The Company MGM

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The paper examines the company's current position in the industry as well as its internal strengths and weaknesses, and considers the strategy most appropriate for the company to meet the opportunities and threats it currently faces.

Table of Contents:
History of the Company
Porter's Five Forces
SWOT Analysis
Available Strategies
Recommendation
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"MGM was originally established in 1924 and acquired United Artists (formed by Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin, among others in 1919) in 1981. Since the early 1980s to the present time, there have been numerous transactions regarding the ownership of the company. Tracinda Company (which is owned by Kirk Kerkorian) formed an alliance with Seven Network Limited (a major Australian television company) and senior MGM executives; the alliance acquired all outstanding capital stock of MGM and its subsidiaries in 1996 for $1.3 billion. The company acquired all outstanding capital stock of Orion Pictures in 1997 in a cash and stock combination deal ($573 million and 15 million common shares of MGM stock). In November 1997, the company underwent a recapitalization which resulted in the initial public offering of nine million MGM shares and the sale of 3.978 million shares to Tracinda ("Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer," 1999, n.p.)."

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