BSc International Business CORPORATE FINANCE 2 GROUP ASSIGNMENT: Philip Morris Companies and Kraft Inc. Instructions Form a group of 3-5 members. Read the case and answer the following questions: 1. What is the total value created by the merger between Philip Morris and Kraft? Notes: Overall market movement on the announcement date may be taken into account for a more precise answer to this question. Kraft’s number of shares is given in footnote 2. 2. What are the most likely sources of
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Budgeting and strategy A Kraft Foods UK case study Case study pages • 1: What is a budget? • 2: Kraft´s income and expenses budget • 3: The importance of feedback • 4: Constructing an expense budget • 5: Advantages and disadvantages of expense budgeting • 6: Alternative types of budgeting • 7: Conclusion Read more: http://businesscasestudies.co.uk/kraft-foods-uk/budgeting-and-strategy/conclusion.html#ixzz1nUCFRFJb What is a budget? A budget is a financial
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Under siege - 1 Under Siege: The Kraft Foods 2009 Labor Conflict in Argentina Roberto Luchi Austral University - IAE RLuchi@iae.edu.ar A. Ariel Llorente Austral University - IAE aal05@cema.edu.ar Paper Presented at the 25th Annual International Association of Conflict Management Conference Spier, South Africa July 12 14, 2012 Abstract: This paper examines a particular labor-management negotiation process, a Mandatory Conciliation (MC), as it is named in the Argentinean labor
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Anteproyecto de Grado Universidad Icesi Alejandro Alba Luis Fernando Moreno Caso de Estudio: Colombia: Un Desafío global de Kraft, una oportunidad local de Cadbury Adams Introducción: El 19 de Enero del 2010 se acuerda en Londres la compra de Cadbury por parte de la multinacional de alimentos Kraft Foods por USD$ 19,600 millones de dólares. Esta operación supondría la creación del mayor grupo de alimentos dulces del mundo y la integración de portafolio y operaciones de estos dos gigantes
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a lot of businesses as there is a lot of potential to gain profit and explore untapped markets. For most businesses, expanding/moving into new markets is not an easy transition, especially international markets, as Oreos did. The differences that Kraft will have to face would most likely come from these five factors: cultural, social, political, economical and legal differences. When expanding into an international market, one of the very first things businesses will have to consider is the legal
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Memorandum To: CEO and Senior Leader for the Kraft/Cadbury Merger From: Lihui Chen and Kristin Spivey, LK Consulting Date: [ 3/3/2010 ] Re: Recommendations for Potential Issues that can arise after a Merger INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your recent merger of Kraft and Cadbury. We have analyzed the merger and have found three issues that need to be addressed in order to achieve the best results for both your companies. The three main areas we have analyzed are leadership, cultural perceptions
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its Competitor Kraft Foods Course: International Business Strategy (IB BA) Professor Lewis University of Applied Sciences Dresden Project Members: Katerina Schneiderova Sandra Merkel Nicole Klötzer Carolin Wiese Samuel Weimer Nicole Schröder Date: 11th June 2010 Executive Summary In the following, two companies and their strategic positions within the coffee consumer goods industry will be described. The focus lies on Nestlé and its competitor Kraft Foods. As coffee
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Product The core benefit of the ‘Kraft Tiger Energy Choc’ (Kraft Tiger) biscuit is its nutritional value. These biscuits are fortified with the nine vitamins and six minerals recommended by the World Food Programme. They are enriched with Vitamins such as Vitamin A, B1, B2, B5, B6, B12, D, E, Calcium, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Zinc and Iron. These vitamins can help to fulfill consumer’s daily intake of vitamin nutrition in addition to keeping their stomach full. The Kraft Tiger biscuits are distinctive
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Morris Companies and Kraft, Inc. Case #1 Student questions - Philip Morris Companies and Kraft, Inc 1. Why is Kraft a takeover target? 2. Should Philip Morris buy Kraft? 3. Does the market think this offer is good for Philip-Morris? 4. Does the market think this offer is good for Kraft shareholders? Why? Set of events 1. Kraft stock price around $60 in early October of 1988 2. October 18th, Philip Morris offers $90 cash for each share of Kraft 3. Kraft management does not
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advertising the health benefits of its food. (341). Responding to the public pressure, Kraft Foods in January 2005 made a major shift in their corporate marketing policy. (341). They would stop advertising such products as Kool-Aid, Oreo cookies, Chips Ahoy cookies, and selected varieties of Lunchables and Post cereals in television, radio and print ads directed at children younger than 12. (342,343). In so doing, Kraft was conceding that such advertisements might, in fact, adversely impact the health
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