Contemporary Issues in Management

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Contemporary Issues in Management Case study: Global Strategic Analysis Adidas and Reebok Merger Acquisition [pic] Prepared for: Dr. Jhon Ellis Dr. Lukman Aroen Dr. Ying Liu Prepared by: Bobby Anugrah Firdaus ID: 4345165 June 2, 2011 THE BUSINESS SCHOOL BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY Word Counts: 3000 Table of contents ABSTRACT 3 INTRODUCTION 4 LITERATURE REVIEW 5 ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS 8 VMOST 7 VISION 7 MISSION 7 OBJECTIVES 7 STRATEGIES 7 TACTICS 7 ACQUISITION 8 SWOT ANALYSIS 9 BEFORE ACQUISITION WITH REEBOK 9 STRENGTHS 9 WEAKNESSES 10 OPPURTUNITIES 10 THREATS 11 AFTER ACQUISITION WITH REEBOK 11 STRENGHTS 11 WEAKNESSES 11 OPPURTUNITIES 12 THREATS 12 CONCLUSION 13 REFERANCES 14-15 ABSTRACT The purpose of this report is to evaluate the impact of adidas pending acquisition of Reebok on the sporting goods industry in relationship to Nike position. Evaluation of background information and corporate culture combined with VMOST and SWOT analyses to helped form the arguments presented in this report and have assisted in answering the question, Will adidas forthcoming takeover of Reebok help the new company achieve sustainable competitive advantage over industry leader Nike?. This research was based on the subject that is illustrating an evaluation of the impact of Adidas from acquisition reebok. Furthermore, an investigation of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) related to companies in the sports industry was conducted. On the one hand it was found that Adidas historically grown passion for sports in order to provide athletes with the best possible equipment positively

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