Appex started as a small company with 25 employees and $2 million in revenue in the early stage. Formerly named as Appex Inc., it was founded in 1984 by Brian E. Boyle and headquartered in Waltham, WA. The company core business focused in management information system for cellular industry and credit scoring systems for financial service companies. Besides, it provided management information systems and intercarrier network service to cellular telephone companies. The company was entrepreneurial, technology-driven and loosely organized. Appex’s employees were focused, committed and hardworking people who preferred to work closely with interaction, in order to successfully meet customers’ needs. In May 1986 Appex Inc merged with Lunayach communications consultants (LLC), which was specialized in designing and engineering cellular radio networks for cellular companies. After the merger, they became Appex Lunayach Systems Corporation (ALS) and they changed into Appex Corporation in May, 1989. Appex’s developing process is worth noting: first of all, they provided service to cellular carriers to allow them to manage their customer in their “home” and “roam” territories, and turned into intercarriers service (ICS) and cellular management information systems (IS). Secondly, they enlarged their business capital; Appex’s revenues grew 1600% by August 1990 and as did their number of workers (they had 172 employees and recruited 10 new staffs monthly by September 1990).
This is case study of what caused the increase and fall of Nortel and what might be done to stop it. problems with misreported monetary information, board structure and the potential for fraud might are prevented if Nortel had taken preventative measures and had a written fraud interference policy. Having a Code of Ethics and a Code of Conduct in situ helps to align managers with the interests of the stakeholders and is for the bigger sensible of the corporate. It additionally permits the corporate to proceed with prosecution of the party or parties concerned within the fraud. Processes place into place to stop fraud by workers
Our case study deals with Mass Merger. Since the 90s, together with the globalization of business, Mergers and Acquisitions have developed at an incredible pace. Thus, companies from all over the world can be lead to work together as one single corporation. Moreover, the world has become interdependent not only economically, but also culturally, that is to say one culture may influence another one or different cultures can be mixed. It is then obvious that intercultural issues have to be solved.
A merger is a partial or total combination of two separate business firms and forming of a new one. There are predominantly two kinds of mergers: partial and complete. Partial merger usually involves the combination of joint ventures and inter-corporate stock purchases. Complete mergers are results in blending of identities and the creation of a single succeeding firm. (Hicks, 2012, p 491). Mergers in the healthcare sector, particularly horizontal hospital mergers wherein two or more hospitals merge into a single corporation, are increasing both in frequency and importance. (Gaughan, 2002). This paper is an attempt to study the impact of the merger of two competing healthcare organization and will also attempt to propose appropriate
The merger between American Airlines and U.S. Airways is one that can be explained using static game theory models. The two players in the game would be American Airlines and U.S. Airways. Each one of the players would have something to gain from the merger, but they would also have something to lose. In this game American Airlines is our first player. American Airlines’ potential payoff is merging with a company that is maximizing profits, but is also lacking in the customer service department. U.S. Airways is player two, and in this game they are merging with a business that is suffering from chapter 11 bankruptcy, but is excelling in customer service.
As corporations and businesses evolve, they must adapt to the changing landscape of societal, environmental, and corporate-success needs. To achieve such responsibility, Verizon Communications Inc. has, and continues to, meticulously plant its feet into the web of the triple-bottom line. While maintaining their credo which is “a blueprint that directs us to live up to the highest standards when serving our customers, shareowners, communities, and each other”, Verizon aligns their overall goal to “design, build, and operate global networks, information systems and mobile technologies that connect people, grow businesses and economies, and improve communities” (Verizon.com). The
American Airlines (AA) and U.S. Airways have merged into one company. The problems resulting from this merger are from a technical aspect the need to merge over 1,400 back-end systems, and improve customer service and area these two airlines have struggled with in the past. If American Airlines continues to lose customers after this merger they might never climb out of bankruptcy that they filled for back in 2011. Merging the two back-end systems needs to be done delicately as this can be an area to compound your poor customer service past. American Airlines has a few options to deal with the back-end system merge by keeping two separate systems, merging one into the other, or creating one new one and merging both into that one. Dealing with
It is thought that when firms merge, the price paid by the acquiring firm should be fair value, because that firm is going to invest rationally. Yet, under rational investment, the shareholders of the acquired firm would never sell. For them, the uncertainty of new ownership would reduce the value of the holding. In order to accommodate for cashing out "early", the shareholders of the acquired company must be compensated. The acquiring firm therefore must pay an acquisition premium in order to entice the shareholders of the takeover target. The acquisition premium will depend on the specifics of the deal and the companies involved, where the industry is in the business cycle and whether or not the takeover is hostile (Milano, 2011).
