Dorchester Inc. takeovers
Dorchester, Inc. is a U.S. based conglomerate and has the intentions of expanding its operation to international levels. Recently there has been a trend by its competitors to expand their operations internationally as well. This is the prompter to the decision by the management of Dorchester, Inc. To follow their competitors' trend and venture into the new and emerging markets globally as a long-term business strategy. Through this international expansion Dorchester, Inc. hopes to gain a competitive advantage over its competitors. The particular area of expansion targeted by Dorchester, Inc. is consumer electronics. The conglomerate has indicated their interest in purchasing companies that specialize in consumer electronics in three countries that identified herein (Prodi, 2010).
The management of the conglomerate has a task of determining the potential countries to purchase the companies. Before settling on the countries they are to expand into, the management will have to conduct an economic assessment of these countries. The management will further conduct an economic assessment of the specific companies they will have identified from the three countries. This assessment seeks to determine the potential pros and cons of buying a company that is based in each of the three countries. The entire assessment that is carried out by the management entails an analysis of Dorchester's external environments. There are many countries that have companies which specialize in production of consumer electronics. Therefore, Dorchester, Inc. has a wide variety to choose from, however they scaled their choices down to three countries which are South Africa, Japan and China.
South Africa
There are various consumer electronics companies in South Africa. South Africa is an economically viable country to be explored by Dorchester, Inc. due to various reasons. One of the outstanding attractions into the region is the thriving new technologies therein. Within South Africa, old technologies like analog TVs are seen to be disappearing meaning that the country is up to speed with the current technological...
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