MGMT915: Change Management Group Report Change at Whirlpool : An Analysis Word count (excluding references): 4000 (aprox) Abstract Over the years 1994 – 2003‚ white goods producers Whirlpool Corporation initiated and implemented changes to their business model to enable them to move from a previously engineering focused organisation to a more customer focused entity. The structure and processes they put in places has since embedded itself in the company’s culture. This report
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INTEGRATING CASE 1: Transition at Whirlpool Tatramat: From Joint Venture to Acquisition Global Business Management John Heina November 28‚ 2012 I. According to the definition‚ a Greenfield investment is a form of foreign direct investment in which a parent company starts a new venture in a foreign country by constructing new operational facilities from the ground up. With the addition of new facilities‚ most parent companies create new long-term jobs
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Integration of Whirlpool and Inland During the late 1980s and into the 1990s‚ Whirlpool Corporation aimed at reducing their number of suppliers to achieve a better competitive advantage from others in the same market. One of the main components purchased and used for products was steel. They decided the best choice was to create an alliance with one of their current suppliers. After carefully considering and answering several different questions within the company‚ Whirlpool’s attention was brought
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Electrolux‚ it is assumed that it must be analyzed in both business level and corporate level since the company’s strategy path is towards becoming the leader in household appliance industry while competing with the first leader in the industry Whirlpool Corporation and other dominating companies such as GE Appliances and LG Electronics. It is obvious that Electrolux managed to be globally successful focussed on sustainability matters and consumer needs without compromising on a low cost
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Qingdao Haier‚ Ltd.: Considering the Maytag Acquisition Executive Summary Situation Executives at Chinese home appliance manufacturer Qingdao Haier‚ Ltd. (Haier) have just learned that Ripplewood Holdings placed a bid to purchase Maytag Corporation for $1.13 billion or $14/share. Maytag Corporation‚ the 3rd largest home appliance manufacturer in the United States‚ has announced that it will consider competitive offers for the acquisition of the company. Chinese home appliance manufacturer
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General Management | Course: International Business Strategies 2012-2013 (BKM06GM) | Learning Questions Whirlpool | Dan Beseda 376211db@eur.nl 11/5/2012 | Introduction This first part of this paper analyses appliances industry and identify globalization drivers. The second part argues whether Whirlpool should continue its global expansion strategy. Last part examine why Whirlpool struggled with the expansion and what lesson could we take from this case. The appliances industry and identify
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1. Reason for the merger and acquisitions in the US and European appliance industry: Reactive reasons: 1. International competition: International competition arises when a company from one country goes for manufacturing in other country. In US the appliance industry was highly competitive because of the domestic and foreign competition. The competitors were Korean‚ Japanese and European appliance industries. More over the appliance industries was so competitive that no single domestic manufacturer
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in the quantities of selling refrigerators (Kerin & Peterson‚ 2010). Any how‚ the market is showing great opportunity so is the competitiveness; there are many monster home appliances producers such as Matsushita Electric Industrial‚ Haier‚ and Whirlpool etc.... 2) How do consumers buy large household appliances? Consumers buy large household appliances most likely for replacement of the existing and/or broken one which has very high rate (70%) and the rest 30% for first time buyers and desired
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Whirlpool Europe Analysis Please answer the following question about the NPV analysis: 1. What are the key assumptions of this analysis? Average salary per employee is equal to 100k and a number of participating employees which has 50 employees per each of the 4 waves. The consulting cost is that 15400 per month._ 2. The current NPV is negative. One way to save money would be to reduce consulting costs. Please set the average consulting cost per month in cell b33 to $5000. At
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appliance sector that remains constant. The appliances that comprise this sector are ranges‚ refrigerators‚ washers‚ dryers‚ and dishwasher. The major appliance industry is both saturated and mature. The five major players are General Electric‚ Maytag‚ Whirlpool‚ Electrolux‚ and Raytheon. All are well established in the industry and have been major players for many years. Prior to World War II‚ most appliance manufactures produced a limited line of appliances derived from one successful product. For example
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