Running head: GE STRATEGIC ANALYSIS Strategic Analysis Every organization needs to have ways in which they can meet their objectives. This is needed to demonstrate to shareholders that they have a plan in which they will be using the capital resources that were provided to the firm in a profitable and ethical manner. This is most commonly done through strategic planning. Many firms devote a lot of time and effort into this initiative in order to prove, or demonstrate, to their shareholders
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SME 710 – Service Strategy and Design Case Study 1: GE’s Growth Strategy – The Immelt Initiative Name: Ping Lei Student ID: 10320346 Please prepare an analysis of this case. Your write-up should be 4 to 7 pages. Questions that should be addressed are: 1. How difficult was the task facing Immelt assuming the CEO role in 2001? What imperatives where there to change? What incentives to maintain the past? 2. What do you think of the broad objectives
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GE’s Growth Strategy: The Immelt Initiative 1. When Immelt took over as CEO of GE, he was faced with many unexpected challenges which caused a need for change. Within 4 days of his first day as CEO, the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center occurred. This act caused a huge downturn in the economy as well as in the confidence of consumers worldwide. Immelt immediately saw the need for action on GE’s behalf as he reassured consumers by reaching out to victims, rescue workers, and
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Study Case from Modern Banking by Shelagh Heffernan - Kidder Peabody Group – ‘‘But Leo’’, said Alan Horrvich, a third-year financial analyst at General Electric Capital Corporation (GECC) in September 1987: ‘‘I don’t know anything about investment banking. If I walk in there with a lot of amateurish ideas for what he ought to do with Kidder, Cathart will rip me apart. OK, you’re the boss, but why me?’’ ‘‘Look Alan’’, replied Mr Leo Halaran, Senior Vice-President, Finance of GECC:
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business and consumer financing (accounting for 29% of the total revenue), and industrial products (accounting for 10% of the total revenue), it serves customers in more than 100 countries. 2. What is General Electric’s strategy for future? The firm’s strategy for future is to divest consumer-facing assets because of the volatile and highly competitive nature of the consumer facing business, and acquire and boost commercial- facing assets. 3. How does General Electric intend to grow
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Electric (GE) Table of Contents Phase 1 Initial Survey and Engagement Development Pages 1-4 Phase 2 Planning Phase Pages 4-8 Phase 3 Work Program Phase Pages 8-12 Phase 4 Field Work Phase Pages 12-19 Phase 5 Findings and Recommendations Pages 19-20 General Electric (GE) seems to be a very high profited company which seems to be growing in profitability based on the way they do business and how they train their employees to be the best at what they do. Based on the articles I have read GE prides
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cash cost of the deal for GE is about €9.7bn. Moreover, the US and European regulators required the sell-off of part of the GE’s turbine business to the Italian Ansaldo Energia in order to keep the market competitive. Before GE got the “green light” from Paris, there was lot of competition between GE and the joint offer of Siemens and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the acquisition of Alstom, even though the board of Alstom favoured GE’s clear and simple offer. Moreover, GE promised to add about
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Course Project General Electric (GE) Table of Contents Phase 1 Initial Survey and Engagement Development Pages 1-4 Phase 2 Planning Phase Pages 4-8 Phase 3 Work Program Phase Pages 8-12 Phase 4 Field Work Phase Pages 12-19 Phase 5 Findings and Recommendations Pages 19-20 General Electric (GE) seems to be a very high profited company which seems to be growing in profitability based on the way they do business and how they train their employees to be the best at
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ID number: 0971546 Paper in: MBA 23901 Corporate Strategy and Global Business Policy - GE Wind Strategy Study - Date turned in: 05.01.2014 For: BI Norwegian Business School-Fudan University MBA Programme 05.01.2014 Content Table of Contents Content ............................................................................................................................ i Introduction ..........................................................
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Electric Company INTRODUCTION The General Electric Company (GE) is ranked among Fortune 500 as the 6th largest firm in the U.S. by gross profit as well as the 14th most profitable, #7 for executives, #5 best global brand, #82 green companies, #13 most respected companies and #19 most innovated firms. GE divisions include GE Capital, GE Energy, GE Technology Infrastructure and GE Home and Business Solutions. Through these divisions, GE is able to participate in a wide variety of markets, from industrial
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