Electric’s Joint Ventures -- Case Discussion Questions 1. GE used to prefer acquisitions or greenfield ventures as an entry mode rather than joint ventures. Why do you think this was the case? Acquisitions were thought to be more cost effective and less risky. With GE having total control‚ they did not have to worry about the internal problems of the company and could enhance coordination all the while gaining immediate market share. 2. Why do you think that GE has come to prefer joint ventures in recent
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Corporate Scandal I. Olympus Updated: April 20‚ 2012 Olympus Corporation‚ founded in 1919‚ is a manufacturer of digital cameras and electronic equipment. Based in Tokyo‚ the multibillion-dollar company has operations worldwide. In mid-October 2011‚ Olympus was rocked by scandal when its former chief executive and president‚ Michael C. Woodford‚ who is British‚ was suddenly fired. The company’s chairman‚ Tsuyoshi Kikukawa‚ blamed a culture clash‚ but Mr. Woodford‚ a 30-year Olympus employee‚
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CORPORATE GREED Have you noticed people around the country protesting near a government facility? It started on September 17‚ 2011. One month later similar thousands of people have joined the protest. It has spread in different parts of the world; protesting against “Corporate greed”. The group started in a park next to Wall Street‚ mainly by college kids spreading the word in social networks. They created a grass roots movement with a slogan “We are the 99%. Saying we the regular people work
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Corporate restructuring MENTION the name Schefenacker to the London bankers‚ lawyers and advisers who specialise in turning around insolvent companies‚ and you are likely to be greeted with knowing smiles. Schefenacker‚ which makes mirrors for carmakers such as BMW and Mercedes‚ almost went bust late last year. In April it emerged from a tortuous restructuring‚ during which it moved its headquarters from Germany to Britain to take advantage of the flexible insolvency laws there. Along the way
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Corporate Misgovernance at the World Bank Ashwin Kaja Eric Werker Working Paper 09-108 Copyright © 2009 by Ashwin Kaja and Eric Werker Working papers are in draft form. This working paper is distributed for purposes of comment and discussion only. It may not be reproduced without permission of the copyright holder. Copies of working papers are available from the author. Corporate Misgovernance at the World Bank Ashwin Kaja Eric Werker* Abstract We test for evidence of corporate misgovernance
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Subject: Corporate Finance (3 credits) Reference book: 1. Essentials of managerial Finance: Harcourt College 2000 2. Fundamentals of financial management: Mc Graw Hill 2007 Chapter 01: An overview of Finance What is finance? Finance is concerned with decisions about money (cash flows) Finance decisions deal with how money is raised and used Everything else being equal: * More vale is preferred to less * The sooner cash is received the more value it has * Less risky
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I. THE COMPANY Introduction: Welcome to PMFTC Inc. Philip Morris International is the leading tobacco company in the world. The company that produces popular cigarettes brands like Marlboro and L&M holds 15.6% of the total cigarette market of the world. Its business is spread over 160 countries of the world and its net revenues excluding excise tax in 2008 was $25.7 billion. The headquarters of the company is in New York and it employs 75000 people worldwide. The chairman of the company
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The issue of this case is whether the board of Katia was in breach of the director’s duties. In determining this issue‚ the legal principles in Corporate Act section 181 as well as Howard Smith v Ampol Petroleum‚ Whitehouse v Carlton Hotel‚ Mills v Mills‚ Ngurli v McCann‚ Harlowe’s Nominees v Woodside Oil and Winthrop Investments v Winns should be considered. S 181 states that directors should exercise their powers in good faith and proper purpose. Subjective tests (which concerns whether the
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create a sustainable environment in order to achieve long-term profits. While all of the above relationships are valuable‚ none should be dominant over the others. The CEO should be accountable to set up a holistic strategy that captures the needs of corporate governance‚ which “emphasized a manager’s accountability to multiple constituencies besides the shareholders” (1). This will allow the organization to maximize its value in the long term. Companies are networks of parties and people working together
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From their early beginnings in the late 1800s and early 1900s‚ N.V. Philips and Matsushita Electric respectively became two of the largest consumer electronics companies in the world using very different corporate structures and philosophies. Due to the events of World War II‚ Philips employed a multinational strategy with strong‚ local units driving innovation‚ which is historically an uncommon strategy in the consumer electronics industry. On the other hand‚ Matsushita followed the traditional
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