var gaJsHost = ((“https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://ssl.” : “http://www.”); document.write(unescape(“%3Cscript src=’” + gaJsHost + “google-analytics.com/ga.js’ type=’text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E”)); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(“UA-857684-6”); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} As Jack Trout and Al Reis famously pointed out – when you think of Volvo you think safety. When you think of Chinese goods you are somewhat concernedContinue reading “Will the Volvo acquisition make Chinese Geely cars seem safer?”
Category Archives: Merger and Acquisitions
Re-organizing R&D for innovation – latest trends in biotech and chemicals
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700 or 2% of US car dealers may close- but could there still be light for US Auto?
// <![CDATA[ var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); // ]]> // <![CDATA[ var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-857684-6"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); // ]]> With all the turmoil in financial markets the troubled US auto industry seems to be on the verge of total collapse. 700 dealers might closeContinue reading “700 or 2% of US car dealers may close- but could there still be light for US Auto?”
Will Budweiser change?
var gaJsHost = ((“https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://ssl.” : “http://www.”); document.write(unescape(“%3Cscript src=’” + gaJsHost + “google-analytics.com/ga.js’ type=’text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E”)); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(“UA-857684-6”); pageTracker._initData(); pageTracker._trackPageview(); The news that InBev has taken over Anheuser-Busch for $52 billion is a major event for both marketing and the supply chain.Although,initial reports suggest that the big benefit of the merger isContinue reading “Will Budweiser change?”
Alliances,mergers and supply chains
2007 has got off to a great start – the weather in the North East US is unseasonably warm and people are not complaining although there is underlying concern about "global" warming. It’s interesting that we have started looking at weather with a "global" perspective. Switching gears, I just finished a research paper on globalContinue reading “Alliances,mergers and supply chains”