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Mergers & Acquisitions: Planning and Executing for Success

maddy — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 10:17:26 +0000

Mergers and acquisitions are always challenging, but today’s deals represent an altogether different breed.
When transactions move this quickly and the time for due diligence is compressed, risks multiply exponentially—tempting management to become inwardly focused at the precise moment they should be devoting even greater attention to their customers, shareholders and other stakeholders. With consumer trust and confidence eroding, a sophisticated customer retention strategy is vital. And while shareholders have high expectations for synergy realization, they are also looking for a strong capital base, making a clear divestiture agenda essential.
The right approach can help financial institutions reduce distractions, stay engaged with customers, improve the business model and fend off competitors while accelerating value capture from the deal.
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Alfdex Manufacturing Footprint : Future Expansion Strategy for Production 2014 – a Global Review

maddy — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 05:28:12 +0000

Alfdex, which is a joint venture owned by Alfa Laval and Haldex, provide the global truck and diesel engine market with its products and is for the moment market leader. The future demand will however exceed their current capacity within five years. To avoid that any decision will be made ad hoc this project will identify some essential factors that are significant for a future expansion of production. This will thereafter be adapted for Alfdex situation to recommend where they should expand their future production based on an objective perspective.
Investments in offshore manufacturing have in a historical perspective been taken as a series of separate decisions with a strong focus on cost reduction. This kind of cost is typically narrowed to the cost of purchase or manufacture. The total supply chain costs are hardly ever considered. Investments need to be reviewed within the context of a company´s total market and manufacturing requirements. This will prevent unwanted issues such as extended lead times, greater buffer stocks and excess capacity, uncoordinated strategic responses, conflicts and the failure to be profitable.
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Irene Rosenfeld’s Crafty Pursuit of Cadbury

maddy — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 05:09:29 +0000

Everyone in business is selling something to someone, at least part of the time. The only difference: Some sell bigger and more publicly than the rest of us.

The Big Sell, at the moment, is a full-time job for Kraft Foods’ CEO Irene Rosenfeld, who in late August made an unsolicited $16.7 billion bid to take over Britain’s iconic chocolate maker, Cadbury Schweppes Plc. Read to know the strategy adopted by the masterminds behind the deal.

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Eyes Wide Open: Managing the Risks of Acquisitions in Rapidly Developing Economies

maddy — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:49:21 +0000

The biggest challenge in creating value from cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in rapidly developing economies (RDEs) is not extracting synergies, but understanding the full spectrum of risks before the deal is closed. Based on a survey of executives with extensive experience in M&A in RDEs, this focus highlights the four main drivers of these risks and how to minimize and manage them. A report by Boston Consulting Group…

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Growing a company by international acquisition

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:24:12 +0000

Successful businesses know when and how to adapt and change. This involves growing some areas of activity and cutting back on less profitable areas. Companies can often benefit from acquiring businesses operating in overseas markets. For example in Europe, the USA or the Far East, the availability of new customers or cheaper costs of employing people may give competitive advantage.

This case study describes and analyses the growth of the Davis Service Group. The term Group describes companies that are joined together with a shared ownership. The Davis Service Group provides textile maintenance services in the UK and Europe. This includes linen hire, workwear rental, dust control mat, laundry and washroom services. Read more…

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Merger & Acquisition : The Decision Making

suhas.nimbhore — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:58:53 +0000

A case study from the Institute of Management, Chennai annual B-School event. The case deals with the decision making of whether to go for the merger and acquisition and evaluating the different parameters before taking a decision…click here to read the case

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CICSO Systems – A Novel Approach to Structuring Entrepreneurial Ventures

maddy — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:27:22 +0000

The focus of any acquisition is a clear identification of specific technology or product needs as determined in their strategic matrix. So, Cisco knows why it is doing what it is doing; it is not doing deals just for the sake of making investment bankers money…click here to read ahead

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Mergers and Acquisitions -JP Morgan Chase

Mehul — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:58:10 +0000

Mergers and acquisitions have become the most frequently used methods of growth for companies in the twenty first century. They present a company with a potentially larger market share and open it up to a more diversified market. A merger is considered to be successful, if it increases the acquiring firm’s value; most mergers have actually been known to benefit both competition and consumers by allowing firms to operate more efficiently. However, it has to be noted that some mergers and acquisitions have the capacity to decrease competition in various ways. The merger between JP Morgan Chase and Bank One presented JP Morgan Chase with the opportunity to expand its perspective through providing the firm with access to retail banking markets and clientele in the regions where its previous exposure had been virtually inexistent. The merger gave the firm that extra growth and competitive edge that it was looking for to compete with Citigroup and other rivals. Research has shown, that due to increasing advances in technology and banking processes, which make transactions, among other aspects of business, more effective and efficient, mergers and acquisitions have become more frequent today than ever before. The topic of mergers and acquisitions is extremely complicated, with the numerous types of mergers that are out there today. It is also remarkably interesting, with the controversies and fierce price wars, which surround most mergers and acquisitions.

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MERGER AND ACQUISITION SERVICES: Total Rewards Optimization

admin — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:30:38 +0000

This Fortune 500 defense contractor’s business had grown over time through four acquisitions. Having disparate programs was preventing a holistic total rewards system. And this was impeding talent migration as well as creating inefficiencies in reward spend and administration.

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Merger with due diligence

admin — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:23:46 +0000

a company was looking to expand its market share globally via the acquisition of another well-branded company. A successful acquisition would propel it into the number one position in its industry. Several factors complicated the
potential acquisition.

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