- chinadotcom to Acquire Ross Systems for 1.11 Times Revenue
The Deal: chinadotcom has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ross Systems Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, each share of Ross Systems will be exchanged for $5 in cash and a number of chinadotcom common shares equal to $14 divided by the average closing price of chinadotcom shares ......
- The critical role of business groups in
China.
Just as Western managers have learned to do business with the chaebol and keiretsu, business groups in South Korea and Japan, along comes the challenge of climbing another learning curve, doing business with the qiyejituan, business groups in China. Managers will get a leg up on the learning curve by ......
- Ross Systems Inc.
Ross Systems Inc. of Redwood City, Calif., has acquired Pioneer Computer Group Ltd., making Ross the world's largest DEC application software supplier, the company said. Pioneer is a UK-based supplier of manufacturing systems and fourth generation languages (4GL) for VAX hardware, including Promix for processing manufacturers, Command for discrete manufacturing ......
- Consume, connect, be safe
IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 1 The world's going wireless, and we need to be ready. How secure are our systems? What about food safety? Do we have the proper processes in place to protect the world's food supply? Are our businesses operating for the good of the world? Experts talked about processes ......
- Neiman Marcus, Saks Sales Send Ripples through Industry
Even though an investment group last month agreed to buy The Neiman Marcus Group Inc. for approximately $5.1 billion, with the deal slated to close by fourth quarter 2005, it was the recent sale of 47 Saks retail outlets--and more possibly to come--that had some industry insiders buzzing.
- Divine Intervention: Acquisition Of eshare
Approved.
divine, inc., a provider of enterprise collaboration and interaction solutions, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire eshare communications, Inc., a provider of customer interaction management (CIM) solutions. The proposed terms call for a stock-for-stock merger agreement, expected to close by the end of September 2001. divine's chairman ......
- CDC Software seeks edge in China enterprise system markets
It's often said business in China is driven by personal relationships. For that reason, numerous enterprise vendors currently active in China already have local operations in place. Now, Hong Kong-based chinadotcom Corp. —and its wholly owned subsidiary, CDC Software —have gone one step further. Through its acquisition of a controlling ......