itself in different ways: • Placing unreasonable expectations on employees‚ where failure to meet
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Corporate Scandal I. Olympus Updated: April 20‚ 2012 Olympus Corporation‚ founded in 1919‚ is a manufacturer of digital cameras and electronic equipment. Based in Tokyo‚ the multibillion-dollar company has operations worldwide. In mid-October 2011‚ Olympus was rocked by scandal when its former chief executive and president‚ Michael C. Woodford‚ who is British‚ was suddenly fired. The company’s chairman‚ Tsuyoshi Kikukawa‚ blamed a culture clash‚ but Mr. Woodford‚ a 30-year Olympus employee‚
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CORPORATE GREED Have you noticed people around the country protesting near a government facility? It started on September 17‚ 2011. One month later similar thousands of people have joined the protest. It has spread in different parts of the world; protesting against “Corporate greed”. The group started in a park next to Wall Street‚ mainly by college kids spreading the word in social networks. They created a grass roots movement with a slogan “We are the 99%. Saying we the regular people work
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Subject: Corporate Finance (3 credits) Reference book: 1. Essentials of managerial Finance: Harcourt College 2000 2. Fundamentals of financial management: Mc Graw Hill 2007 Chapter 01: An overview of Finance What is finance? Finance is concerned with decisions about money (cash flows) Finance decisions deal with how money is raised and used Everything else being equal: * More vale is preferred to less * The sooner cash is received the more value it has * Less risky
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PowerPoint by Milton M. Pressley Creative Assistance by D. Carter and S. Koger 1-1 www.bookfiesta4u.com Chapter 1 Defining Marketing for the st Century 21 by PowerPoint by Milton M. Pressley University of New Orleans 1-2 www.bookfiesta4u.com Kotler on Marketing The future is not ahead of us. It has already happened. Unfortunately‚ it is unequally distributed among companies‚ industries and nations. 1-3 www.bookfiesta4u.com Chapter Objectives In this chapter we will address
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Corporate restructuring MENTION the name Schefenacker to the London bankers‚ lawyers and advisers who specialise in turning around insolvent companies‚ and you are likely to be greeted with knowing smiles. Schefenacker‚ which makes mirrors for carmakers such as BMW and Mercedes‚ almost went bust late last year. In April it emerged from a tortuous restructuring‚ during which it moved its headquarters from Germany to Britain to take advantage of the flexible insolvency laws there. Along the way
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Case Analysis Philips versus Matsushita: A New Century‚ a New Round Summary This analysis is based on two corporations‚ N.V. Philips (Netherlands) and Matsushita Electric (Japan). The two companies both have experienced big changes and have different strategies and organizational capabilities now. With their distinctive operations and management‚ they got success and continued to compete with each other and occupied the leader position in global markets nowadays. The analysis discusses how
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The issue of this case is whether the board of Katia was in breach of the director’s duties. In determining this issue‚ the legal principles in Corporate Act section 181 as well as Howard Smith v Ampol Petroleum‚ Whitehouse v Carlton Hotel‚ Mills v Mills‚ Ngurli v McCann‚ Harlowe’s Nominees v Woodside Oil and Winthrop Investments v Winns should be considered. S 181 states that directors should exercise their powers in good faith and proper purpose. Subjective tests (which concerns whether the
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create a sustainable environment in order to achieve long-term profits. While all of the above relationships are valuable‚ none should be dominant over the others. The CEO should be accountable to set up a holistic strategy that captures the needs of corporate governance‚ which “emphasized a manager’s accountability to multiple constituencies besides the shareholders” (1). This will allow the organization to maximize its value in the long term. Companies are networks of parties and people working together
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