Download or read book The takeover of Rover Group Ltd by BMW AG written by Johannes-Cornelius Adari and published by diplom.de. This book was released on 2004-08-11 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inhaltsangabe:Abstract: The target of this case study is to present and analyse the drastic false estimations made by BMW in planning and realising the Rover transition as well as its consequences. The worked out mistakes should be generalized in order to give opportunities of their avoidance for future M&A cases. After working out the M&A basics in the 1st chapter, the 2nd chapter deals with the reasons of BMW Management to buy another international manufacturer and gives a clue why the choice fell just on Rover. It opens with an overview of the economic development during the 6 years time period of the Rover takeover. After this, the economic and political environment is shown, also the market situation in the automobile segment in the year of the takeover, followed by the business course and goals of BMW as well as their alternatives. This chapter closes with the strategy and enterprise philosophy of BMW and with a list of the of the Rover Group s assets in 1994. In the 3rd and 4th chapters of this case study the mistakes of the BMW management attempting to integrate Rover into the BMW portfolio are shown and analysed, as well as its consequences for BMW and Rover. The 5th chapter will end with the conclusion, why the Rover takeover went wrong. Zusammenfassung: Ziel der Arbeit ist es, die strategischen Ziele, die Tragweite und die möglichen Folgen von M&A-Transaktionen in den Bereichen Finanzen (Investitionen und operatives Geschäft), Unternehmensführung- und Organisation sowie der Unternehmenskultur anhand dieses Unternehmenskaufes zu untersuchen. Dazu wurde die Arbeit in 6 Teile untergliedert. Im 1. Teil werden die allgemeinen M&A-Grundlagen beleuchtet, insbesondere die Ziele, Erscheinungsformen, rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen als auch die Vor- und Nachteile von M&A-Transaktionen. Im 2. Teil wird das Umfeld von BMW im Jahre 1994 analysiert, die strategischen Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten dargestellt und untersucht, warum gerade die britische Rover Group der für BMW geeignete Übernahmekandidat zu sein schien. Im 3. und 4. Teil wird die Transaktion und ihre Folgephasen untersucht und die Gründe für das Scheitern der Übernahme herausgearbeitet. Die Zusammenfassung und kritische Bewertung der dem BMW Vorstand unterlaufenen Entscheidungsfehler bei der Auswahl und Führung von Rover erfolgt im 5. Teil. Die Arbeit schließt ab mit dem 6. Teil, in dem die finanziellen Auswirkungen der Transaktion kommentiert und anhand von 10 Säulen- [...]

Download or read book An examination of the nature of unsuccessful M A as illustrated by the attempted BMW AG and Rover Ltd acquisition written by Sebastian Meyer and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2007-06-27 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bachelor Thesis from the year 2004 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 2,0, Anglia Ruskin University (Ashcroft Business School), language: English, abstract: It is the aim of the present dissertation to identify and evaluate reasons, which led M&A fail in order to develop a strategy to design such processes more secure. The well-known liaison between BMW and Rover will be used as an example for failing M&A and will accompany this dissertation. After a brief introduction, containing definitions, a historical overview and motives and objectives of M&A this work provides an investigation of both Due Diligence and Post-Merger-Integration. Additionally, the author will clarify the way of data collection, the objectives and the design of his research in a Methodology chapter. Subsequent to the Methodology, a chapter discussing the author’s findings of the Due Diligence and the Post-Merger-Integration concerning BMW and Rover will follow. The last point of the present dissertation is a chapter containing Conclusions and Recommendations in which the author provides his point of view of the BMW and Rover case and his strategy with regard to M&A in general.

