This page intentionally left blank Strategic Management CONCEPTS AND CASES Editorial Director: Sally Yagan Editor in Chief: Eric Svendsen Acquisitions Editor: Kim Norbuta Product Development Manager: Ashley Santora Editorial Project Manager: Claudia Fernandes Editorial Assistant: Meg O’Rourke Director of Marketing: Patrice Lumumba Jones Marketing Manager: Nikki Ayana Jones Marketing Assistant: Ian Gold Senior Managing Editor: Judy Leale Associate Production Project Manager: Ana Jankowski Operations Specialist: Ilene Kahn Art Director: Steve Frim Text and Cover Designer: Judy Allan Manager, Visual Research: Beth Brenzel Manager, Rights and Permissions: Zina Arabia Image Permission Coordinator: Cynthia Vincenti Manager, Cover Visual Research & Permissions: Karen Sanatar Cover Art: Vetta TM Collection Dollar Bin: istockphoto Editorial Media Project Manager: Ashley Lulling Production Media Project Manager: Lisa Rinaldi Full-Service Project Management: Thistle Hill Publishing Services, LLC 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manufacturers and seller to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks Where those designations appear in this book, and the publisher was aware of a trademark claim, the designations have been printed in initial caps or all caps Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data David, Fred R Strategic management: concepts and cases / Fred R David.—13th ed p cm Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN-13: 978-0-13-612098-8 (casebound) ISBN-10: 0-13-612098-9 (casebound) Strategic planning Strategic planning—Case studies I Title HD30.28.D385 2011 658.4'012—dc22 2009052036 10 ISBN 10: 0-13-612098-9 ISBN 13: 978-0-13-612098-8 THIRTEENTH EDITION Strategic Management CONCEPTS AND CASES Fred R David Francis Marion University Florence, South Carolina Prentice Hall Boston Columbus Indianapolis New York San Francisco Upper Saddle River Amsterdam Cape Town Dubai London Madrid Milan Munich Paris Montreal Toronto Delhi Mexico City Sao Paulo Sydney Hong Kong Seoul Singapore Taipei Tokyo To Joy, Forest, Byron, and Meredith— my wife and children— for their encouragement and love This page intentionally left blank This page intentionally left blank Brief Contents Preface xvii About the Author xxvii Part Strategy Evaluation 284 Part Overview of Strategic Management Chapter Strategy Review, Evaluation, and Control 284 Acknowledgments xxiii Chapter The Nature of Strategic Management THE COHESION CASE: MCDONALD’S — 2009 27 Part Key Strategic-Management Topics 308 Part Strategy Formulation 40 Chapter 10 Business Ethics/Social Responsibility/ Environmental Sustainability 308 Chapter The Business Vision and Mission 40 Chapter 11 Global/International Issues 328 Chapter The External Assessment 58 Part Strategic-Management Case Analysis 346 Chapter The Internal Assessment 90 Chapter Strategies in Action 130 Chapter Strategy Analysis and Choice 172 How to Prepare and Present a Case Analysis 346 Name Index 359 Subject Index 363 Part Strategy Implementation 210 Chapter Implementing Strategies: Management and Operations Issues 210 Chapter Implementing Strategies: Marketing, Finance/ Accounting, R&D, and MIS Issues 250 vii This page intentionally left blank 276 AMIT J SHAH EXHIBIT Sales Information by Region Year Ended December 31 2008 2007 Net sales: United States Europe Japan Rest of Asia Other foreign countries Total Percent change 2006 Percent change $ 566,600 159,886 105,705 75,569 110,147 1,017,907 5% 21% 14% 14% 16% 10% (in thousands) $ 554,029 191,089 166,476 80,011 125,599 1,117,204 $ 597,569 193,336 120,148 86,133 127,405 1,124,591 -7% -1% 39% -7% -1% -1% Source: Callaway Golf Company, Form 10K (2008) regions with the strongest growth in number of rounds played include the West North Central, East North Central, and New England In 2008, approximately 50 percent of the CGC’s net sales were generated within the United States, and 50 percent were generated elsewhere The company does business in more than 100 countries around the world The majority of the company’s international sales are made through its wholly owned subsidiaries located in Europe, Japan, Canada, Korea, and Australia Exhibit provides sales information for CGC based on international regions From 2006 to 2007, no region incurred a loss in sales; however, between 2007 and 2008, three regions incurred losses, which were Europe (1 percent loss), the rest of Asia (7 percent loss), and other foreign countries (1 percent loss) Business Ethics and Environmental Matters CGC adopted a corporate Code of Conduct and Ethics Policy in 1997 applicable to all employees and directors, including senior financial officers CGC previously permitted loans to employees, including executive officers, in restricted amounts (up to $150,000) and for limited purposes (purchase of a primary residence) There are currently no outstanding loans to executive officers under this program and only two loans outstanding to nonexecutive officers CEO/CFO certification procedures pursuant to Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley, established in November 2002, have been implemented at CGC The company also has an insider trading policy that is written, distributed to all employees, and accompanied by training Officers and key employees are subject to “gatekeeper” review and approval by the CGC’s legal department CGC operations are subject to federal, state, and local environmental laws During the ordinary course of its manufacturing process, CGC