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Since 1990s, consolidation has been transforming steel industry across the globe from a fragmented one to a consolidated one. Steel Production in the 21st century is shared among 5 major trading blocs that account for over 85% of production in terms of volume. These include Japan & Korea, China, North America, Europe & Turkey, Russia & Ukraine. Currently, global steel production is above 1bn tonnes and is expected to reach 1.5bn tonnes by 2015-2020. ...
The late nineties witnessed a plethora of brand proliferation across categories either in the form of introduction of new brands or brand extensions. On the contrary, the market for product and services, though grew revenue –wise, became more competitive, particularly in the developed world, like US, Japan, Europe, etc. The pressure to differentiate and concomitant absence of differentiating factors that would allure customers, gave a significant jolt to the ...
Manufacturing remains the most attractive sector. Many multi-national companies are increasingly considering corporate restructuring and mergers and acquisitions as a necessary condition for continued growth and success. Firms decide to merge with or acquire other companies for various reasons. Some transactions may be motivated by firms trying to take advantage of free cash flows. Others may be explained by the strategies pursued by multinationals to enter new ...
This book provides a holistic view of the concept of Subcontracting and its application in various industries in India. Subcontracting in the wider sense relates to letting out a part of the overall project obligations to another party. Such dispersal of obligations often tends to be beneficial for the parent firm and also provides adequate scope for growth to the secondary firm, which receives the subcontract. This book is an attempt to delve deep into the ...
The book has effectively presented a string of cases which have put the turnaround strategy adopted by global companies under a searchlight. Organizational decline and turnaround management have emerged as important business management issues addressed and discussed all over the world. The companies often hit the pits of performance and growth and need to devise strategies that would effectively bail them out of that situation. In their attempt to emerge from a ...