Download or read book The Spartanburg Plant Investment by BMW AG written by Pascale Taube and published by diplom.de. This book was released on 2004-08-11 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inhaltsangabe:Abstract: In the pursuit of success, higher profit, gaining market share and dealing with the challenges of day to day business. The big national companies, wherever they may be, have dreams and aspirations. As a CEO or General Manager of a big company; there is several objectives to achieve and strive for. Among them, on the top of any list, these will be some of them. Get the most of the revenues and provide for the shareholders, it has in the recent years become more and more apparent, that the big companies seem to focus on shareholder value . This is often found in the US and is finding its way to the European continent. Another primary aim is to expand and become bigger or at least as big the main competitor. There is several reasons and valid objectives; one being the natural instinct of any CEO or General Manager; to achieve success and become an even bigger share of the global market. Other reasons may be the search for new markets, for whatever reason, the need for cutting the production costs, to be closer to the customers or even to have access to new technologies or raw materials. In this case study, we will deal with the issue of BMW AG s decision in the mid 90 s to go abroad. To settle on the US market, starting up a manufacturing facility. There is a wide range of reasons, concerns and objectives to be dealt with prior to make that certain move, settling on foreign shores and setting up business. In order to understand what we are dealing with, we need to define multinational: Companies operating in multiple countries, but responding to local product-markets through more customized approaches In order to deal and operate in that environment, that company is expected to have highly qualified resources and access to a wide range of information s; such as pricing, local laws and regulations, knowledge and understanding of the customer s need and preference s to name of few. The road that the company is about to embark upon, prior to going multinational, is full of risks in all sorts of different areas; such as political risks, financial risks, regulatory risks and risks dealing with competition. There must be a solid research team ready at hand, being able to provide the management team, with the necessary information s and background information. We will cast a light on the problems, benefits, motives and challenges regarding multinational business. Zusammenfassung: Die vorliegende englischsprachige [...]

Download or read book The effective reorganization of BMW Group applied to the New MINI written by Johannes-Cornelius Adari and published by diplom.de. This book was released on 2004-08-11 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inhaltsangabe:Abstract: The story of the automobile manufacturer production can not be told without the story of Henry Ford, who was one of the pioneers constructing his first horseless carriage in 1896. He incorporated the Ford Motor Company in 1903, proclaiming I will build a car for the great multitude . As predicted he did so in 1908 offering a Model T for $ 950. This model heralds the beginning of the motor age. The car evolved from a former luxury item for the well-to-do to essential transportation for the ordinary man. Ford also revolutionized automobile manufacturing, in 1914 the Ford plant used innovation production techniques and was able to turn out a complete chassis every 95 minutes. That was a revolution in the automobile manufacturing at the time, because the former production time took about 730 minutes to turn out a complete chassis! Ford achieved that fast production time by using a constantly moving assembly line, subdivision of labor, careful coordination of operations and he began to pay nearly double the wages offered by their competitors. His innovations made him an international celebrity in the industrial revolution and he was one of the first who thought about effective organization to achieve a higher productivity. Ford s methods that changed the automobile production were perhaps not mainly the introduction of the assembly line, his goal was also to constantly standardizing the use of craftsmen. That firstly resulted in a high product variety despite in fact that they had been made using the same drawing. Secondly a lot of time was spent in fitting the parts together. These facts influenced major loss in productivity and under such circumstances a real mass-production was not possible. But by standardizing components and developing work routines was the first scope for an assembly line approach. The target of our case study is to present and analyze the changes in companies organizations, applied to the example of BMW. The opening part will summarize the history of the working and organizing techniques in general. The middle part will focus on the changes in production organization in the automotive industry, followed by the last part analyzing new strategies in Sales & Marketing regarding the rebirth of MINI by the BMW Group. Zusammenfassung: Die vorliegende englischsprachige Projektarbeit behandelt das Thema effektive Reorganisation in Produktion, Vertrieb und Marketing in der Automobilindustrie am [...]

Download or read book The BMW Acquisition of the Rover Group written by N. S. Potter and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Rover Group written by Mike Gould and published by Crowood. This book was released on 2015-05-31 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rover Group - Company and Cars is a comprehensive history of the company and a guide to its products. Centring on the period of the official existence of the Rover Group, the book also examines the events leading up to its formation in 1986 and its controversial aftermath, following its dismemberment in 2000. The book is backed by first-hand accounts from Rover employees, as well as a foreword by Jon Moulton, the man behind several bids to acquire elements of the company. Including production histories and full specification guides to its cars, The Rover Group is a compelling insider's account of one of the most controversial periods in the British motor industry. The book covers: the beginnings of Rover and its place in British Leyland; Land Rover's expansion in the 1980s and how it led to the foundation of the Rover Group; Rover under British Aerospace and the sell-off to BMW; Rover's struggle under German management and BMW's disposal of the Group and finally, the aftermath of Rover's collapse - MG Rover, Land Rover and MINI. Fully illustrated with 270 historical and original colour photographs.

