9-595-026 REV: OCTOBER 2‚ 2002 V. KASTURI RANGAN Citibank: Launching the Credit Card in Asia Pacific (A) On a rainy afternoon in 1989‚ Rana Talwar‚ head of Citibank’s Asia Pacific Consumer Bank‚ reflected upon the 11 years that had gone by since the Consumer Bank had established its consumer business in Asia. The branch banking business operations in 15 countries throughout Asia Pacific and the Middle East projected Citibank as a prestigious‚ consumer-oriented international bank and as the
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Executive Summary: Any academic course of the study has a great value when it has practical application in the real life. Only a lot of theoretical knowledge will be little important unless it is applicable in the practical life. So we need proper important unless it is applicable in the practical life. So we need proper application of our knowledge to get some benefit from our theoretical knowledge to make it more fruitful. When we engage ourselves in such field to make proper use of our knowledge
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Oxford Brookes University RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS REPORT TOPIC 8 AN ANALYSIS OF THE BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF TESCO PLC [pic] (6444 words) MARCH 2008 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 TOPIC CHOSEN This research analyses the financial situation of Tesco Plc; topic number 8. The analysis is carried from an investor’s point of view and will be achieved by evaluating key financial ratios‚ past trends and other key aspects with an aim to serve the current and prospective future investors
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Citibank: The Confia Acquisition in Mexico Situation Analysis Citibank is looking to expand their reach within the banking world. They had an opportunity to acquire Confia a Mexican bank. Many Mexican banks are having problems due to the lack of money and resources the Mexican people have to invest in the banks. Citibank does much research while deciding whether to follow through with the deal. At the very end of the purchasing process an undiscovered threat is exposed to Citibank that Confia
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1. Introduction The very first credit transaction in history certainly took place hundreds of years ago‚ before the existence of bank‚ credit bureaus‚ or credit departments. As the time passed‚ financial institutions developed to put funds from savers into the hands of borrowers who used this value to create economic value. Credit contributed to economic growth of countries throughout the world as it makes goods and services available to consumers‚ businesspersons‚ and governments. Although
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CITIBANK CASE 1. Citibank should maximize profits in developed countries where there are very large populations with potential customers. The economy in Asia-pacific countries is not as developed as the United States and Europe. Citibank has the opportunity cost of maximizing profits in the United States and Europe for risking the card launch in Asia and not getting results from that. 2. If Citibank decides to launch the new card to Asia-Pacific countries‚ they should go ahead and launch
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Work Specialization is used to describe the degree to which activities in organizations are divided into separate jobs. This means that an entire task is not done by one individual but instead is broken down into jobs done by different people. In Citibank‚ tasks are divided into different jobs according to the requirements and work specialization can be seen. For example‚ in the distribution of debit cards‚ more than one person is involved in the process. There is a CRM (customer relation manager)
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that pertain to the issue. The content of lectures 1-3 is relevant here. 3. Provide a brief summary of the issue that the managers are confronting. 4. Use relevant management theory as the ’lens ’ through which you critically evaluate the performance of management in addressing the issue. 5. Make a judgment‚ based on the critical review you conduct in steps 1-4 above‚ about the management strategies/ decisions that were or could be tried to resolve the issue‚ and what worked or didn ’t work
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Citibank: Launching the Credit Card in Asia Pacific 45-720 Marketing Management Marc Brands Masatoshi Kaneko Oscar Lehmann Shu Yagi Juan Zatarain January 23‚ 2003 Executive Summary We recommend in the first phase to expand the credit card business into India‚ the Philippines‚ Taiwan and Thailand. These are fairly stable untapped markets. Our strategy is to focus generally on the high status groups in these markets. The cards should be issued in the local
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sustainability Prof. Lovas March 27‚ 2014 Citibank Case Study 1. I believe that the provisions made to the Dodd Frank Act that mandates advisory shareholder votes on executive compensation was a good change. I agree with this provision because I believe that the shareholders should ultimately have a say I’m what sort of compensation the executives of the company are taking. They are the real company owners and it’s their money that’s on the line if Citibank doesn’t succeed. In the recent recession
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