Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction 4 SWOT Analysis of Ford Motor Co 5 Business Strategy of Ford 6 SWOT Analysis of Tata Motors 7 Why Acquisition 9 Future study 9 References 10 Executive Summary: This project aims at analysing the acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover by Tata Motors. Jaguar and Land Rover brands were held by Ford Motor Company. Ford had acquired Jaguar in 1989 and Land Rover in 2000. This project analyses the
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Corporate Entrepreneurship Corporate entrepreneurship is also commonly known as corporate venturing or Intrapreneurship. It is coined by legendary management thinker and management guru Peter.F.Drucker. It is the act of initiating new ventures or creating value with an already established organization or social entity. It is basically a process of creating new business within established firms to improve organizational profitability and enhance a firm’s competitive position or the strategic renewal
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THREAT OR STRENGHT ? Corporate venturing behavior is generally related to innovative activities. Creating a corporate venture is a useful choice for firms interested in entering new businesses by expanding operations into new or existing markets (Guth &Ginsberg‚1990; Zahra 1993‚ 1995‚ 1996). Through corporate ventures‚ a company can invest in new products or technologies by funding businesses that have a fairly autonomous management team‚ with the goal of developing new products or
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Corporate Strategy In Corporate Strategy‚ Collis and Montgomery explain there are two kinds of diversification—linked and constrained. Companies using linked diversification enter new businesses when it relates in some way to another business they are already in (it is linked to it)‚ but does not necessarily have any connection to their other businesses. If they are using constrained diversification‚ however‚ they only enter a new business if it is based on their core resources or competencies.
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TALENT ACQUISITION AND RETENTION CRISIS If the talent acquisition managers of HR team aren’t worried‚ here is a reason for them to worry!!! According to 2013 Manpower Talent Shortage Survey‚ 61% of Indian employers is having difficulty filling their vacancies and globally the average is 35%. In 2012‚ this figure was only 48% in India. Skilled trade workers‚ engineers‚ sales representatives‚ technicians etc are some of the top ten job employers are having difficulty filling their vacancies. This
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Introduction The main concept in the assignment is about corporate personality. First of all‚ we need to clarify the meaning and characteristics of company. In short‚ company means a body of persons combined for a common object. A company exist there must be a group of persons that more than 1 persons. In eyes of law‚ a company is a separate legal personality from its members. In Section 16(5) CA1965‚ it stated that a body corporate obligations and liabilities are its own‚ and not those of its
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Does the Corporate Governance Maximise Shareholders’ Wealth? | ITV PLC | | | | | Introduction/Key Objectives The main purpose of this report is to find out whether Corporate Governance (CG) does maximise shareholders’ wealth within a selected company. ITV PLC is the selected company for this report; their Annual Report (AR) 2011 will be used for statistical evidence. Also‚ existing theories will be applied to ITV PLC for qualitative evidence. Recommendations and advice will be given
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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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Industrial Systems‚ Plastics‚ and Power Systems). GE’s operating systems and social architecture‚ together with companies’ common structure also match together. GE formally announced the deal on October 22‚ 2000; in which GE offered 1.055 GE shares for each share of Honeywell‚ plus assumed dept. The company submitted the required regulatory fillings to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and notified the European Commission (EC) of the proposed merger. Antitrust regulatory authority of EC announced
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TYPES OF CORPORATE DIVERSIFICATION When a firm chooses to diversify‚ it faces a decision as to how related the new business(es) is(are) to the existing businesses of the firm. When Charles Bluhdorn was CEO of a company called Gulf+Western in the 1950s‚ he diversified into a host of industries: motion pictures (Paramount Pictures‚ the makers of The Godfather‚ Chinatown‚ and other movies)‚ clothing‚ cigars‚ zinc mines‚ auto parts‚ and sugar‚ among others! In contrast‚ a company such as Cooper
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