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General Electric and Suez: Deal or No Deal?

Bertrand Guillotin

商品編號:9B19M035
出版日期:2019/10/05
再版日期:2021/10/21
商品來源:Ivey
商品主題:Entrepreneurship; General Management/Strategy; International Business
商品類型:Case (Pub Mat)
涵蓋議題:cross-border mergers and acquisitions
難易度:4 - Undergraduate/MBA
內容長度:11 頁
地域:Canada; France; United States
產業:Utilities
事件年度:2017

On Wednesday, March 1, 2017, Jean-Louis Chaussade, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Suez SA (Suez), a French utility company that primarily operated in water and waste management, had to decide whether or not to acquire General Electric Water & Process Technologies. During the negotiations between Chaussade and the CEO of General Electric Company (GE), there had been many drastic changes, including the January 2017 inauguration of a US president with no political experience and an agenda that did not favour international co-operation. The deal represented a significant investment of US$2–$3 billion, and Suez would have to rely on an external partner to have even a chance of winning the bid GE had launched only a few weeks earlier. The complex negotiations were also fraught with risks due to increasing political interference from the new US president. What should Chaussade do?

教學手冊:8B19M035
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