Reference No: F&A0454Pages: 24Published on: 26, April, 2000
Abstract: Daewoo is the third largest South Korean chaebols with diverse activities, including trading (more than 3000 different products in over 165 countries), construction, shipbuilding, machinery, automobiles, financial services, hotels, electronics, and telecommunications. Nevertheless, Daewoo finds itself in bad trouble on a number of counts, following the economic meltdown of 1997. The situation is ... More
Reference No: F&A0453Pages: 13Published on: 26, April, 2000
Abstract: The case deals with strategic corporate finance issues in the backdrop of the economic downturn of 1997 in Thailand. The case presents a situation in which the foreign exchange losses arising from a steep depreciation of currency threatens to wipe out the networth of the company. The company faces bankruptcy, if ... More
