Sony-Columbia Pictures: Lessons from a Cross Border Acquisition
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Case Code: BSTR119 Case Length: 17 Pages Period: 1989-2004 Pub Date: 2004 Teaching Note: Not Available |
Price: Rs.500 Organization: Sony Pictures Entertainment Industry: Media and Entertainment Countries: US/Japan Themes: Media and Entertainment |
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Abstract
The case discusses the acquisition of the US-based Columbia Pictures (now known as Sony Pictures Entertainment) by Sony Corporation, Japan. The case focuses on the various problems faced by SPE on account of poor corporate governance, mismanagement and differences between the Japanese and American management cultures, in the first five years after Sony's acquisition of it. It examines the various initiatives taken by Sony to revive the financial and business performance of SPE. The case explores the future of SPE in the light of its failure to realize the synergies identified prior to the acquisition, the highly risky movie business and impending problems at Sony's electronics division.
Issues
The case is structured to achieve the following teaching objectives:
- Cross-border Acquisition, Cultural Mismatch
Contents
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The Acquisition & Problems
Background Note
Reasons for the Acquisition
Post-Acquisition Blues
The Revival Efforts
Reviving SPE
Synergies of the Acquisition Real?
Exhibits
Keywords
Sony Corporation, Columbia Pictures, Cross-border Acquisition, Corporate Governance, Financial Mismanagement, Cultural Mismatch, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Convergence, MGM
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