The different types of mergers are Horizontal, Vertical, Product extension, Market extension and Conglomeration.
• An example of a Horizontal merger Exxon and Mobil or US Airways and American Airlines.
• A Vertical merger examples are company/customer relationship or company/ supplier relationship such as Walt Disney and Pixar or eBay and PayPal.
• Product merger examples are Adobe and Macromedia.
• Market extension examples are East Coast Nations banks vs West Coast whose prime business merged with Bank of America.
• Conglomeration for example Citicorp, a banking services firm, and Travelers Group Inc that combines to make a large financial service group, Citigroup Inc.
The objective of this research report is to provide a thorough analysis of Alaska Airlines. In order to do this we chose to compare a similar company against them. The company in comparison is Spirit Airlines. Both companies compete in the same type of business through airline transportation. Many of their services include; security, safety, transportation of passengers as well as luggage, ensuring vehicle safety while in transit, concierge services, providing entertainment aboard plane, checking weather conditions prior to flight, and much more. All of the data gathered for this report was obtained from the company’s 10-k filings with the SEC.
In the year of 2005, the companies eventually found a way to make it easier for the companies to combine without having any major issues or problems. Unfortunately, around the year of 20010 the merging com...
The merger between General Electric (GE) and Honeywell would have been the largest ever merger between two industrial companies, it would have increased GE’s size by almost a third. GE is a leading manufacturer of airplane engines and Honeywell is a leading producer of avionic systems (such as engine starters). It was a stand out merger as it was the first time a merger between two US companies had been solely derailed by the European anti-trust Commission (EC), after having been cleared by the US Department of Justice (DoJ).
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Before granting merger forms The Bureau of Competition was committed to ensuring that involved companies do not create a monopoly in the market and hence reduce competition that may also affect the integrity of the services provided. In most cases the bureau controlling the start and the running of mergers uses the Hart-Scott-Rodino amendments to the Clayton Act (Clark, 2011). Before becoming a part of the merger it is important that FTC does an analysis of the merger to evaluate the effects the merger may have on the businesses. In addition, it is important that FTC gets to have a clear picture of the situation and how it is expected to affect the relations...
In today's competitive marketplace, all firms are seeking ways to improve their overall performance. One such method of improvement, recently adopted by many firms, is benchmarking. Benchmarking is a technique used to evaluate internal business processes. "In this analysis, managers determine the firm's critical processes and outputs, baseline those processes, then compare the performance of each process against a standard outside the industry" (Bounds, Yorks, Adams, & Ranney 1994). To effectively improve a business process to world-class quality, managers must find a firm that is recognized as a global leader, not just the industry standard. Successful benchmarking requires tailor-made solutions, not just blind copying of another organization. Measurement and interpretation of data collected is the key to creating business process solutions.
The Meaning of Vertical and Horizontal Integration Horizontal integration is where an organisation owns two or more companies, on the same level of the buying chain. An example of this is the First Choice Group; they own First Choice Travel Agency and First Choice Hypermarket, both of which are on the same level of the buying chain. The advantage of horizontal integration is that it can increase the company’s market share. Another good example of this type of integration is when EasyJet purchased the airline Go from British Airways. Now EasyJet and Go both operate under the company name of EasyJet.
In a high competitive world market and with the increasing rational buyers a company can only win by creating and delivering the best customer value than the others competitors do. To succeed, a company needs to use the concepts of value chain.
The type of merger between Electronic Data System (EDS) and AT Kearney is called Forward vertical merger. Forward vertical merger is when two or more companies combines together in the same industry but different field or when two companies producing goods and services for a product. Electronic data system, the US information technology group, brought AT Kearney, the global strategy consultancy firm in a deal worth $96m. Electronic data system was firm involving producing information technology equipment’s bought AT Kearney an IT consultancy firm.
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Companies merge and acquire other companies for a lot of strategic reasons with different degree of success. The success of a merger is measured by whether the value of the acquiring firm is enhanced by it. The impact of mergers and acquisitions on organization can be small and big in other cases.
I. Introduction Southwest Airlines has come from an underdog to being one of the best airlines in the industry. This reputation translates from its strategic management of resources. The Co-founder and former CEO, Herb Kelleher, established a unique corporate culture that leads to high customer satisfaction, employees’ morale, and is one of the most profitable airlines in the industry (Jackson et al., 2012). Corporate culture concentrates on empowering the workforce. It shows through Southwest Airlines core values that “happy employees lead to happy customers, which create happy shareholders” (Jackson et al., 2012).
In April 1992, American Airlines launched "Value Pricing" -- a radical simplification of the complex pricing structure that had evolved over more than a decade following deregulation of the U.S. domestic airline industry. American expected that the new pricing structure would benefit consumers and restore profitability to both American and the industry as a whole. The critical issue raised is: Would American's bold initiative work?
Mergers mean two or more companies combining together to form one business or firm. There are six different types of mergers: Horizontal, Vertical, Conglomerate, Market extension, Product Extension and Diversified activity.