There are a number of technologies that can be applied in the process of meeting the mandated requirements that will have some impacts of a merged healthcare organization. There are a number of technologies that are required to monitor the operations carried out in most of the merged healthcare systems. Some of the systems include CCTV systems that are meant to monitor the activities of different people who work in different departments in the organization (Buerhaus, Staiger, & Auerbach, 2009). The CCTV systems will also make sure that all the personnel who are given access to the central data repository center are those individuals who are allowed to carry such operations are no intruders access these systems (Lazakidou, 2016).
This assignment focuses on case study analysis, where we were expected to analyse and provide executable strategy for a specific corporate retailer. The 1997 case relates to OfficeMax, a superstore that primarily carries office equipment and supplies to small business and consumer markets. However, the company is seeking diversification and market share growth, with the prospect of a merger between the industry’s number 1 and 2 office supply superstores, Office Depot and Staples. The current merger process is under scrutiny from industry watchdogs, and the role of these entities relative to the competitive
In a $35 billion deal, Sprint Nextel prides itself on being able to provide innovative services and technology to a wide range of consumers, business associates, and government officials. Although Mr. Forsee has said, “This merger positions Sprint Nextel for greater success than either company could have achieved alone," there are many obstacles that Sprint Nextel must overcome in order to become the leading cell phone network provider. First, one must examine the problems with Sprint and Nextel before the merger.
One of the biggest challenges that Whole Foods faces is its inability to open new locations. By merging with Wild Oats, Whole Foods has a stronger presence in the Rocky Mountains, Pacific Northwest, and Florida. These new acquired stores allows for Whole Foods to have new locations. It also gives Whole Foods the benefit of operating in these three regions; these three regions were where Whole Foods lacked presence. Now that Whole Foods is able to have a better presence in these regions it will allow for Whole Foods to continue increasing the amount of stores Whole Foods has.
Mergers and other affiliations have different reasons for consolidation of positions and reducing the number of company employee's. There are businesses that want to merge in efforts to acquire, expand, improve, or even take over an industry to make a profit or cut cost in their organization. Consolidation of companies in the healthcare industry due to economic pressure can lead to reduction of jobs (Fallon & McConnell, n.d.). When mergers of the same industry combine it can become burdensome to retain all employee's from both companies and still make a profit. As a result, the merger may offer incentives such as voluntary termination incentive, relocation, or early retirement (Fallon & McConnell, n.d.).
American Airlines Group Inc. (AA) is the largest airline in the world. They seek to be an effectiveness organization that have better customer service, effective staff, and successful. In the following, the five stages of Organization Development process will use to implement the organizational development change process for the new “American Airlines Group Inc.”:
Do serial mergers and acquisition constitute a viable growth model for a company? Is it an ethical model? Are there specific risks inherent to such a growth model? What are the advantages?
This paper presents a case study of Apple Inc. Apple Inc. is a technology based corporation with emphasis on computer software and hardware (MAC and Apps), tablets (IPad), smart phones (IPhone), and mp3 plays, (ITouch). Apple Inc. has grown tremendously over the years and ever since 2001 has expanded its brand and retail stores to over 375 stores/outlets globally. The business has seventy two thousand eight hundred employees in thirty eight countries. Apple Inc. has truly become one of the most efficacious corporations within its field behind or competing with Microsoft and Google Inc.