Corporate Restructuring in the Asian electronics market: Insights from Philips and Panasonic

Reddy, Kotapati Srinivasa (2016): Corporate Restructuring in the Asian electronics market: Insights from Philips and Panasonic.

Abstract

The surge in Asian electronics business becomes a global platform for international vendors and customers. Conversely, Chinese and Korean firms have become the foremost manufacturing & fabrication nucleus for electronic supplies in the world. This is also a roaring example of success from Asian developing nations. This case presents the fortune of Asian rivals in the electronics business that made Philips and Panasonic to redesign and reform their global tactics for long-term sustainable occurrence in the emerging economies market. Further, it also discusses the reasons behind their current mode of business and post deal issues. This case describes a way to impart the managerial and leadership strategies from the regular business operations happening in and around the world. Exclusively, it focuses on designing inorganic choices such as self-off, joint venture, shuffle and merging strategies from theory to application.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Asian electronics market; sell-offs; joint ventures; TV business; multinational companies; layoffs
• Subjects: G - Financial Economics > G3 - Corporate Finance and Governance; G - Financial Economics > G3 - Corporate Finance and Governance > G34 - Mergers ; Acquisitions ; Restructuring ; Corporate Governance; M - Business Administration and Business Economics ; Marketing ; Accounting ; Personnel Economics > M1 - Business Administration; M - Business Administration and Business Economics ; Marketing ; Accounting ; Personnel Economics > M1 - Business Administration > M16 - International Business Administration; M - Business Administration and Business Economics ; Marketing ; Accounting ; Personnel Economics > M3 - Marketing and Advertising

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