Case study 1: Has restructuring paid off at Procter & Gamble? Procter & Gamble (P&G), formed by William Procter and James Gamble in Cincinnati in 1837, is one of the oldest global companies. Its famous brands include Tide, Pringles and Crest. For much of its history, the company has been innovative in producing new consumer products and new marketing techniques, such as the soap opera. However, despite its record of reliable profit growth, by the 1990s P&G had become weighed down by bureaucratic
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The Effect of Corporate Restructuring on the Shareholders’ Value: The Case of GEC/Marconi Magdy Abdel-Kader 1 * and Vagia Mentzeniot 2 1 Brunel Business School. Brunel University. Uxbridge. Middlesex UB8 3PH. UK * Corresponding author: Tel: +44 (0)1895 266739. Fax: +44 (0)1895 269775. Email: magdy.kader@brunel.ac.uk 2 Finance Division, Piraeus Bank Group, Headquarters, Stadiou & Amerikis 4, Athens, 10557, Greece Abstract GEC/Marconi’s transformation from a diversified conglomerate to a
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Diageo plc A Harvard Business School Case Study Part I 1) Diageo plc is a conglomerate formed in 1997 through the merger of Grand Metropolitan plc and Guinness plc, two consumer product companies. Their goal was to become an industry leader by achieving cost savings through marketing synergies, cutting overhead expenses, and developing production and purchasing efficiencies. Although diversified within the packaged food, beverage alcohol, and fast food industries, Diageo sought to focus exclusively
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with higher borrowing without considering the consequences in terms of risks. In recent years the continuity of many companies has been guaranteed by the negotiation of restructuring liabilities. Indeed, companies in different industries have survived because of their ability to restructure and refinance
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company assets, and position in the industry, and service capability within the industry? Also, once the failure of an M&A occurs, what happens to the assets of both companies? Furthermore, this paper will discuss various forms of corporate restructuring. Insolvency And Bankruptcy Companies often merge to gain access into to a new market that would otherwise be difficult to enter. Mismanaged overexpansion policy in conjunction with other ineffective marketing, financial decisions, or operating
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[pic] http://mbanetbook.blogspot.com/ Project on Non Performing Assets in Banks CONTENTS |Chapter no. | Title |Page no. | | |Executive Summary |2 | |1 |General Introduction | | |
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4. Egyptian Case Studies Azza El-Shinnawy and Heba Handoussa INTRODUCTION This chapter presents three cases of recent foreign investment in Egypt. In the case of the Egyptian Company for Mobile Services (MobiNil), an international consortium takes over a state-run mobile phone service, and modernises its operations in a rapidly growing and transforming market. The local partner subsequently becomes a regional player in Africa and the Middle East. Glaxo Smith Kline, a leading pharmaceutical
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DISMISSAL MEETING PROPOSE THREE (3) WAYS THAT A MANAGER CAN COPE WITH ANY NEGATIVE EMOTIONS THAT MAY ACCOMPANY AN EMPLOYEE LAYOFF. One way that a manager can help ease the pain of an employee that’s been laid off is to grant the employee a generous severance package which could provide economic benefits that reflects management’s compassion and understanding of the impact of the termination. Although the trend is for companies to offer less in severance payments, 93 percent of them require
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United Kingdom The impact on employment in EU-25 of the opening of electricity and gas markets, and of key EU directives in the field of energy Case study country report - UNITED KINGDOM and Centrica C3126 / March 2007 ECOTEC Research & Consulting Pat Irving and Anne-Mari Nevala Priestley House 12-26 Albert Street Birmingham B4 7UD United Kingdom T +44 (0)121 616 3600 F +44 (0)121 616 3699 www.ecotec.com This report is available in English only. It was financed and prepared for the
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