creates toxic waste through the use of special materials and production processes The waste is regularly transported off site by registered waste haulers As a standard procedure, a comprehensive audit of the treatment, storage, and disposal facilities with which the company contracts for the disposal of hazardous waste are performed annually by CGC The company employs two full-time environmental engineers at its Carlsbad, California, facility and a director of environmental, health, and safety matters at its Chicopee, Massachusetts, facility to manage the program It is also a charter member of the U.S Environmental Protection Agency’s National Performance Track program, which recognizes facilities that have demonstrated a commitment to superior environmental performance and compliance Business Operations CGC has subsidiaries all over the world; those wholly owned by CGC include Callaway Golf Sales Company, Callaway Golf Ball Operations, Inc (formerly known as The TopFlite Golf Company), Callaway Golf Interactive, Inc., Callaway Golf Europe Ltd., Callaway Golf K.K., Callaway Golf Korea Ltd., Callaway Golf Canada Ltd., Callaway Golf South CASE 28 • CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY — 2009 Pacific PTY Ltd., Callaway Golf (Shanghai) Trading Company, Ltd., Callaway Golf Malaysia Sdn Bhd (formerly known as Titanium Winners Sdn Bhd.), and Callaway Golf (Thailand) Ltd CGC distributes directly to the retailers or to the wholly owned subsidiaries and third-party distributors The company also licenses its trademarks and service marks to third parties in exchange for royalty fees Exhibit presents CGC’s organizational chart Manufacturing golf clubs is primarily done at CGC’s facilities in Carlsbad, California Some of the products are assembled outside the United States Assembly of the clubs is done using components from suppliers from both within and outside the United States The golf club assembly process is “very labor intensive.” Prior to the Top-Flite acquisition, CGC manufactured its golf balls in its Carlsbad, California, facility, and Top-Flite manufactured their golf balls primarily in its Chicopee, Massachusetts, and Gloversville, New York, facilities Since the acquisition, however, the company has moved the majority of its golf ball manufacturing to the Chicopee and Gloversville facilities and is in the process of moving the remainder to those facilities over the course of this year The golf ball manufacturing process is “much more automated” than the golf club assembly process, although, the company points out, much labor is still used in the golf ball manufacturing process The golf business is highly seasonal In the busy summer season, CGC employees are required to work many hours of overtime, whereas in the winter, production capacity is only about 68 percent These special conditions require a special employment contract based on a working-hours account, which allows employees to use overtime work hours, gathered during high production, to make up the unused work time in the off season As of year-end 2008, CGC and its subsidiaries employed 2,700 employees full time and part time CGC employees “historically have not been represented by unions,” according to the company’s annual report The manufacturing employees at the Top-Flite plant are represented by a union CGC had approximately 480 employees covered under a collective bargaining agreement, as of December 31, 2008 Callaway has renegotiated a new collective bargaining agreement with the union in Chicopee, which is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2011 The production employees in Canada and Australia are also unionized According to CGC, the company “considers its employee relations to be good.” EXHIBIT Calloway Organizational Chart George Fellows President and CEO, Director Board of Directors: Ronald S Beard*, Chairman Samuel H Armacost*; John C Cushman, III* Yotaro Kobayashi*; Richard L Rosenfield; Anthony S Thornley*; John F Lundgren* * indicates independent status on board Audit Committee Executive Committee Compensation & Mgmt Succession David A Laverty Senior VP, Operations Steven C McCracken Senior Executive VP Chief Administrative Officer Bradley J Holiday Senior Executive VP Chief Financial Officer Thomas Yang Senior VP, International Nominating & Corporate Governance 277 278 AMIT J SHAH Marketing Rapid introduction of new golf clubs or golf balls could result in closeouts of existing inventories at both wholesale and retail levels Closeouts result in reduced margins on the sale of older products as well as reduced sales of new products CGC announced a contract renewal with the number-two golfer in the world, Phil Mickelson, in early 2009 Callaway also uses point-of-purchase displays for its products in golf shops and retail stores worldwide Callaway has seen tremendous success under the Trade In! Trade Up! Program (www.tradeintradeup.com) Under this agreement, Callaway consumers can receive trade-in allowances on their previously owned Callaway golf clubs toward the purchase of new Callaway clubs This option has become popular for consumers looking to upgrade their equipment It also provides a convenient avenue for consumers looking to purchase cheaper used clubs This program certainly helps Callaway build and strengthen customer loyalty Callaway has long been known for its commitment to innovation in its technology CGC’s tradition is built on product leadership and “the proof is in the more than 1,100 United States patents—more