Description: Canada’s top five banks recorded a profit of $29.4-billion in the last fiscal year. This is a healthy 5% growth from last year. As in the past, the increased profits were driven predominantly by demand for mortgages among Canadians. Source: Financial Post Date: December 06 2013 Link: http://business.financialpost.com/2013/12/06/canadian-banks-deliver-record-29-billion-profit-this-year-but-are-the-good-times-coming-to-an-end/ Questions for Discussion: Can the banks… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Growth/Diversification Strategies (pp216-217)
Why HudBay’s CEO avoids ‘value destructive’ big M&A
Description: David Garofalo, CEO of HudBay, discusses the operations of HudBay and presents his arguments for why HudBay focuses on organic growth rather than through large Mergers and Acquisitions. Why HudBay’s CEO avoids ‘value destructive’ big M&A Source: Business News Network Video Date: March 5, 2012 Link: http://www.bnn.ca/News/2012/3/5/Why-HudBays-CEO-avoids-value-destructive-big-MA.aspx Questions for Discussion: What is meant by… Read more »
The Pause That Refreshes . . . Strategy
Coca-Cola recently announced that it would acquire the bulk of its domestic bottler, Coca-Cola Enterprises, and eventually acquire selected European bottlers. The move reverses an earlier decision to continue working with independent bottlers. Coke cites changes in American consumers’ tastes and the need to have a more flexible distribution system to respond to those needs…. Read more »
