A merger of steel mills has arisen up in the global steel industry. What is the reason to activate those steel mills involved in such a kind of business action, even those steel mills are with a mass scale. According to the expert's prediction, only ten to twelve steel mills will be survived after ten or twenty years and each steel mill will with a capacity over fifty million tons. Actually, there is one steel mill reached this scale after merging with other mills.
In chapter 1, to describe the background motivation, purpose and limitation related to the study.
In chapter 2, the study of the related theory and information about the competitive strategy, merger and acquisition, diversification, core competence and strategic alliance. To understand the theory and can be used for the analysis in the next chapter.
In chapter3, the introductions to the tendency of development for the global steel industry and the case of merger between the steel mill. To realize the reason, background, strategic thinking and expected benefit from it. Meanwhile, the introduction to the career of the development for the steel industry of the Japan, USA and Taiwan in the past and now.
In chapter 4, the introduction to the China Steel Corporation and to understand what cause it to have the most competitive strength in the global steel industry. Also, two cases will be reported which concerned about the cost and experience brought to China Steel Corporation to realize how to learn from it next time for the merge and acquisition activity.
In chapter 5, the conclusion has been made by the study. The diversification is the necessary step taken by the steel mills in order to grow up, but the key point is on the evaluation and estimation. The profitability and future expansion will be the top priority.
Who can close to the end-user will be the winner for the competition. The major consideration to the merger and acquisition held by the steel mills lie on the complementary of the product, the market sharing and distribution and cost down.
The Mainland China, due to its mass population will be a big consumer for the steel. So, China Steel should pay attention to evaluate and deep into the market of the South of the China where 500 million people will become a huge market in future.
Is bigger the better? Somebody doubt it, the synergy and profit will be the focus on consideration to a merger activity.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0726101-143254 |
| Date | 26 July 2001 |
| Creators | Sun, Chih-Min |
| Contributors | none, none, none |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0726101-143254 |
| Rights | off_campus_withheld, Copyright information available at source archive |
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