than any other golf manufacturer.” CGC has recently launched the Callaway Golf FT Irons According to CGC’s Web site, FT Irons are “the evolution of Fusion Technology, delivering the utmost in performance and playability in Callaway Golf irons for mid to low handicap players who demand the latest innovation with proven results.” Since the introduction of the FT Irons, Callaway has introduced the FT i-brid irons These irons are CGC’s most technologically advanced game-improvement set The FT i-brid irons provide the ultimate in forgiveness and playability by incorporating three hybrid-like clubs designed to replace hard-to-hit long irons and game-improvement short irons Callaway has introduced a men’s and women’s version of the FT-iQ—the smartest, straightest driver the company has ever marketed and sold The club is available with features that are accommodating to all golfers, with available lofts of 9, 10, and 11 degrees, as well as a High Trajectory [HT] model that offers 13 degrees These higher degrees of loft make getting the ball airborne easier on the player The advanced head shape has a sleek look and increases the moment of inertia (MOI) for extraordinary accuracy off the tee For feel and performance, the FT-iQ driver has an exclusive Fubuki shaft from Mitsubishi Rayon In advertising, CGC relies mainly on a combination of printed and television advertisements Advertisements in print include national magazines, such as Golf Magazine, Sports Illustrated, and Golf Digest, and television commercials included primarily on The Golf Channel, ESPN, and on network television during golf telecasts CGC also employs Web-based advertising Outside of the United States, advertising is generally handled by CGC’s subsidiaries, and although it is based on its global brand principles, the local execution is tailored by each region based on their unique consumer market and lifestyles External Factors The current economic recession has decreased the level of demand for the company’s products, which are recreational and therefore discretionary purchases for consumers Any decrease in consumer confidence, adverse economic conditions, or political unrest diverts interest from playing golf and hurts Callaway’s business Individuals are more willing to make such purchases during favorable economic conditions and when they are feeling confident and prosperous Adverse economic conditions have caused consumers to forgo or to postpone purchasing new golf products The severe economic downturn may also affect CGC’s bad debt, which has been historically low Natural disasters, such as the hurricanes in Florida and along the East Coast, can negatively affect golf rounds played not only during the storms but also for a significant period of time afterward while golfers focus on cleaning up rather than playing golf Golf is not a growth industry There are approximately 26 million recreational players in the United States, but on average million customers enter and million customers exit the industry annually The net effect is zero growth According to the National Sporting Goods Association’s 2008 survey, golf’s player pool shrank 7.3 percent from 2003 to 2007 The latest report from the National Golf Foundation shows rounds played are down CASE 28 • CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY — 2009 3.5 percent for the first quarter of 2008 Also, it takes a lot of time to play golf People today have so many other ways to spend their time A positive trend for CGC, however, is that the world’s population is aging, and many older people both play golf and have discretionary income to purchase golf equipment Golf courses are overbuilt in the United States; the number of rounds played was down percent in the United States in 2008 from 2007 More and more companies are chasing the same customers, which means that a gain in market share for one is a loss for another For CGC to grow its sales of golf clubs or golf balls significantly, the company must either increase its share of the market for golf clubs or balls, or the market for these items itself must grow Because CGC already possesses a substantial share of the market in sales of clubs and balls, additional market share may be limited In addition, the company does not believe there will be any material increase in the number of golfers worldwide in the next four years Competitors The business of golf has grown to become a billion-dollar industry worldwide, but due to the economic downturn, small companies may fall and big companies need to rightsize and reset their business to survive Industry leaders spend millions on endorsement contracts for the game’s best players to entice recreational players For example, Nike pays Tiger Woods to use and endorse its products A popular but expensive way to gain market share is using PGA Tour players to promote your product “The PGA Tour is the one bright spot in the whole industry,” says Drapeau “The TV ratings are up; the attendance is up A large part of that is due to Tiger Woods.” Woods is so popular that Nike signed him to an endorsement contract and then over time built an entire golf division around him Woods once played Titleist equipment, but he shifted to Nike Each time he changed, he said he would not have changed unless Nike made the best product for him to play Titleist is one of CGC’s biggest competitors A subsidiary of Fortune Brands, Inc., Acushnet Company, owns the brand Titleist, among other brands Titleist manufactures various types of golf clubs, as