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Presents information about the integration process of five acquired companies into the Western European defence industry. Discusses: GEC-Marconi, Plessey, Ferranti International, Siemens, Thompson-CSF, Hollandse Signaalapparaten, Daimler-Benz, Telefunken, & DASA. Of special importance are the integration & restructuring of the target company's activities which occur as a result of the buy-out itself. In addition to studying the measures to integrate the acquisition, the report also examines the consequences of the changes, especially with respect to the target company's competencies & technological orientation & breadth.
This compilation serves a particularly useful purpose by presenting a full range of fascinating case studies. The editor thus enables each reader to assimilate the particulars in his own parlance, thus avoiding the almost insoluble problem of international corporate governance namely that each country uses the same words, but with utterly different meanings. Obviously, this problem has inhibited constructive conversation. After digesting these case studies, one is encouraged to derive certain generalized conclusions, among which are no matter what the terminology, the integrity of publicly traded securities depends on transparency and enforceable accountability of manager to owner. Robert Mo...
Innovations in Telecommunications, Part B covers the proceedings of the 1981 International Symposium Series on "Innovations in Telecommunications, held in Kuwait, sponsored by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science. This symposium aims to explore the advances in research, development, demonstration, design, manufacture, field testing, and application in telecommunication. This book is organized into two parts encompassing 13 chapters that focus on satellite communication and its applications. Following a brief historical introduction, Part I deals first with the fundamental principles of information transmission through satellite, emphasizing the role of the basic parameters en...
What kinds of risks and threats should CFIUS (Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States) analysts, strategists, and congressional overseers be prepared to identify and deal with? This book presents an examination of analytical tools that might aid CFIUS deliberations, namely, the Herfindahl-Hirschman concentration index.
A scholarly analysis of how state capture unfolded in South Africa and how it was contested by a range of actors in civil society, political organizations and within the state itself.