Case Study of the GE-Honeywell Merger

From the liberal point of view, the FTC and the EC should recognize the Boeing-McDonnell Douglas merger as an international issue, not a national issue, so that it should restrain autonomy of state, in this case the U.S., preventing from intervention to protect domestic interests. However, in the case of Boeing-Mc Donnell Douglas, both antitrust authorities, specifically the European Commission, acted in a protectionist manner keeping domestic interests. In a study on 290 proposed acquisitions screened by the EC during 1990, it was found that although European merger and acquisition regulators claim to be protecting competition and consumers, in fact, the more harm suffered by European rival firms when the acquire is coming from the outside the EU, the greater the likelihood of European regulatory intervention against the proposed merger or acquisition . The EC’s focus on competitors rather than consumers was revealed by this study.

Despite the bleak economic outlook, by the end of the third quarter 2008, Honeywell’s sales had not been impacted much. They checked on orders and they all looked good, everything was holding up.

6. In an era of global competition, what is the case for antitrust authorities to permit the formation of large domestic firms through mergers and acquisitions?

Through the cumulative abnormal returns (CARs) that a company receives from the merger, we were able to see the effects of second requests and complaints on the company’s stock price over time. This methodology of using event studies to gauge the effects of mergers and the antitrust agency involvement was first applied by Eckbo (1983), and most recently by Filson, Olfati, and Radoniqi (2015). The event studies used in both of these journals and the others mentioned within the review of literature give us a good understanding of how accurate event studies are for predicting the effects that second requests or complaints given out by antitrust agencies can have on merging firms and within their

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

This case study examines the proposed merger of Vulcan Materials and Martin Marietta both providers of construction aggregates. A stock-for-stock merger had the potential of making the company a global leader in construction materials, but was marred by disagreements over executive succession, location of new headquarters and the stock exchange proposed by Martin Marietta. Furthermore, as negotiations deteriorated Martin Marietta attempted a hostile takeover of Vulcan and also tried to get its directors appointed to

While the Department of Justice allowed the merger of Whirlpool and Maytag, there was a huge stir in the market as a poor image was created by the appliance giant as they closed plants and laid off thousands of employees (Reynolds, 2007). Even though the merger caused a public black eye in some areas, the Whirlpool Corporation is still quite strong at +176.70 at today’s New York Stock Exchange market close. A large corporation such a Whirlpool would not care to spend much of its quarter cash depleted as bond markets are rated by things such as days with cash on hand. Inasmuch, this transaction was made with a great deal of stock transferred from one company’s shareholders to another (Edmonds, Olds, & Tsay, 2008). According to the ATC 14-1

Jessica Gallinelli, managing director of Bancroft capital management is facing financial decision either to hold or sell her shares in Honeywell before Honeywell merge with GE. Gallinelli own 10 million shares in Honeywell and its short position of 10 million shares in GE. The key factors on Gallinelli either to sell or hold shares were based on the value of shares after the merger, also she wanted to know how the market will respond to Honeywell shares after decisions from both the antitrust regulatory of the European Commission (EC) and The U.S. department of justice.

In Oct 2000, GE and Honeywell agreed to merge and Honeywell was to become a wholly owned subsidiary of GE. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) conducted thorough investigations and approved the merger with limited conditions (Platt Majoras,

General Electric (GE), established in 1892, is an American based, diverse conglomerate. General Electric is common household name, as well as a renowned name in electric, oil, gas, power, renewable energy, aviation, transportation, and healthcare. In 2015, the Fortune 500 Company had over $117 billion in revenue. The company continues to expand, and even surpasses the yearly goals it sets for its self. As of 2015, GE has 10 research centers, employees over 3,000 engineers and PhD’s between these centers, and filed 3,100 new patents. In the healthcare arm, GE creates diagnostic imaging, clinical systems, and information technology products, as well as participating in drug discovery and other biopharmaceutical technologies. GE provides pivotal technology for healthcare and fuels the healthcare revolution. These healthcare advancements are used to develop healthcare facilities in third-world countries, as well as American healthcare (General Electric, 2016).

General Electric company (GE) is one of the world 's most admired, valuable, and largest companies in the world. GE is also one of the top five oldest industries in the United States, at a 130 years. This great American company has been stayed in business because of the many great leaders who have led the success for GE. Leader 's such as, Jack Welch and Jeff Immelt, have brought many changes at GE bringing the company into the 20th century. Jack Welch and Jeff Immelt have been very successful at changing GE and making it a more highly profitable company, due to their leadership styles and corporate culture.

GE has officially announced the merge and acquisition with Honeywell on October 22, 2000 and if it has been gone through, GE will be the biggest company in aerospace industry with more than 60% of total market share. Undoubtedly, GE will be more monopolists and may bring about the unfair competition with the rivals. Hence, both the United States (represented by the Department of Justice (DOJ)) and European countries (represented by the European Commission (EC)) have a "Antitrust Law ' subject to protect the merger

13). Halliburton announced in 2014 a consolidation with Baker Hughes, another competitor in their industry (Halliburton And Baker Hughes Reach Agreement to Combine in Stock and Cash Transaction Valued at $34.6 Billion. p. 1). With this consolidation, Halliburton will acquire all assets of Baker Hughes, along with the future subsidiary’s debts. With the uncertainty of the lifetime of the oil industry, and currently facing a significant loss, Halliburton is taking a serious risk facing such a large amount of debt and acquiring Baker Hughes.

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.”:

Doing these acquisitions at some certain stages were important to diversify GE technologies and maximize its market share (Immelt, 2005), however, the balancing between growing organically by empowering the company from within and acquiring some companies is even more important for setting up the company directions. Since more than half of the company revenue is derived from its financial services (Company Data 2008), this brings the argument onto the table about the nature of the company making it a financial company with a manufacturing arm.