well as balls, equipment, and accessories Other golf-related Acushnet brand names include FootJoy, Cobra, and Pinnacle Acushnet primarily sells its products to on-course golf pro shops and select off-course golf specialty and sporting goods stores throughout the United States International distributors and agents sell the products throughout the global market, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, France, Sweden, the Netherlands, South Africa, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, and Japan Acushnet attributes about 42 percent of its sales to its international markets The company is very strong in the golf shoe and golf glove markets (FootJoy) and is the leading producer in golf balls (Titleist) Between 2007 and 2008, net sales for golf-related operations at Fortune decreased from $1,405.4 million to $1,368.9 million This is attributed to the unfavorable global economic conditions Callaway competes with Acushnet in all three of its main markets: shoes and gloves, clubs, and balls More and more well-known athletic goods manufacturers such as Nike, Wilson, and Adidas, just to mention a few, are diversifying and expanding into the market These companies have very good reputations, which helps them enter the golf equipment and accessories market Several companies that produce high-quality tennis racquets, such as Prince, Fila, Head, and Wilson, are becoming a big threat to Callaway Golf Wilson already does a substantial golf business CGC’s biggest domestic competition with respect to metal woods and irons are TaylorMade, Titleist, Cobra, Cleveland (Srixon), Ping, Mizuno, Bridgestone, and Nike For putters, Callaway’s major competitors are Ping, Titleist, and TaylorMade CGC competes with Dunlop and Yamaha among others in Japan and throughout Asia Mizuno is Japan’s largest sporting goods maker and has made strides in the golf equipment industry In the golf ball business, CGC faces competition from Titleist, Nike, Spalding, Sumitomo Rubber Industry, and Bridgestone (Precept) Titleist has an estimated market share in excess of 50 percent and is therefore leading in the golf ball industry In 2008, CGC was 279 280 AMIT J SHAH number two on the PGA tour for golf ball usage The company also achieved the numbertwo retail market share, second to Titleist, for the same year TaylorMade-Adidas Golf (TAG), one of the largest golf club manufacturers in the world, is a subsidiary of Adidas-Salomon A.G TAG enjoys a 28 percent market share in the United States and hopes to have achieve the same market share worldwide that it has in the United States in 2010 In February 2008, TAG divested the Maxfli brand, which accounted for percent of its 2007 sales TaylorMade has also launched a $35 million advertising push for its golf equipment in 2008 This advertising campaign is the most expensive one in TaylorMade’s history Nike went into the golf business with Tiger Woods, and the company has been steadily growing in the golf industry with Tiger Wood’s success In 2007, Nike Golf grew 12 percent to nearly $650 million Nike Golf accounted for approximately 43 percent of total revenues for the athletic footwear and apparel manufacturer Global Issues The global golf market is uniform in the sense that firms not have to develop different products for different markets But different economic and competitive situations in global markets make it sometimes difficult to place products in the right way with the right price, and at the same time generate profit Rules vary for different professional tours, like the PGA Tour, the European Tour, the Canadian Tour, and the Asian-Pacific Tour It is difficult to introduce and market a new product that conflicts with rules for the professional players An innovation is difficult to market if professional players are not allowed to play with the new equipment and the recreational players will never see new equipment developed for their game A negative factor CGC has to face is the mass amount of imitation of its products, especially in the Asian-Pacific area It is very difficult for the company to track the imitations, which results in high administration costs and loss of revenues Interruptions and high fuel costs in air carrier or shipping services, anti-American sentiments, and social, economic, and political instability all negatively affect the performance of CGC On March 24, 2009, according to a CGC press release, the Beijing Chaoyang Administration for Industry and Commerce (AIC) and the Chaoyang Public Security Bureau (PSB) jointly conducted raids against an assembly and warehouse facility of the Sunshine Golf Store located at Shangxinpu, Huanggang Village, Chaoyang District, Beijing The raids resulted in the seizure of nearly 10,000 pieces of counterfeit golf equipment, including more than 740 assembled golf clubs, 1,500 club heads, 4,700 golf grips, 2,300 shafts, 280 head covers, and assorted golf towels, golf bags, and apparel Patent infringements are another large risk for Callaway According to a CGC press release, on March 3, 2009, it filed a new patent infringement lawsuit against Acushnet The lawsuit alleges that the new 2009 Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls, available in spring 2009, breach golf ball patents owned by Callaway Golf This new lawsuit follows the successful patent infringement action filed by CGC against Acushnet in February 2006 that resulted in a permanent ruling halting sales of earlier versions of the Pro V1 family of golf balls The Chinese