FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a direct investment into production or business in a country by an individual or company in another country‚ either by buying a company in the target country or by expanding operations of an existing business in that country. Foreign direct investment is in contrast to portfolio investment which is a passive investment in the securities of another country such as stocks and bonds. Types 1. Horizontal FDI arises when a firm duplicates
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WAVES OF INTERNATIONAL MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS Abstract Over the past two decades‚ cross-border M&As have totaled over eight trillion dollars and have fluctuated widely from year to year. In this paper‚ I establish four key facts about the dynamic patterns of cross-border mergers and the factors that drive them: (1) Cross-border mergers come in waves that are highly correlated with business cycles. (2) Most mergers occur when both the acquirer and the target economies are booming. (3) Merger
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Vietnam Market Entry kpmg.com.vn 2 Contents Chapter 1 3 KPMG in Vietnam Chapter 2 3 The Vietnam Value Proposition Chapter 3 4 Market Entry Group Chapter 4 4 Market Entry Process Chapter 5 5 Strategic and Commercial Intelligence Chapter 6 6 Tax and Regulatory Analysis Chapter 7 7 Deal Execution Chapter 8 8 Post Deal Support Chapter 9 9 KPMG Team 2 KPMG in Vietnam KPMG is the largest professional service firm in Vietnam. Partners in the Firm have been active in Vietnam since the country
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Before the Barclays acquisition in 2005‚ why had South Africa received so little foreign direct investment (FDI)? In the 1800’s‚ most of the foreign investment in South Africa’s economy financed extraction of gold and diamonds. Because these industries were so capital intensive‚ South Africa began the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) and by 2006 had become one of the largest and most advanced in the developing world. The JSE had over R3.3 trillion in market capitalization at this time. From the
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sector is becoming competitive and market forces are creating an atmosphere where many banks simply cannot afford to have weak balance sheets and inadequate corporate governance. The paper posits further that consolidation of banks may not necessaily be a sufficient tool for financial stability for sustainable development and this confirms Megginson(2005) and Somoye(2006) postulations. We recommend that bank consolidation in the financial market must be market driven to allow for efficient process
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1.Executive Summary The case study has been approached from different valuation methods to ascertain if there is value in the acquisition of Southern Comfort. These methods all yield the same result‚ i.e. Southern Comfort is expensive at the asking price of $94.6million. The valuation methods also examined the reasonableness of the acquisition using methods such as Free Cashflow Analysis‚ Book Value methods and Price Earnings ratios analysis The qualitative aspects have also been analysed to
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stable environment. Even traditionally stable industries have witnessed and will continue to experience‚ turbulent change. Companies that occupy a dominant market share in their industries must change‚ sometimes radically. The change may be a short – term or a long – term one. “Change or die” is the cry worldwide. Some changes are planned and some unplanned that happen all of a sudden. Change agents are the persons who act as catalysts and assume the responsibility for managing the change activities
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The Acquisition of Snapple by Quaker Oats In an effort to raise the company’s growth rate and avoid a takeover.Quaker Oats‚ acquired Snapple beverage corporation for $1‚7 billion‚a price considered by many to be valued a billion too much. Snapple captured a significant loyal following by being an innovator in the ready-to-drink tea.The RTD tea segment of the beverage market was a quick developing area with promising returns ‚that’s why it attracted giants like coca cola and Pepsico‚ who entered
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Types of Marketing Strategies on Foreign Markets On the single European market‚ the development of a company marketing strategy should be preceded by a market research to identify the following elements: the potential capacity of selected segments of the market for a relevant industry‚ consumers’ tastes and needs‚ appropriate methods for entering a market (including identification of the methods employed by major competitors)‚ as well as the necessary degree of product standardisation and differentiation
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SEMINAR REPORT CROSS BORDER MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS INTRODUCTON Mergers and acquisitions (abbreviated M&A) refers to the aspect of corporate strategy‚ corporate finance and management dealing with the buying‚ selling‚ dividing and combining of different companies and similar entities that can aid‚ finance‚ or help an enterprise grow rapidly in its sector or location of origin or a new field or new location without creating a subsidiary
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