SME Development (APBSD) is for ASEAN SMEs to be “competitive‚ innovative‚ and [become] world-class enterprises that perform major roles in regional and global supply chains and are able to take advantage of the opportunities from ASEAN economic integration by 2015.” In connection to this‚ the Strategic Action Plan for SME Development aspires to “further enhance the competitiveness and flexibility of SMEs in moving toward a single market and production base in ASEAN.” Access to financing‚ facilitation
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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS AREA: FINANCE PROFESSOR: COURSE E24 SESSIONS: 8 JOSÉ ANTONIO LARRAZ E-mail: jalarraz@faculty.ie.edu José Antonio Larraz is a partner in Capital Alianza‚ a Spanish private equity management firm focused in the middle market. While at Capital Alianza‚ Mr. Larraz has been involved in several acquisition and divestment transactions and has actively participated in the management of different companies in the portfolio‚ being currently a board member of Iberchem. Prior to
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------------------------------------------------- “Arauco: Forward Integration or Horizontal Expansion” Case Arauco is a major Chilean producer of pulp and wood products. In order to increase its capacity‚ the company has launched in 1980‚ an aggressive expansion plan by purchasing lands‚ plantations and installing new technology equipment. Arauco is today considered as one of the world biggest forestry company with 1.2 million hectares of plantation. Its global strategy is aimed at strengthening
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SCM – some definitions • Supply chain management (SCM) The coordination of all supply activities of an organization from its suppliers and partners to its customers. • Upstream supply chain Transactions between an organization and its suppliers and intermediaries‚ equivalent to buy-side e-commerce. • Downstream supply chain Transactions between an organization and its customers and intermediaries‚ equivalent to sell-side e-commerce. Members of the supply chain (a) simplified view (b) including
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Asean plans to remain engaged with the global economy through regional-level free trade agreements - today‚ Asean has such agreements with China‚ Japan‚ Korea‚ India‚ Australia and New Zealand. * The USITC’s Asean: Regional Trends in Economic Integration‚ Export Competitiveness‚ and Inbound Investment for Selected Industries Report noted that the AEC is coming at a time when it is recognized thatinvestment in emerging markets is more desirable than in the US and Europe. "There will be no shortage
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Highly skilled Senior Test Analyst with more than 25 years experience in technology‚ and extensive capability across System‚ Software and Integration Testing‚ SDLC testing processes‚ Quality Assurance‚ and Independent Validation & Verification (IV&V;). Expert in defining test plans‚ test specifications‚ test scripts‚ test strategy‚ defect tracking and reporting system management. Outstanding knowledge and use of quality management methods to create and support defect-free‚ application software that
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Tour Operator Management Introduction: A tour operator typically combines tour and travel components to create a holiday. They prepare itinerary. The most common example of a tour operator’s product would be a flight on a charter airline plus a transfer from the airport to a hotel and the services of a local representative‚ all for one price. Niche tour operators may specialise in destinations‚ e.g. Italy‚ activities and experiences‚ e.g. skiing‚ or a combination thereof. The original raison
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Zara – vertical integration 1) How is Zara organized with respect to its vertical integration and outsourcing decisions? What governance structure does it appear to follow? -It is divided by 60% in-house and 40% outsourced. The in-house represents the more complicated ‚complex‚ trendy designs‚ while the outsourced remains with the labour intense activities (sewing) and basic designs such as men’s dress shirts and accessories. - It follows a decentralized decision making process based
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products are sold (usually to organisations). Therefore‚ business and product market are connected since the business allows products to be sold in markets. Finally‚ there is a correlation between vertical integration and value added. In fact‚ the more a company has resorts to vertical integration‚ more its Value added ratio would be high. But most of companies do not create‚ on their own‚ their products completely. We come to wonder‚ if value added is a key element for business and its product
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closing Case Martin’s Textiles August 12‚ 1992‚ was a really bad day for John Martin. That was the day Canada‚ Mexico‚ and the United States announced an agreement in principle to form the North American Free Trade Agreement. Under the plan‚ all tariffs between the three countries would be eliminated within the next 10 to 15 years‚ with most being cut in 5 years. What disturbed John most was the plan’s provision that all tariffs on trade of textiles among the three countries were to be removed
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