Malaysian based IHH Healthcare Berhad is Asia’s largest private healthcare group. Its portfolio of brands include Pantai, Gleneagles and Prince Court. The company operates in multiple Asian countries including Singapore, India and China and it has presence in Central and Eastern Europe as well. In March this year, IHH had proposed to acquire Ramsay Sime Darby Sdn Bhd for RM5.67 billion but the company later announced in early September that the bid has failed. (CLO1: Develop a good understanding of concepts, theories and practical issues involved in the development, adoption and implementation of strategies at the strategic level of business organisations) Use Resource Based View to rationalize how the planned acquisition could improve IHH’s competitiveness in the healthcare industry.                                                                (50 marks)

Etok Restaurants Sdn. Bhd. (Etok) runs a chain of fast food restaurants which are all in the East Coast Malaysia. The company is wholly owned by the Razin family, and has a Board of directors consisting of three executive directors, a non-executive Chair, Johan Ahmad (who has recently joined the board) and one other independent non-executive director. The company has a few hundred employees, many of whom are young in age. It has been running an advertising campaign for its restaurants, including a campaign on social media. The Chief Executive, Darwish Razin, has been developing a proposal for the company to diversify and develop a new business of supplying some of the company's products directly to supermarkets. He wants to discuss this proposal, and the significant financial investment that would be required in new staff, equipment and marketing, at the next Board meeting. Darwish has told Johan that the Board does not need to discuss the risks relating to the proposed new business…

Elaborate on at least two effects of Gokongwei's failure in its bid of PLDT.

Pakistan International Airlines is the national flag carrier of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. PIA was founded on October 23, 1946, as Orient Airways based in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in British India. In 1955, Orient Airways was nationalized and merged with other airlines to form ‘Pakistan International Airlines.’ In the decades from the 1950s to the 1970s, PIA was ranked amongst the best airlines in the world. This was acclaimed to be the golden era for Pakistan International Airlines when it provided administrative and technical support to many other airlines, including Emirates. Some of the aviation records set by PIA pilots in yesteryear still stand to this day. Today, PIA is wracked by many administrative and human resource-related problems notably corruption, inefficiency, favoritism, nepotism, and overstaffing. Safety has also become a major concern after numerous scandals relating to the qualifications of PIA personnel, the EU ban, and the recent crash in Karachi in May 2020,…

Pakistan International Airlines is the national flag carrier of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. PIA was founded on October 23, 1946, as Orient Airways based in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in British India. In 1955, Orient Airways was nationalized and merged with other airlines to form ‘Pakistan International Airlines.’ In the decades from the 1950s to the 1970s, PIA was ranked amongst the best airlines in the world. This was acclaimed to be the golden era for Pakistan International Airlines when it provided administrative and technical support to many other airlines, including Emirates. Some of the aviation records set by PIA pilots in yesteryear still stand to this day. Today, PIA is wracked by many administrative and human resource-related problems notably corruption, inefficiency, favoritism, nepotism, and overstaffing. Safety has also become a major concern after numerous scandals relating to the qualifications of PIA personnel, the EU ban, and the recent crash in Karachi in May 2020…

Malaysia Airlines has delisted from Bursa Malaysia on 31 Dec 2014. Discuss the changes in principle (before and after 2014) and agency relationship of this company.    ( Explain  well with type  the answer. ).

Pakistan International Airlines is the national flag-carrier of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. PIA was founded on October 23, 1946 as Orient Airways based in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in British India. In 1955, Orient Airways was nationalized and merged with other airlines to form ‘Pakistan International Airlines.’ In the decades from the 1950s to the 1970s, PIA was ranked amongst the best airlines in the world. This was acclaimed to be the golden era for Pakistan International Airlines when it provided administrative and technical support to many other airlines, including Emirates. Some of the aviation records set by PIA pilots in yesteryear still stand to this day.   Today, PIA is wracked by many administrative and human resource related problems notably corruption, inefficiency, favoritism, nepotism and overstaffing. Safety has also become a major concern after numerous scandals relating to the qualifications of PIA personnel, the EU ban, and the recent crash in Karachi in May,…

Pakistan International Airlines is the national flag-carrier of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. PIA was founded on October 23, 1946 as Orient Airways based in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in British India. In 1955, Orient Airways was nationalized and merged with other airlines to form ‘Pakistan International Airlines.’ In the decades from the 1950s to the 1970s, PIA was ranked amongst the best airlines in the world. This was acclaimed to be the golden era for Pakistan International Airlines when it provided administrative and technical support to many other airlines, including Emirates. Some of the aviation records set by PIA pilots in yesteryear still stand to this day.   Today, PIA is wracked by many administrative and human resource related problems notably corruption, inefficiency, favoritism, nepotism and overstaffing. Safety has also become a major concern after numerous scandals relating to the qualifications of PIA personnel, the EU ban, and the recent crash in Karachi in May,…

Pakistan International Airlines is the national flag-carrier of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. PIA was founded on October 23, 1946 as Orient Airways based in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in British India. In 1955, Orient Airways was nationalized and merged with other airlines to form ‘Pakistan International Airlines.’ In the decades from the 1950s to the 1970s, PIA was ranked amongst the best airlines in the world. This was acclaimed to be the golden era for Pakistan International Airlines when it provided administrative and technical support to many other airlines, including Emirates. Some of the aviation records set by PIA pilots in yesteryear still stand to this day.   Today, PIA is wracked by many administrative and human resource related problems notably corruption, inefficiency, favoritism, nepotism and overstaffing. Safety has also become a major concern after numerous scandals relating to the qualifications of PIA personnel, the EU ban, and the recent crash in Karachi in May,…

Pakistan International Airlines is the national flag-carrier of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. PIA was founded on October 23, 1946 as Orient Airways based in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in British India. In 1955, Orient Airways was nationalized and merged with other airlines to form ‘Pakistan International Airlines.’ In the decades from the 1950s to the 1970s, PIA was ranked amongst the best airlines in the world. This was acclaimed to be the golden era for Pakistan International Airlines when it provided administrative and technical support to many other airlines, including Emirates. Some of the aviation records set by PIA pilots in yesteryear still stand to this day.   Today, PIA is wracked by many administrative and human resource related problems notably corruption, inefficiency, favoritism, nepotism and overstaffing. Safety has also become a major concern after numerous scandals relating to the qualifications of PIA personnel, the EU ban, and the recent crash in Karachi in May,…