Business

Long-Term Investment Decisions

Explain why government regulation is or is not needed, citing the major reasons for government involvement in a market economy. Provide support for your explanation.
Justify the rationale for the intervention of government in the market process in the U.S.
Assume that the company’s is considering a merger. The possible merger currently faces some threats and that the industry decides on self-expansion as an alternative strategy, describe the additional complexities that would arise under this new scenario of expansion via capital projects.
Analyze how the different forces will come together to create a convergence between the interests of stockholders and managers indicating the most likely impact to profitability. Provide support for your response.

Please read this case and reflect on the fact that it DOES NOT involve a crisis or a clear “problem” that we typically define before analysis and related strategic recommendations. This aspect of the case makes it a bit more challenging to identify the “best solution” from your standpoint. Please provide the following as part of your write-up:

ING Insurance Asia Pacific_case study.pdfPreview the documentView in a new window1. Brief synopsis (summary/ overview) of the case which would include highlights of the ING size-up, as if conducted by Jacques Kemp, including some. You could also include a brief discussion of Kemp’s corporate leadership characteristics to the extent it can be gleaned from this case.

2. Discuss the “local versus regional or global” management aspect as reflected in the case and recommend any strategic changes (a whole new strategy or a set of strategic management “upgrades”) that might strengthen ING locally and/or globally.

3. Outline major challenges that one would likely encounter in trying to implement the suggested changes.

As you write your analysis, please avoid the Q&A format but use these questions as guidelines and structure your response in a way you will find most appropriate by using headings and sub-headings. Please consider applying some of the theory we have learned by making references to Hitt et al. (the textbook) and using some of the terms utilized in strategic management, when appropriate.