...has announced that is has agreed on allowing privatizing PCCW, one of the largest and most comprehensive communication providers in Hong Kong. The news about that the second large-scale layoffs this year PCCW dismissed 71 people who works in the customer service .The company dismissed a large number of staff within for months. Affected employees may receive additional compensation for years. PCCW Employees General Union dissatisfaction with the company 's practices, and believes that the company is not sufficient to dismiss. This is mainly retrenched employees customer service center staff, including staff handling complaints and technical support .in addition to obtaining compensation for their labor laws by, but also by years of compensation per year of service, more than half a month 's salary to a maximum amount of compensation for six months. PCCW union dissatisfaction with the company's action, Lots of protester and asked the company to tell wise reasons. The employees are fear that the companies will massive layoffs once again. Employees are both economical and mental harm. After this news happed, the following it should be explored the reason behind the company's way of doing things and analyze the reasons. And whether there is a problem on their company’s human recourses or giving some better suggestions to solve this problem. 1. Choose the companies and determine the nature of the company PCCW Limited (PCCW) is a Hong Kong-based company which holds interests in...
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...reported a net loss of US$335 million for the six months to 30 September, 1999. When the takeover offer was initially valued US$36 billion in February 2000, it was based on PCCW’s share price of US$2.84 at the time. On 4 July, 2000, the Hong Kong Government offered the new pay television program the service license to new five new operators. Then on 17 August, 2000 Pacific Century Cyber Works (PCCW) takeover HKT. On 24 September 2000, a local newspaper reported the investors who took up PCCW’s from the replacement had experienced a paper loss of US$110.67 million in just two days. The stock price of PCCW had fallen from its peak of US$3.65 in February, 2000 to around US$0.77 in early November 2000. The company’s share price continued to drop amidst the uncertainties about the fate of PCCW’s alliance with Australia’s Telstra Crop. in early October. The agreement was eventually signed on 13 October, 2000, with Telstra’s cash injection into PCCW re negotiated fromUS$3 billion to US$2.43 billion. Although the joint venture with Telstra helped to reduce PCCW’s debt by US$3.56 billion, PCCW still needed to make an effort to improve its financial situation, which as burdened by the outstanding balance of the US$9 billion inherited from take over HKT. The HKT deal was originally valued at US$38 billion, the largest takeover in Asia to date. The deal demonstrated his ability it secure a loan of US$13 billion based on the US$1 billion stock, which was raised in 48 hours. The company...
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...Tenth Anniversary Edition Tenth Anniversary Edition TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATION HANDBOOK TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATION HANDBOOK The Telecommunications Regulation Handbook is essential reading for anyone involved or concerned by the regulation of information and communications markets. In 2010 the Handbook was fully revised and updated to mark its tenth anniversary, in response to the considerable change in technologies and markets over the past 10 years, including the mobile revolution and web 2.0. The Handbook reflects modern developments in the information and communications technology sector and analyzes the regulatory challenges ahead. Designed to be pragmatic, the Handbook provides a clear analysis of the issues and identifies the best regulatory implementation strategies based on global experience. February 2011 – SKU 32489 Edited by Colin Blackman and Lara Srivastava Tenth Anniversary Edition TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATION HANDBOOK Edited by Colin Blackman and Lara Srivastava Telecommunications Regulation Handbook Tenth Anniversary Edition Edited by Colin Blackman and Lara Srivastava ©2011 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank, InfoDev, and The International Telecommunication Union All rights reserved 1 2 3 4 14 13 12 11 This volume is a product of the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank, InfoDev, and The International Telecommunication...
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...S T R A T E G Y – II S T R A T E G Y – II S T R A T E G Y – II S T R A T E G Y – II S T R A T E G Y – II www.ibscdc.org 1 Transformation Corporate Transformation Korean Air: Chairman/CEO Yang-Ho Cho’s Radical Transformation A series of fatal accidents, coupled with operational inefficiencies snowballed Korean Air into troubled times. Then, at the beginning of the 21st century, its CEO/ Chairman, Yang-Ho Cho undertook various transformation initiatives - for instance, improving service quality and safety standards, technology integration, upgrading pilot training, better business focus; putting in place a professional management team, improving corporate image through sponsorship marketing, etc. He gave a new corporate direction in the form of '10,10,10' goal. However, Korean Air is held up by a slew of challenges. Among which are inefficiencies of - Chaebol system of management, possible clash of its cargo business with its own shipping company, limited focus on the domestic market and growing competition from LCCs. How would Korean Air manage growth as a family-owned conglomerate? The case offers enriching scope for analysing a family business’s turnaround strategies, with all the legacy costs involved. Pedagogical Objectives • To discuss the (operational) dynamics of Korean Chaebols - their influence/ effects on the country’s industrial sector and the economy as a whole • To analyse how family-owned businesses manage the transition phase - from a supplier-driven...
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...Amending our Terms of Use: Please comment on a proposed amendment regarding undisclosed paid editing. 4GFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the mobile telecommunications standard. For other uses, see 4G (disambiguation). [hide]This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. The lead section of this article may need to be rewritten. Please discuss this issue on the talk page and read the layout guide to make sure the section will be inclusive of all essential details. (March 2013) This article is outdated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (March 2013) This article may be too technical for most readers to understand. Please help improve this article to make it understandable to non-experts, without removing the technical details. The talk page may contain suggestions. (December 2011) This article needs attention from an expert on the subject. Please add a reason or a talk parameter to this template to explain the issue with the article. Consider associating this request with a WikiProject. (March 2013) 4G, short for fourth generation, is the fourth generation of mobile telecommunications technology succeeding 3G. A 4G system, in addition to usual voice and other services of 3G system, provides mobile ultra-broadband Internet access, for example to laptops with USB wireless modems, to smartphones...
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...THE ACCIDENTAL INVESTMENT BANKER This page intentionally left blank THE ACCIDENTAL INVESTMENT BANKER · Inside the Decade That Transformed Wall Street · JONATHAN A. KNEE 1 2006 1 Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further Oxford University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Copyright © 2006 by Jonathan A. Knee Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 www.oup.com Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available ISBN-13: 978-0-19-530792-4 ISBN-10: 0-19-530792-5 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper For Chaille Bianca and Vivienne Lael and William Grant who says he wants to be an investment banker ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS As a f i r s t - t i m e au t h o r ...
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