Subject category:
Strategy and General Management
Published by:
Harvard Business Publishing
Version: 15 September 1988
Length: 20 pages
Data source: Field research
Abstract
The portable electric power tool market in the United States was approximately USD1.1 billion in 1979. There were about a dozen manufacturers competing in the US market, of which five were US companies. Skil was the third largest US competitor. Skil was acquired by Emerson Electric in 1979. Skil was a turnaround situation from Emerson's perspective. The company faced intense competition from Black & Decker and emerging foreign competitors.
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Industry:
Size:
USD195 million revenues
Other setting(s):
1979
Subject category:
Strategy and General Management
Published by:
Harvard Business Publishing
Length: 14 pages
Data source: Field research
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Subject category:
Strategy and General Management
Published by:
Harvard Business Publishing
Version: 15 September 1988
Length: 23 pages
Data source: Field research
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The portable electric power tool market in the United States was approximately USD1.1 billion in 1979. There were about a dozen manufacturers competing in the US market, of which five were US companies. Skil was the third largest US competitor. Skil was acquired by Emerson Electric in 1979. Skil was a turnaround situation from Emerson's perspective. The company faced intense competition from Black & Decker and emerging foreign competitors.
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Industry:
Size:
USD195 million revenues
Other setting(s):
1979
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Subject category:
Strategy and General Management
Published by:
Harvard Business Publishing
Length: 14 pages
Data source: Field research
Subject category:
Strategy and General Management
Published by:
Harvard Business Publishing
Version: 15 September 1988
Length: 23 pages
Data source: Field research