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Washington Mutual and Banking Sector Changes

In five pages the U.S. banking sector is examined in terms of recent changes with the focus of how this has impacted Washington Mu...

Company Analysis of the Disney Corporation

In seven pages SWOT and PEST analyses are applied to the Disney Corporation with target markets, leadership, acquisitions, brand r...

Computer Vulnerabilities in the Energy Industry

Cyber security is an important issue within the energy sector. The Stuxnet targeting of Iranian nuclear facilities demonstrated th...

GE and Change

Thomas Edison founded General Electric (GE) in 1878 in Menlo Park, New Jersey. He subsequently merged his company with another. Me...

The Potential benefit Of M&A's in Supporting Nigerian Economic Growth

During the early 20th century merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the United States provided one of the tools for economic gr...

Influences of a Multicultural Environment and Merger and Acquisition

The writer examines the practice of merger and acquisition in a multicultural environment, discussing the influence of culture. T...

Merger and Acquisition Issues

Many mergers and acquisitions fail to realize value. The writer reviews two articles published which address some of the challeng...

Cultural Differences in an Acquisition

The writer looks at the problems faced by Indian firm Nicholas Piramal India Ltd (NPIL) when acquiring a western firm. The managem...

Issues in Advanced Practice Nursing

This research paper discusses ten different topics that pertain to advanced practice nursing. The topics discussed include Watson'...

Identifying a Suitable Organizational Diagnosis Model

assessed in the context of Microsofts acquisition of Skype. The first model to be assessed is the Force field Analysis of Kurt L...

Skype - An Input Analysis

advantage, differentiation and focus. The strategy followed by Skype is not that of focus, as the firm is clearly seeking to appea...

Outputs at Skype

chargeable, and are a main source of revenue. In 2011 the organisation had a total of 663 million different registered users (A...

9 Cases for Business

The writer answers questions on a set of 9 short business cases dealing with a range fo strategic and management issues. Cases in...

Protesting the Award of a Federal Contract

The writer looks at the way that disappointed contracts who fail to win a bid for a federal contract may pursue using the procedu...

Article Defense Acquisition Decision Making

This essay discusses an article, Improving Defense Acquisition Decision Making, by W.R. Fast. The author explains the process iden...

The Competitive Strategy of Southwest Airlines

the resources and knowledge gained from the AirTran acquisition. The report will look at the company, consider the way in which i...

Determining A Future Strategy for Skype

while it competes with a number of firms, in the fastest growing market; the mobile apps market, Skype has become the dominant pla...

Assessing an Investment using a Discounted Cash Flow Method

for the different years are added together there is a present value for the investment. This can be used to assess the value of th...

Companies Facing Antitrust Assessments

firm are not subject to the same competitive pressures as the post acquisition company would become the largest single wireless pr...

Chinese Market

it may be adapted so that it is suited to the market and will be attractive to the market. It is notable that GM had problems with...

Lenovo’s Acquisition of IBM’s PC Division

It was following this decision and an approach by IBM that the firm acquired IBMs PC division for $1,74 billion (Schuman, 2010)....

McAfee and Intel, A Questionable Match

like a horseless-carriage vendor buying a leading supplier of buggy-whips" (Greenberg, 2010). This is where business communication...

Organizational Practices at Best Buy

2001 (a move that gave them immediate access to a broad upscale customer base), and continuing with the purchase of Future Shop (t...

Richard Branson's Ventures into Healthcare

The company was founded by entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson in 1970. He began with a magazine he wanted to publish, then he and a ...

The Importance of Strategic Business Planning: Air Jamaica and Caribbean Airlines

in terms of the bottom line of profit has long been proven inadequate. Todays business professional knows instead that the cultiva...

The Agency Problem and Choices for Market Entry

This paper is made up of two sections. The first section discusses the way in which the agency problem may manifest and how it may...

The Hewlett-Packard Acquisition of Compaq

put together provide a full range of consulting and product support, including the commercial server market. In addition to this t...

Kraft and Kia - Their Acquisition and Integration

there needs to be increased alignment of the business. The decision to keep two separate brands enabled increased market exposure....

Tools for Examining an Organization

a high level of congruence, with many of the same process, but aimed at different products, which are within the same markets, and...

The Strategies of Cisco in Making Acquisitions

that market. The acquisition strategy targets small entrepreneurial, fast growing companies that were highly focused and were op...