Focus on Auto Service Aftermarket biz up in slow economy WASHINGTON -- The International Franchise Association (IFA) anticipates a continued slowdown in economic recovery‚ with minimal growth in the franchising market. "As the economic recovery continues at a slow pace‚ business conditions for small businesses are not improving. The availability of credit remains an issue‚" according to the revised "Franchise Business Economic Outlook: May 2012" produced by IHS Global Insight for the IFA Educational
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Mergers and Acquisitions An Annotated Bibliography Kongpichayanond‚ Pimpimon. "Knowledge Management for Sustained Competitive Advantage in Mergers and Acquisitions." Advances in Developing Human Resources. 11.3 (2009): 375-387. Web. 27 Nov. 2011. <http://adh.sagepub.com/content/11/3/375>. According to the article the main reasons companies merge and acquire other companies is because they get “increasing market share‚ gaining an organization’s core capabilities‚ and gaining more capital
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In result‚ I decided to read Outliers: The Story of Success‚ because I felt that the book would force me to think about ideas that I otherwise may not have as a junior in high school. For instance‚ my sister is a senior and working on the college application process. Sitting through information sessions with her‚ I recognized that being conscious of the future and success is valuable to understand in the upcoming years. I believe it is important that‚ when
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The story Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell is described to be a “story of success”; in fact those are the exact words on the cover of the book. I would consider this book more of a story that is not only describing success‚ but how people that became successful were able to do it in the first place. Overall‚ this book gives extraordinary background stories on how people that many of us look up today‚ started out as just regular human beings like you and me. This book is a magnificent source of motivation
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Running Head: Mergers and Acquisitions Mergers and Acquisitions Paper Shae Lewis July 9‚ 2007 Mergers and Acquisitions The following document will assess the impact of mergers and acquisitions on a business and will include sensible and dubious reasons for benefits‚ costs of cash‚ and stock transactions. The paper will examine financial risks of merging with or acquiring an organization in another country and
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The Macroeconomics of the Auto Industry Bailout [Type the author name] [Pick the date] The Auto Industry Bailout Detroit‚ Michigan grew up around the automobile industry. At its peak‚ Detroit was the fifth-largest city in the United States‚ becoming the home to over 1.8 million people by 1950 (Davey‚ Monica 2013). The prolific population was due greatly to the success of the auto industry in the city. At that time‚ Detroit was flying high‚ its name coined “The Motor City” (americaslibrary
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Retail Banking 2011 Auto Loan Strategy and Action Plan Building BANK auto loan portfolio while keeping risk under control as an action priority for 2011‚ we planning start auto business with more controls and to target limited segments. - 25th Jan revolution negatively affecting growth temporarily - Inflation rates between 11%-13% - Stock market crash - Increase in cost of risk by xx% as of Jan 2011 and xx% as of end of May 2011 As a result the
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Mergers & Acquisitions (M & A) is a general term used to refer to the consolidation of companies. Merger is the corporate action where two companies decide to combine their operations. Both the companies involved in the merger cease to exist resulting into a combined new company. On the other hand Acquisition is a corporate action where one company overtakes the operations of other company. The acquired company thus becomes a part of the acquiring company. Acquisition may at some times be without
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INDIAN AUTO COMPONENTS INDUSTRY Replacement market and exports hold up growth at above OEMs’ levels; cost pressures‚ currency volatility and threat of imports remain a challenge ICRA RATING FEATURE MARCH 2012 Rise in exports and higher domestic replacement demand partially offset the impact of lower supplies to the domestic OEM segment The ~Rs. 1‚600 billion Indian auto components industry has been witnessing a moderation in its revenue growth since the beginning of this fiscal following the deceleration
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An acquisition means the purchase of one company by another company. Consolidation occurs when two companies combine together to form a new company altogether. An acquisition may be private or public‚ depending on whether the acquiree or merging company is or is not listed in public markets. An acquisition is of 2 types i.e. friendly or hostile. If a purchase is perceived as a friendly or hostile depends on how it is communicated to and received by the target company’s board of directors‚ shareholders
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