Shinhan Financial Group (A) 1. Why did SFG want to buy Chohung? Was this part of a reasonable strategy‚ in light of the state of the two banks and the Korean banking industry? For example‚ having received immediate visible employee resistance‚ should they have gone forward? Following the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990’s‚ the South Korean banking industry became less fragmented as firms frequently engaged in M&A. The number of commercial banks in South Korea dropped 35% after
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The Bank of Korea (BOK) is the central bank of South Korea and issuer of South Korean won. It was established on June 12‚ 1950 atSeoul‚ South Korea. The Bank’s primary purpose is price stability. For that‚ the Bank targets inflation. The 2010–12 target is consumer price inflation of 3.0 ± 1%. ------------------------------------------------- History The Bank of Korea was established on June 12‚ 1950 under the Bank of Korea Act. Following liberation on August 15‚ 1945‚ the Korean economy was
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COMPANY HyundaiCard was established in 2001. In Aug 2005 HyundaiCard established a strategic alliance with GE Consumer Finance. So‚ HyundaiCard’s largest shareholders became Hyundai Motor (31‚6%) and GE Consumer Finance (43%). HyundaiCard focused on its customer needs‚ developed new credit card products‚ and provided different online marketing campaigns. Its customer segmentation strategy focused on its customer needs: Lifestyle Influences à Activities. That why HyundaiCard formulated “Alphabet
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INTRODUCTION In 2009‚ HyundaiCard’s vice-president of marketing Jae-Woo Park met with several other marketing managers to discuss new strategies for the HyundaiCard in Korea. HyundaiCard entered the Korean credit card industry in 1999; they initially started with their “M” card that was targeted to their customers buying an automobile. This card proceeded to be a success and jump started their dive into the credit card industry to a full. Although the card was a success‚ HyundaiCard suffered
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Ministry of Justice (1998~1999) • Chief‚ Planning Management Department at the Ministry of Justice (1997~1998) • Public Prosecutor‚ Daejeon Supreme Public Prosecutor ’s Office (1995~1997) In-Ho Lee • Corporate Advisor‚ Shinhan Bank (2009~2011) • Chief Executive Officer‚ Shinhan Financial Group (2005~2009)
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Schleifmittel Imerys Fused Minerals Jason Jiangsu Sanling Abrasive Klingspor KWH Group Lapport Lippert-Unipol Nanyang Zhongnan Diamond Nippon Resibon Noritake Osborn QED Technologies SAIT Abrasives Schleifmittelwerke Burka-Kosmos Shinhan Diamond Industrial Showa-Denko sia Abrasives Industries Starcke
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SPOTLIGHT ON THE GOOD COMPANY Spotlight Rosabeth Moss Kanter is the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and the chair and director of Harvard University’s Advanced Leadership Initiative. Her most recent book is SuperCorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Innovation‚ Profits‚ Growth‚ and Social Good (Crown‚ 2009). How Great Companies Think Differently Instead of being mere moneygenerating machines‚ they combine financial and social logic to build enduring
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Nationalisation of Banks Despite the provisions‚ control and regulations of Reserve Bank of India‚ banks in India except the State Bank of India or SBI‚ continued to be owned and operated by private persons. By the 1960s‚ the Indian banking industry had become an important tool to facilitate the development of the Indian economy. At the same time‚ it had emerged as a large employer‚ and a debate had ensued about the nationalization of the banking industry. Indira Gandhi‚ then Prime Minister of India
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The partnership formed a solid foundation to become the market leader in South Korea. Prior to the entrance of HyundaiCard‚ credit card industry in South Korea is dominated by 3 biggest players in the industry: Kookmin Card‚ Samsung Card and Shinhan (LG) card. Kookmin Card: issued by country’s largest bank‚ launched business in 1980. In 2008‚ with 9.3 mio cardholders and sales of W57.3 trillion‚ it became the leader in the industry. It started to launch innovative card (e.g. SK LPG Save KB
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------------------------------------------------- Tesco international Business strategy ------------------------------------------------- Tesco ’s Globalization Strategies and its Success in South Korea ------------------------------------------------- http://www.icmrindia.org/casestudies/catalogue/Business%20Strategy/Tesco%20Globalization%20Strategies%20and%20its%20Success%20in%20South%20Korea.htm ------------------------------------------------- Abstract The case focuses on the UK based
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