Harvard Business School 9-290-021 Rev. August 7‚ 1995 RJR Nabisco - 1990 In the spring of 1990‚ the firm of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) was in negotiation with lenders regarding the refinancing of a $1.2 billion bridge loan due to be repaid in full by February‚ 1991. The bridge loan was part of the $24 billion financing of KKR’s leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco in early 1989. Originally‚ KKR had planned to retire the loan with the proceeds of a $1.25 billion public offering of
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American conglomerate selling tobacco and food products. It was formed in the year 1985 by the merger of Nabisco Brands and R J Reynolds Tobacco Company. The case given discusses the leveraged buy out of the company‚ which was at that time the largest LBO in history. A leveraged buyout can be defined as a situation where an investor group‚ which often includes some of the target company’s top managers‚ borrows billions to try to take the company private by buying its stock from the shareholders. In
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data-storage industry and with $6.3 Billion in Revenue‚ NetApp ranks second in market capitalization in the industry behind only EMC Corporation which is the companies’ number one competitor. Other major competitors of NetApp include IBM‚ Hitachi‚ HP‚ Seagate Technology‚ and Western Digital. NetApp used Information Systems Technology (IT) very effectively In December‚ 2013 when it launched its all-flash storage array‚ the EF550. In an article entitled; “NetApp’s All-Flash Array To Take On EMC In Fast
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Best known as one of the world’s largest producers of computer mice‚ Logitech in many ways is the epitome of the modern global corporation. Founded in 1981 in Apples‚ Switzerland‚ by two Italians and a Swiss‚ the company now generates annual sales of more than S1 billion‚ most from products such as mice‚ keyboards‚ and low-cost video cameras that cost under $100. Logitech made its name as a technological innovator in the highly competitive business of personal computer peripherals. Among other
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Graduate School of Business Master in Business Administration Term paper requirement for Quantitative Techniques in Management Using Statistical Tool Analysing House Price Construction in Luzon Using Multiple Regression Analysis January 2014 Abstract This paper illustrates how Multiple Regression Analysis been used in explaining price variationfor selected houses. Each attribute that theoretically identified as price determinant is priced and the perceived
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Company History: The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.--the company changed its name from Goldman‚ Sachs & Co. after it went public in 1999--has been a respected player in world finance for more than 100 years. The company operates as a leading global investment banking and securities firm with two main divisions. The first division is Global Capital Markets‚ which includes investment banking‚ financial advisory services‚ trading‚ and principal investments. The second division is Asset Management and Securities
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CHAPTER 1 INTERCORPORATE ACQUISITIONS AND INVESTMENTS IN OTHER ENTITIES ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Q1-1 Complex organizational structures often result when companies do business in a complex business environment. New subsidiaries or other entities may be formed for purposes such as extending operations into foreign countries‚ seeking to protect existing assets from risks associated with entry into new product lines‚ separating activities that fall under regulatory controls‚ and reducing taxes
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HBR.ORG SPOTLIGHT ON DECISION MAKING MAY 2015 REPRINT R1505D Outsmart Your Own Biases by Jack B. Soll‚ Katherine L. Milkman‚ and John W. Payne SPOTLIGHT ON DECISION MAKING SPOTLIGHT ARTWORK Millo‚ 2014 B.ART–Arte in Barriera Turin‚ Italy FOR ARTICLE REPRINTS CALL 800-988-0886 OR 617-783-7500‚ OR VISIT HBR.ORG Outsmart Your Own Biases by Jack B. Soll‚ Katherine L. Milkman‚ and John W. Payne S SUPPOSE YOU’RE EVALUATING a job candidate to lead a new office in a different country. On paper
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Dell CSR Company Profile Michiel van Dijk & Irene Schipper Amsterdam‚ May 2007 Dell – CSR Company Profile Colofon Dell CSR Company Profile By: Michiel van Dijk & Irene Schipper February 2007 Stichting Onderzoek Multinationale Ondernemingen (SOMO) Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations This document is licensed under the Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial-NoDerivateWorks 2.5 License. To view a copy of this license visit: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2
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of man Role of management with diffuse ownership: • Diffuse stock ownership – Limited liability public corporation – Diffuse ownership of voting equity shares – Large number of individual share owners – Separation of ownership and control • Operations of firm are conducted and controlled by managers without major stock ownerships • Conflicts of interest arise between owners and managers OWNERSHIP CONCENTRATION:
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