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Download or read book The Rover Group written by Mike Gould and published by Crowood Press UK. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rover Group - Company and Cars is a comprehensive history of the company and a guide to its products. Centring on the period of the official existence of the Rover Group, the book also examines the events leading up to its formation in 1986 and its controversial aftermath, following its dismemberment in 2000. The new book is backed by first-hand accounts from Rover employees, as well as a foreword by Jon Moulton, the man behind several bids to acquire elements of the company. Including production histories and full specification guides to its cars, The Rover Group is a compelling insider's account of one of the most controversial periods in the British motor industry. With over 250 historical and original images the book covers: The beginnings of Rover and its place in British Leyland Land Rover's expansion in the 1980s and how it led to the foundation of the Rover Group Rover under British Aerospace and the sell-off to BMW Rover's struggle under German management and BMW's disposal of the Group The aftermath of Rover's collapse - MG Rover, Land Rover and MINI.

Download or read book Non Tyre Rubber Components in the Automotive Industry written by R. German and published by iSmithers Rapra Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report considers the implications of the trends within the industry for the rubber component industry including mergers and associations, expansion of the platform approach and model globalisation.

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Download or read book An evaluation of the BMW acquisition of the Rover Group from BMW s perspective written by H. P. Yates and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mergers Acquisition in der Autotmobilindustrie am Beispiel der bernahme der Rover Group Holding Plc durch die BMW AG written by Johannes-Cornelius Adari and published by diplom.de. This book was released on 2004-08-31 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung: Am 31. Januar 1994 gab das BMW Management die Übernahme der britischen Rover Group bekannt, die für 800 Mio. britische Pfund (GBP, derzeit ca. 1,023 Mrd. EUR) gekauft wurde. Nach Investitionen von mehreren Mrd. GBP in Modelle und Produktionsanlagen sowie hoher Verluste im operativen Bereich verkaufte BMW Rover im Jahr 2000 an das britische Phoenix Konsortium für symbolische 10 GBP. Dieser Fall ist ein Lehrstück zur Verdeutlichung der Folgen, wenn unvollständige Informationen über Markenwert und Unternehmenskultur eines Übernahmekandidaten beim Käufer-Unternehmen auf ein risiko- und führungsscheues Management treffen: Schon aufgrund fehlender Integrationskonzepte kam es zu unvereinbaren Zielkonflikten zwischen Rover und BMW, deren Tragweite zu spät erkannt und wogegen zudem mit ungeeigneten Maßnahmen reagiert wurde. Am Beispiel der Rover-Übernahme durch die BMW AG werden die allgemeingültigen M&A-Kriterien herausgearbeitet und die Gründe des Scheiterns der Übernahme analysiert, um daraus konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen abzuleiten. Zentrale Aussage ist die Notwendigkeit, vor Unternehmensübernahmen und Fusionen eine umfassende Due Diligence durchzuführen, die neben finanziellen Aspekten auch technologische, produkt- und markenpolitische als auch kulturelle und personelle Belange aller beteiligter Unternehmen zu berücksichtigen hat. Andernfalls ist eine reibungslose Integration des übernommenen Unternehmens nicht zu gewährleisten mit der Folge, dass Effizienzgewinne (z.B. in Form von Skalen- und Synergieeffekte) nicht oder nur ungenügend realisiert werden können. Hierzu zählt z.B. auch die Unverträglichkeit gemeinsamer Marken- und Produktpolitik eines Massenproduzenten (Rover) unter dem Dach eines Premiumherstellers (BMW). Nach einer kurzen Darstellung der Problematik im 1. Teil folgt u.a. die ausführliche Darstellung der Phasen, Typologie und rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen von M&A-Transaktionen im 2. Teil. Dort werden auch die Zielvorstellungen der Beteiligten sowohl allgemeingültig als auch fallbezogen mit einander abgeglichen. Abschließend wird die Rover-Übernahme klassifiziert. Im 3. Teil werden neben den Gründe auch die Vor- und Nachteile der Übernahme aus der Sicht beider Unternehmen eingehend behandelt. Zum besseren Verständnis wird die Entwicklung des Automobilsegments zu Beginn der 90er Jahre und die Unternehmensgeschichte von BMW und Rover beleuchtet. Am Ende des 3. Teils werden die Ereignisse von 1994 [...]

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