The Association of Business Executives QCF International Business Case Study Fiat Automobiles S.p.A Tuesday 4 June 2013‚ Afternoon This is an open-book examination‚ and you may consult any previously prepared written material or texts during the examination. Only answers that are written during the examination in the answer book supplied by the examination centre will be marked. 6IBCS0613 © ABE 2013 J/601/2793 Notes l As in real life‚ anomalies may be found in this Case Study
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management‚ but made way for its shareholders to receive their special dividend. In the 1980’s‚ shareholder activism took a more aggressive approach with corporate raiders like Paul Getty. Shareholders took on management by engaging in hostile takeovers and leveraged-buyouts to gain control of undervalued and underperforming companies. In the 1990’s shareholder activism found mainstream pension fund managers like the California Public Employees’ Retirement Scheme‚ pushing for the repeal of staggered
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Submitted by: Jeet K Bhatt Roll No: 14 Assignment – FMC Corp. 1. What were the motivations for FMC corp. to go for recapitalization? a) To eliminate a takeover attempt: The stock was attractively valued and the company had quite a lot of cash ($403 million in 1986) in its hands. It made the company attractive to hostile takeovers. b) To give FMC employees a greater stake in the company: Company showed strong cash on its balance sheet. But the employees‚ who worked hard to achieve this
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INDEX NO CONTENTS PAGE NO 1 INTRODUCTION 2 2 SLIGHT INSIGHT ABOUT SUV 3 3 THE SAGA OF JEEP 4 4 THE PARENT COMPANY 6 5 SERGIO MARCHIONNE 7 6 SNEAK PEEK INTO JEEP MODELS 9 7 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 10 8 WHAT MAKES JEEP THE DRIVERS CHOICE 11 9 PEOPLE WHO ENDORSE JEEP 13 10 PROOF OF JEEP’S EXCELLENCY 14 11 HISTORY OF JEEP’S LOGO 15 12 LOGOS OVER THE YEARS 15 13 MAERKETING MANTRA OF JEEP 16 14 COUNTRIES THAT DRIVE JEEP 17 16 CONCLUSION 18 17
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thoughts on how the impending doom of the auto industry in Detroit should be handled. He expressed that Detroit should not be bailed out by the federal government because that would allow the practices that brought GM and Chrysler to their knees to continue‚ instead let the GM and Chrysler file for bankruptcy‚ restructure and emerge better company’s. By filing for bankruptcy his idea was that the industry would shed expensive labor agreements‚ reduce retiree benefits and allow Detroit to be on par with
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dedicated to continuous improvement and learning and structured around teams. Large organizations using TQM along with computerized information technology can mimic the speed and flexibility of small organizations. Just as Chrysler‚ under the direction of Robert Lutz‚ changed Chrysler from a traditional departmentalized structure to a cross functional team structure‚ CrysTel could also change from its departmentalized structure to a cross functional team structure centered on specific services or product
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ABE JUNE 2013 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CASE STUDY ANALYSIS FIAT AUTOMOBILES S.p.A OVERVIEW Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A manufactures and markets automobiles‚ light commercial vehicles and related products in Italy‚ Europe‚ South America and Turkey. The company was formally known as FIAT Auto S.p.A and changed its name to Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A in February 2007. The company was founded in 1979 and is based in Turin‚ Italy. Fiat Automobiles S.p.A operates as a subsidiary of Fiat S.p.A.
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police and fire protection‚ good education‚ garbage collecting‚ snow removal‚ and lighting on the streets. This caused an increase in violence and crime since there were not enough police to protect the citizens. This downfall came about because‚ GM‚ Chrysler‚ and Ford were paying a lot more too each worker than the foreign car companies. They were locked into deals with the unions‚ and had to pay benefits‚ healthcare‚ and pension
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Transcript of Cooper Industries‚ Inc Cooper Industries‚ Inc Cooper Industries‚ Inc Aaron‚ Kelsi‚ Luther‚ Stephanie‚ Tom‚ Will Competition to Takeover and Opportunity for Cooper Valuation High Volatility Lead to Change in Acquisition Strategy Nicholson File Company Deal Structure Recommendation Presentation Outline 1. Background of Cooper Industries 2. Cooper Industries strategy 3. Target acquisition - Nicholson File Company 4. Other offers and what is now the opportunity for Cooper
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Ford‚ GM‚ and Chrysler also known as the “big three” American car manufactures lost their foothold on the automobile market right when the gas crisis of 1973 occurred. The VRA only dug the American automotive industry into a deeper hole. Although the bailouts received harsh criticism‚ it is somewhat apparent that without them our economy would have been in a lot worse shape. GM and Chrysler together are so big that if they collapsed they would have taken the U.S economy down with them. In the
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