The Loewen Group By Ivey

Your assignment is to write a two to three-page memo to the Loewen CEO with your recommendation regarding the $43 per share takeover offer from SCI. You're writing the memo as a trusted senior executive at Loewen. The CEO has asked for your opinion because he knows you bring a very objective and strategic viewpoint to situations.

The goal is to provide an objective, balanced analysis of the situation, highlight the major factors that you feel are relevant, and make a recommendation as to whether to accept or decline the offer.

You'll need to look internally at both companies and externally at the industry to present a strategic analysis of the situation and an evaluation of the options. Your recommendation will need to address both the narrative test and the numbers test.

The CEO knows the company as well or better than you, so he doesn't want a rehash of the obvious situation, what he wants is your opinion based on logical and critical qualitative and quantitative analysis.

You do not have to site sources or include all supporting analysis or data, just the data points and calculations you think are relevant. The format is not important.

If you do not know what a memo looks like, there are many samples available on the web. Format should be 11pt type, double spaced, with at least a 1" margin all around. Use only the data available in the case for the assignment.

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