Background Walnut Venture Associates is a small group of angel investors with backgrounds in the software industry. RBS is a small software company that makes billing and enterprise management software specifically targeted at other software companies. RBS and Walnut are deciding whether Walnut should invest in RBS‚ and then if they are willing‚ whether RBS finds the terms of the deal satisfactory. This case memo illustrates that the venture capitalists are looking for good managers in a particular
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Starbuck’s FDI 1. Initially Starbucks expanded internationally by licensing its format to foreign operators. It soon became disenchanted with this strategy. Why? When Starbucks started its international expansion in Japan‚ it initially decided to license. As it is known licensing is "the method of foreign operation whereby a firm in one country agrees to permit a company in another country to use the manufacturing‚ processing‚ trademark‚ know-how or some other skill provided by the licensor"[1]
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The US company National Office Machines (NOM) entered Japan using an International Joint Venture (325). Besides serving as a means of mitigating political and economic risks‚ International Joint Ventures provide a safer way for firms to enter markets that present legal and cultural barriers; making it less risky than acquiring a company within the desired country. Because of this decision‚ National Office Machines was able to access and integrate into the Japanese market‚ which was previously a very
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spin-out‚ as Thermo Electron Corporation discovered with their previous spin-out of Thermo Cardiosystems‚ was an effective way to raise capital to pursue new markets‚ especially for their business model. It bypasses the costly route of traditional venture capital financing by introducing Thermo Electron Technologies with a private offering of stock‚ and then when the market is right‚ following up with a public offering of stock (IPO). Thermo ’s investment banker‚ Lehman Brothers‚ had indicated that
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something he said “that lasts longer than the taste and memory of a delicious candy”. Inside every sweet wrapper he imprinted coins and stamps in gold and silver foil dating back to AD60 – real gems it seems. When asked how he came upon this new business venture his reply was “I blame it on modern technology‚ the internet and even today it continues to support the whole chain; from procurement through to delivery‚ customer service included.” THB Confectionery has a global market because of one small competition
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boardroom struggle‚[7] then fled his Singapore base to India in 1995 after accusations of defrauding Britannia‚ and died the same year in Tihar Jail.[8] Wadia and Danone[edit] The Wadias’ Kalabakan Investments and Groupe Danone had two equal joint venture companies‚ Wadia BSN and UK registered Associated Biscuits International Holdings Ltd.‚ which together held a 51 per cent stake in Britannia.[9] The ABIH tranche was acquired in 1992‚ while the controlling stake held by Wadia BSN was acquired in 1995
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MARTINEZ CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN GERMANY 1. General presentation of the case study (Summary) Martinez Construction is a well-established construction company in Eastern Spain. Because of a recent decline in contracts in the Spain society‚ Martinez Construction Company needed to expand to international market in order to survive (expand and grow). After a survey in the international market‚ the newly
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Term Sheet BUS605: Venture Capital and Private Equity Term Sheet “A term sheet is a non-binding agreement setting forth the basic terms and condition under which an investment will be made. The term sheet serves as a template to develop more detailed legal documents. Once the parties involved reach an agreement on the details laid out in the term sheet‚ a binding agreement or contract that conforms to the term sheet details is then drawn up” (Investopedia‚ 2013)
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code of conduct High quality Ethical business practices Recruitment process Hand picking chairmen Head hunting talented individuals for SBUs (Tata Administrative Services) Controlling interest 0.01 to 15% in current SBUs 25-50% in new ventures Investors with +26% have legal right to block take over resolutions Strategy .Convert Tata Group into a tighter‚ leaner organization to deliver a stronger collective identity. Synergize Merge Tata’s 3 electric companies Divest Loss Making
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SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY INTRODUCTION The definition for small-scale industrial undertakings has changed over time. Initially they were classified into two categories- those using power with less than 50 employees and those not using power with the employee strength being more than 50 but less than 100. However the capital resources invested on plant and machinery buildings have been the primary criteria to differentiate the small-scale industries from the large and medium scale industries. An
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