Helps students understand antitrust and competition policy principles related to the proposed GEHoneywell merger. The US Department of Justice has already approved the transaction and the European Commission is reviewing it. The Competition Commissioner, Mario Monti, must analyze the economic consequences of the planned merger and assess the effects on competitors, customers and product markets. …
In this case, there is speculation about how Japanese companies could implement IFRS, with a particular focus on consolidation accounting.
A large German manufacturer of ball bearings and precision machinery has run into serious financial difficulties due to poor management practices, a hasty takeover of a former East German ball bearing company and a downturn in the industry. The company is hiring a German professional restructuring manager who has been involved in “American-style” liquidation practices …
Thai Union has come a long way since its humble beginnings in 1977 as a Thai supplier of private label canned tuna to American importers. In four short decades, it had grown to become one of the world’s leading seafood companies, with sales of $ 3.8 billion in 2016. Thiraphong Chansiri, the CEO, had brilliantly …
Describes the reorganization of drug discovery at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) following the founding of GSK from the merger of Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham. This reorganization brought nearly 2,000 researchers to six Centers of Excellence in Drug Discovery (CEDD). Each CEDD focused on a small group of therapeutic areas and had decision-making power over the development …
RRR, a $ 1 billion private equity fund, is trying to determine how much to bid for Pacific Salmon Inc. and how to finance the acquisition.
In 2002, an asset manager considered how to vote his stake in HewlettPackard on the proposal to merge with Compaq. Case (A) contains information on the strategic and financial rationale for the merger. Includes comprehensive reviews from HP and Compaq, as well as detailed summaries from prominent advocates (Carly Fiorina) and critics (Walter Hewlett). The …
In response to the contraction of its domestic market, Japanese spirits company Suntory Holdings Limited acquired US spirits company Beam Inc. in 2014 to expand into the promising US market. Although the purchase price was high, executives at both companies were confident in the deal. However, when the newly merged company, Beam Suntory Inc., began …
The case discusses the origins and development of the European integration process from the post-war period to 2007, with a particular focus on the Lisbon Agenda’s efforts to strengthen Europe’s competitiveness since 2000. It analyzes the different policy areas that have been addressed to European level over time and provides basic information on the architecture …
The focus is on the question of whether Raytheon should enter the electronic components distribution industry as part of its broad diversification approach and acquisition criteria. This industry represents an area of vertical integration for Raytheon, so analytical problems arising from decisions on vertical integration can also be examined. It is used in a section …