InterClean scenario

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// When a company considers the merger option, it has to consider various other factors that come with the merger option. Here we have to consider issues and opportunities related to various factors. Before writing such an analysis, we have to first give a brief description of the company's background.//

Merger Issues & Opportunities

Background

InterClean, Inc is a major player in the $8 billion dollar institutional and industrial cleaning and sanitation industry. This industry has been evolving in last few years. There are lots of opportunities for the companies in this field. The company wants to cash upon this situation by going for expansion both globally and domestically. The company's expansion include new services and solutions model which would give full range of service packages customized according to customer's need.

The implementation of this model requires InterClean to assess its sales force and make them aware of the products, customers and environments they are dealing in. In this process, the company has acquired EnviroTech, which is a major player in the cleaning and sanitation industry. This step of InterClean would help it in attaining domestic market dominance in the sanitation industry. The service expertise of EnviroTech would assist InterClean in its expansion plans and strategies.

// The first factor which we have to consider here is global labor markets. In order to begin with this first we'll describe global labor markets and then we'll go ahead with listing potential topics to research for solutions & risks //

Global Labor Markets

The company InterClean, who is an important player in the Domestic sanitation industry, wants to go in for the expansion. This industry has been evolving to a great degree. Now, the clients are getting more and more involved. The clients' interest does not limit to just the products, but also solutions and services. The company as it will go forward with its expansion would be dealing with global labor markets. In this era of globalization, labor markets face a number of challenges. InterClean must overcome these challenges in order to gain success (Edenborough, R, 2007).

Issues & Opportunities

There are number of issues and opportunities for InterClean in the global labor markets. Global labor market scene is challenged by the demographic characteristics of labor markets. The labor supply is on slow decline in many countries. There average age of labors is increasing. The new technological developments and globalization is resulting in fall of labor intensive jobs. The wage structure is not uniform worldwide. The company, by going global would have access to cheap labor. There are various industrial labor laws and regulation which has to be met with. There is a wide difference in the skill sets of labor in different markets. This has to be ...