Dow Chemical Company entered into a Joint Venture with State of Kuwait run Petrochemical Industries Company ("PIC"). “PIC” is a wholly owned subsidiary of State owned Kuwait Petroleum Corporation ("KPC"). to launch K-Dow Petrochemicals‚ a planned joint venture. PIC was to have paid pay Dow $7.5 billion US dollars for its stake. The deal was approved by Kuwait’s Supreme Petroleum Council (SPC). The head of the SPC is the Prime Minister of Kuwait The venture was to manufacture and market polyethylene
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Grand Strategies Grand strategies are also called strategic thrusts. They provide basic direction for specific strategic actions and functional tactics. Some grand strategies are used together and reinforce each other and some are usually employed singly. Grand Strategy General plan of major action to achieve longterm goals Falls into three general categories 1. Growth 2. Stability A separate grand strategy can be 3. Retrenchment defined for global operations Grand Strategy:
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and Jemison‚ 1989; Powell. 1987; Thorelli. 1986). In order to access more international market and reduce risks‚ the hybrid organizational forms are mainly realized by contractual agreement‚ strategic alliance and joint venture. Compared to some casual cooperative arrangements between companies‚ strategic alliance is refer to a long-term‚ substantial collaboration‚ which is ‘an agreement characterized by the commitment of two or more firms to achieve a shared goal entailing the pooling of their resources
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Strategic Alliance In today’s ever changing environments strategic alliances have emerged as a driving force behind the success of many business ventures. Strategic alliances allow companies to expand their reach without having to maximise their risk or commit themselves beyond their core business. Throughout this paper I will be examining the driving forces behind strategic alliances looking predominately at the motivations behind the formation of a strategic alliance and the idea of a multi company
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Exercise 4-2 Books of Alvin‚ Managing Partner Feb. 12 Joint Venture 10‚000 Cash 10‚000 14 Joint Venture 2‚000 Larry 2‚000 15 Cash 9‚000 Larry 7‚500 Joint Venture 16‚500 20 Cash 3‚000 Joint Venture 3‚000 20 Joint Venture 7‚500 Income from Joint Venture 4‚287.50 Larry 3‚212.50 10% commission on net purchases
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------------------------------------------------- Topic: Joint-Venture – China – Wall Panelling Once a foreign investor is put into the mix‚ a wealth of legal‚ administrative or operational violations that a solely-owned Chinese firm may have been able to survive with‚ will most likely not be tolerated by the local authorities (Devonshire-Ellise & Hoffman‚ 2010; Norris‚ 2011). Therefore an array of legal and contractual issues may arise for which a foreign party should be prepared. Some of
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Strategic Alliance – Whirlpool Corporation and Inland Steel CASE Faced with intense competition‚ increasing expectations from customers‚ reduced product life cycles‚ and localized geographic markets‚ Whirlpool Corporation (a Fortune 500 manufacturer of appliances) realized that the need to achieve a competitive advantage from its sourcing and material efforts was greater than ever. Part of the strategy to achieve this advantage involved pursuing an alliance with a key steel supplier. Steel is
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Komatsu Ltd.: Project Gs Globalization EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Komatsu Ltd. is operating in challenging market conditions that are made more complicated by the centralized production and operations strategy and the variability of the currency markets‚ particularly the value of the Japanese Yen. To combat these challenges‚ Komatsu has replaced CEOs‚ changed their corporate focus from “Beat Cat” to the three “G”s – “Growth‚ Global‚ Groupwide”. Key issues identified in the case are Komatsu’s approach
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Gaurav kumar (SEC. A) Grand Strategies Strategy Formulation is a strategic planning or long range-planning. This process is primarily analytical‚ not action oriented. This process involves scanning external and internal environmental factors‚ analysis of the strategic factors and generation‚ evaluation and selection of the best alternative strategy appropriate to the analysis. Identification of various alternative strategies is an important aspect of strategic management as it provides the alternatives
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INTEGRATING CASE 1: Transition at Whirlpool Tatramat: From Joint Venture to Acquisition Global Business Management John Heina November 28‚ 2012 I. According to the definition‚ a Greenfield investment is a form of foreign direct investment in which a parent company starts a new venture in a foreign country by constructing new operational facilities from the ground up. With the addition of new facilities‚ most parent companies create new long-term jobs
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