Cooper Industries Inc. Based on the given information in the case study regarding the acquisition of Nicholson File Company by Cooper Industries, there is no question that Cooper should try to gain control of Nicholson. This decision is based on an analysis of the bargaining positions of each group of Nicholson stockholders which have disparate goals and needs that need to be met. In addition, an appropriate payment method and specific dollar value based on a competitor's offer and Cooper financial
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Cooper Industries Inc. Based on the given information in the case study regarding the acquisition of Nicholson File Company by Cooper Industries, there is no question that Cooper should try to gain control of Nicholson. This decision is based on an analysis of the bargaining positions of each group of Nicholson stockholders which have disparate goals and needs that need to be met. In addition, an appropriate payment method and specific dollar value based on a competitor's offer and Cooper financial
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For the exclusive use of C. SULLIVAN Harvard Business School 9-391-095 Rev. April 18, 1995 Cooper Industries’ Corporate Strategy (A) The business of Cooper is value-added manufacturing. – Cooper Industries’ management philosophy Manufacturing may not be glamorous, but we know a lot about it. – Robert Cizik, Chairman, President and CEO Cooper Industries, a company more than 150 years old, spent most of its history as a small but reputable maker of engines and compressors to propel natural gas
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Questions for Cooper Industries Harvard Case Study THE CASE SHOULD BE DONE BY TEAMS OF UP TO FOUR STUDENTS. The CASE WOULD BE PRESENTED AND DEFENDED IN CLASS BY TWO TEAMS. I EXPECT MANY OF YOU TO MAKE CLASS PRESENTATIONS BY UTILIZING POWERPOINT AND/OR OTHER MEANS. THE QUESTIONS BELOW WERE SUGGESETD BY THE AUTHORS OF THE CASE AND ADDRESS THE MAIN THE ISSUES, BUT YOU MAY EDIT / CONSOLIDATE THEM IF YOU FIND IT NECESSARY / CONVENIENT IN WRITING UP YOUR CASE. Cooper industries 1. If you were
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Cooper Industries Corporate Strategy * Reputable maker of engines and compressors to propel natural gas. * More than 150 years of Business duration. * Cooper Industries acquired more than 60 manufacturing companies in 30 yrs. Q1. What is Cooper’s corporate strategy * Cooper Industries’ main corporate strategy is broad diversification through M&A. * Cooper Industries acquired firms in order to lessen its dependence on cyclical natural gas industry and to exhibit
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Cooper Industries’ Corporate Strategy I. Situation of the company Cooper Industries was the manufacturing company have the three group of business. The three group business are Electrical & Electronic, commercial & industrial, and compression & drilling. All this group had created growth in term of revenue by doing acquisition. Initially, Cooper was the recognized leader in pipeline compression equipment. However, the company had developed production expertise and had built a reputation
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Re: Cooper Industries’ Corporate Strategy (A) Diagnosis: Cooper Industries’ growth depends on its widely diversification. From 1960 to the following 30 years, the company purchased about 60 manufacturing companies that increased the size and scope of Cooper Industries. With its experience and strength in “Cooperization”, it has been able to digest the companies it purchased and welded the company into a highly efficient, profitable, competitive business. But they acquired too much debt due to
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COOPER INDUSTRIES, INC Nicholson File Early in 1972 Nicholson File had to stave off a take over attempt by H.K. Porter Company Inc. which controlled 30.5% of the company's stock. Porter made a cash tender offer to stockholders. However, Porter did not get enough stock to take over Nicholson. In trying to fight the takeover Nicholson File made several merge overtures to other companies like VLN Corp. A few years back, it had rejected an offer from Cooper Industries. Cooper Industries interest
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*Official Logo copied from (Cooper Tire & Rubber Company official website, 2013) Corporate Name Cooper Tire & Rubber Co Exchange Traded In New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Ticker Symbol CTB Description The history of Cooper Tire Company actually dates back to 1914, when two brother-in-laws John F. Schaefer and Claude E. Hart jointly purchased an Akron based tire parts making M and M Manufacturing Company. After a subsequent growth in 1946 company took the name, Cooper Tire and by 1960 the company
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Governance Reference Paper #45 Robert G. Cooper and Scott J. Edgett Compliments of: Stage-Gate International and Product Development Institute Inc. This article appeared in Research Technology Management March-April, pp 43-54 For information call +1-905-304-8797 www.stage-gate.com © Product Development Institute Inc. 2000-2014 Product Development Institute Inc. and Stage-Gate are registered trademarks. Logo for Product Development Institute Inc. used under license by Stage-Gate International
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