Financial Risk Management at Mitsubishi Corporation
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Case Details:
Case Code : FINA017
Case Length : 16 Pages
Period : 2003
Pub. Date : 2003
Teaching Note :Not Available
Organization : Mitsubishi Corporation
Industry : Trading
Countries : Japan
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Introduction Contd...
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The Mitsubishi group had been hurt by Japan's persistent
economic slump. The company was restructuring and reducing its workforce. It had
plans to focus on its energy and natural resources, independent power
production, and food distribution businesses. In 2002, Mitsubishi recorded
revenues of $4,854.5 million and a net income of $454.0 million1.
Background Note
Yataro Iwasaki's close ties to the Japanese government ensured the success of his shipping and trading company, Mitsubishi.
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Founded in 1870, Mitsubishi diversified into mining (1873),
banking (1885), and shipbuilding (1887). During the next decade, it invested in
Japanese railroads and property.
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In 1918 the Mitsubishi zaibatsu (conglomerate) spun
off its central management arm, Mitsubishi Trading (the forerunner of
Mitsubishi Corporation).
By WWII the group was a huge amalgam of divisions and public companies.
During the war, it made warplanes, ships, explosives, and beer.
The zaibatsu were dissolved by US occupation forces, and Mitsubishi was
split into 139 entities. After the occupation ended, the Japanese
government encouraged many of the former business groups to reunite
around the old zaibatsu banks... |
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