Other mergers and selective disposals of non-core units have helped big paper firms to reshape their operations.
They get stretched too thin, become captured by core business units, pursue irrelevant ideas, or all of the above.
The head of the bank has been under pressure to revive the struggling bank and increase capital by increasing earnings, selling off non-core business units and cutting costs.
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We agree that the casual and core markets are very distinct, which is why we organized into our two focused business units: Core and Kids, Family and Casual, over two years ago.
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Each of the four units is a market leader in core business areas, with considerable overlap of customers and competencies between the units.
Besides the implementation of huge cost-cutting measures, the changes include plans to sell off non-core and strategically redundant business units.
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Most big German companies these days are focusing on their core business and spinning off units, rather than building by acquisition.
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But putting that aside, Sony's core message was that its various units were finally fully sharing their technologies rather than working in silos.
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Harley, meanwhile, recently sold its MV Agusta and Buell units to concentrate on its core brand.
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The Indian units that make up the core of the UN force in the area under attack have given up on the Congolese army, which has disintegrated in the face of rebels from the Tutsi group.
All three feature the same set of internal hardware: a dual-core 1.6GHz Rockchip CPU and an unnamed quad-core GPU. The pre-production units we handled were running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, and all feature high-res IPS screens.
The idea of working with a private equity company like Blackstone is that BHP would be able to take Alcoa's core mining and exploration assets and then carve off other, unwanted units for its partner.
Meanwhile, he asserts that while the company compiled a long list of businesses to exit in order to focus on its core markets, the company after much back and forth is still debating which units to keep and which to sell or close.
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To boost returns, Park says, he'll focus on core brands, boost ad spending, pare the number of wine-stock-keeping units and reduce the low-margin private-brand business for European chain stores.
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