Essays Tagged: "Joint venture"
For an organisation to succeed, there needs to be not too great a gap between the managerially espoused and the 'actually prevailing' sets of meanings, values and norms.
the form of a firm or other business entity (Daft, 2000: 6). Organisations can be any size, from a joint venture or partnership between two people, to a sprawling conglomerate mass such as a multinat ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Will China's rise ruin business in the rest of Asia?
ese producers, the reverse has happened.The Bangkok-based company has just opened its first Chinese joint venture to sell into the Mainland market. "We expect China to make up half our sales within tw ... black makers all over China, picked two and then finally settled on one," says Srinivasan, 51. The joint venture that Thai Carbon Black set up is 77% owned by the Thai company and the rest by a state ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics
IBM Outsourcing: How will IBM benefit from outsourcing HR functions to Fidelity?
a large portion of their human resources, there are three that seem to be significant. They are the joint venture between IBM and Fidelity, the reduction in the number of employees while saving money ... their human resources benefits them in several ways. The first benefit is the participation in the joint venture between IBM and Fidelity. This allows IBM to broaden its horizons by involving itself ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Computer and Electronics Companies
Nora-Sakari: A Proposed Joint Venture In Malaysia
Marketing Research and Management in SEACase Analysis:Nora-Sakari:A Proposed Joint VentureIn MalaysiaSubmission date: 03.03.2004Nanyang Technological UniversityCONTENTS:________ ... t Nora, one of the leading suppliers of telecom solutions in Malaysia. The case involves a possible joint venture with Sakari, the leading manufacturer in Finland of mobile phones and telecom systems. ... in the future development of telecom facilities in Malaysia and the to enterprises have discussed a joint venture since May 1990 in order to get their share of the Malaysian market. Nora's reason for ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Argentina - Mining
and Environment issues 83.7 Technology 93.8 Trade with Australia 93.9 Regional trade groupings 94.0 Joint venture evaluation 105.0 Conclusion and Recommendation 116.0 Cash flow forecast 127.0 Referenc ... t and planning to other international market. An Argentina business has made a proposal to set up a joint venture with the company. As the company' s chief executive, my task is to conduct a research ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Starbucks
s. Meanwhile, Starbucks is expanding its offerings, with a line of ice cream for supermarkets and a joint venture with Pepsi Cola to market Frappuccino. At the same time, the company continues to deve ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing
Case Study: Dow Corning and the Silicone Breast Implant Controversy
Brief HistoryAn equal joint venture between Dow Chemical and Corning Glass Works in 1943 created a company to produce sili ... hot and cold temperatures. It was 1940 when Corning approached Dow Chemical with the proposal for a joint venture.By 1942, a small plant in Midland, Michigan, had begun producing silicones for militar ... ressure put on the U.S. Courts by these types of organization, two federal district judges issued a joint order to appoint a three-member panel of experts to sort out the evidence in implant cases and ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Joint Alliance
ng up while others are coming together. The mode of entry we have selected for our product, is by a joint venture. The advantages in doing this is, we share the risk and cost of doing business and ben ... ot enough to compel them to act co-operatively, the alliance can be a recipe for strategic gridlock.Joint Ventures are most useful in hedging your bets when there is uncertainty among competing future ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Ferox Manufactured Products
illion in annual sales. It has 250 people in its U.S. plant and 250 in its UK plant.Nigel Chandler, joint-venture managing director.The Czech government must approve the privatization plan, which is e ... handler a British APCI executive was appointed as managing director of the new Ferox - Air Products joint venture. In the following interview, Chandler shares his experience and observations on the ch ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Case study--culture clash in corning and vitro joint venture
1. Identify and discuss Corning's strategic predisposition toward a joint venture with Vitro.Because of long histories of successful joint ventures and had been an inno ... an innovative leader in foreign alliances for over 73 years, Corning's strategy of establishing the joint venture relationship with Vitro seems to be a ideal combination and will lead to success. Howe ... dle level managers are often not asked their opinions.As a result, Corning managers who work in the joint venture were sometimes left waiting for important decisions about marketing and sales. Refers ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Supply Chains Reform--Sport Obermeyer
nd rising competition, SportObermeyer needs to have and edge on the market. Starting in 1985 with a joint venture inHong Kong called Obersport, the company began to increase productivity to meet their ... bermeryer's critical outerwear products are sourced through the Hong Kong-basedcompany Obersport, a joint venture between Sport Obermeyer and a Hong Kong partner.Obersport, in turn, manages supply and ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
TA-Orange a Case Study
ong the companies interested in establishing a market. Among these companies, TelecomAsia-Orange, a joint venture between Thai companies CP group and TelecomAsia and France's Orange SA.Some of the mos ... ong the companies interested in establishing a market. Among these companies, TelecomAsia-Orange, a joint venture between Thai companies CP group and TelecomAsia and France's Orange SA. Rather than st ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Carnival Cruises
arious forms of activities. Finally, in 1974, American Travel Services was ready to pull out of the joint venture. So, Ted Arison bought out ATSI for $1 cash. Unfortunately, he also acquired the $5 mi ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Strategy Formulation
expand operations or diversify, whether to enter international markets, whether to merge or form a joint venture, and how to avoid a hostile takeover. Strategy implementation often is called the acti ... , acquisition, product development, market penetration, retrenchment, divestiture, liquidation, and joint ventures. Policies are the means by which annual objectives will be achieved. Policies include ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Starbucks : Internationalisation Process to Eastern Europe
ONALIZE? 221. What are the major motives? 22THE MARKET ENTRY STRATEGY 241. WHAT MODE OF ENTRY? 242. JOINT VENTURE 253. LICENSES 254. WHY LICENSEE? 26THE CHOICE OF THE MARKET 271. INTERNATIONAL PRESENC ... (thanks to the distribution network)Flexibility -Starbucks uses currently three business strategies:Joint venture, licenses and company owned operations.2. Joint ventureIt was only used in the domesti ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing
Nagotiations in the joint ventures.
ernational.These international companies entered host countries, in many ways and most recently Joint Venture became very popular because of its many benefits. In Joint Venture, two or more compan ... n and thinking come together to satisfy their business needs and in most of the cases international joint ventures faces a lot of human resource constraints because of different cultural and social ba ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Thailand - UHT Flavored Milk
nal programs that emphasize the goodness of milk. (Tasker, 1997, p46) Our group decided to select a joint venture, providing flavored milk, as there presently is limited flavored milk in Thailand, thu ... he UHT and liquid milk sectors presents significant potential for Australian investment in terms of joint ventures in existing manufacturing or farming facilities. (www.austrade.gov.au)Thailand is a n ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing
Strategic Management/Strategy Formulation
expand operations or diversify, whether to enter international markets, whether to merge or form a joint venture, and how to avoid a hostile takeover. Strategy implementation often is called the acti ... , acquisition, product development, market penetration, retrenchment, divestiture, liquidation, and joint ventures. Policies are the means by which annual objectives will be achieved. Policies include ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Star River Electronics Ltd.
LEMStar River Electronics Ltd. is a large manufacturer and supplier of CD-ROMS. It was founded as a joint venture between New Era Partners and Starlight Electronics Ltd. It has enjoyed a great deal of ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Computer and Electronics Companies
Genzyme/Geltex Pharmaceuticals Joint Venture
1997, Genzyme Corporation began negotiations with Geltex Pharmaceuticals in an attempt to launch a joint venture to market Geltex's first product, RenaGel. Geltex was a young biotech research company ... ickly growing company that experienced revenues of $518 million in 1996. They were attracted to the joint venture with Geltex because of the likelihood of increased earnings, as well as the joint vent ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies