Mergers and acquisitions are increasingly being used by firms to strengthen and maintain their position in the market place. They are seen by many as a relatively fast and efficient way to expand into new markets and incorporate new technologies. Yet their success is by no means assured. To the...

The company of Davidson-Marley BV, the international joint venture (IJV) of Davidson Instrument Panel (US) and Marley PLC (UK) is situated in Born in The Netherlands. Two previous articles described this IJV from the viewpoints of the two parents. This article is primarily dedicated to...

In Maidstone and Lenham in Kent, and Bitton near Bristol, England, is the operation of Marley Automotive Components Ltd. In the late 1980s it entered into an international joint venture (IJV) with the US company, Davidson Instrument Panel -- Textron of Portland, New Hampshire. An earlier article...

The international joint venture of Davidson-Marley BV is located in Born, The Netherlands. It is in its second year of full-time operation with approximately 200 employees. The two parents of this IJV are Davidson-Textron of the US and Marley Automotive of the UK. The two parents came together...