government continues to raid counterfeiters responding to the complaints of U.S golf manufacturers including CGC, Acushnet, Cleveland Golf, Ping, Nike, and TaylorMade-Adidas These raids are attempts to track down and stop counterfeiting efforts to make knock-off golf clubs and equipment Rob Duncanson, an attorney advising the companies, made this statement after one of the raid: “The manufacture and sale of counterfeit golf equipment by these modern pirates not only cost US companies millions in lost revenues, but affects the brand integrity and reputations of companies who invest substantial resources in R&D and marketing, ultimately undermining the trust of the unsuspecting consumer.” Conclusion For many golfers, the current business climate means bargains The National Golf Foundation, an industry group, reports that the number of golfers has ranged between 26 million and 37 million, but the recession has scared many people away from the courses Americans are not playing as much golf this year as they did last year Many CASE 28 • CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY — 2009 public and private golf clubs are experiencing weak demand and have been lowering prices to attract customers According to Golf Datatech, golf equipment is selling but at lower prices A few golf companies have declared bankruptcy, including San Diego–based Carbite Inc., a wedge and putter maker Some equipment manufacturers, including Planobased Adams Golf Inc., are struggling as well, and CGC itself laid off 370 employees in 2008 to improve its manufacturing efficiencies and effectiveness as well as reduce operating costs The global economic recession hurts Callaway Golf products are discretionary rather than essential items Other factors that also harm the golf business include high unemployment, increased consumer debt levels, and declining consumer confidence and spending Other threats to Callaway include imitation clubs, limited growth opportunity in golf clubs and golf balls, intense competition, international exchange rate fluctuations, international political instability and terrorist attacks, natural disasters and pandemic diseases, and the seasonality nature of the sport 281 29 Chevron Corporation — 2009 Linda Herkenhoff Saint Mary’s College CVX www.chevron.com Wonder whether the price per gallon of gas soon will be over $4.00 like it was in May 2008 or will it be below $2.00 per gallon as in the first quarter of 2009? Gasoline is what keeps America moving Joe Petrowski, Gulf Oil LP CEO, recently said that the price of oil could sink to $20 per barrel, meaning that gasoline prices could drop as low as $1 per gallon by early 2010 But like many oil companies, Chevron had an outstanding 2008, earning $23.9 billion, a new record The tumultuous world of energy continues to make headlines in 2009, with Chevron announcing a 71 percent drop in their second quarter profits to the lowest level in five years In the first quarter, Chevron generated $1.75 billion, but during the same three months in 2008, Chevron’s profits hit $5.98 billion The critical difference is that oil prices soared to $145 per barrel in July of 2008 and in July 2009 are hovering around $69 per barrel But Chevron in not alone in their state of reduced profits ExxonMobil Corp announced a drop of 66 percent in their second quarter profits, while Royal Dutch Shell announced a 67 percent reduction and BP announced a 53 percent reduction Conoco Phillips had the most significant reduction in profits out of the Big Five, recording a drop in profit of 76 percent for their second quarter Chevron’s total revenue fell 51 percent to $40 billion from $81 billion a year ago The company boosted capital and exploratory operations, spending $11.4 billion in the first half of the year, compared with $10.3 billion in the first six months of 2008 As we look to the future, a real concern is that if companies eventually decide to reduce exploration and production, there could be supply shortages and that could certainly mean higher prices down the road for all of us Specifically within Chevron, their refining and marketing operations actually lost $95 million in the second quarter despite the fact that gas rose to $3 per gallon in some states On the West Coast, their refining profits dropped 45 percent from this same time last year Chevron’s strategies to compensate for these losses includes stopping drilling new gas wells in the continental U.S and stopping buying back its own stock The executive vice president of exploration and production, George Kirkland, explained that with current gas prices it does not makes sense to be drilling gas wells On the global scene, Chevron continues to look to its high profile projects to increase their oil production New wells in Angola and Brazil contributed to an increase of percent in Chevron’s net oil equivalent production in the second quarter These production numbers are impressive when compared with some of the other major oil companies Royal Dutch Shell’s production dipped percent while ExxonMobil’s production fell percent History Chevron began with an oil discovery north of Los Angeles in 1879 followed by the formation of the Pacific Coast Oil Company, the oldest predecessor of Chevron Corporation Standard Oil Company (owned by John D Rockefeller) subsequently bought Pacific Coast Oil in 1900, and six years later the merged name became Standard Oil Company (California) But in 1911, the Sherman Antitrust Act resulted in the breakup of the parent CASE 29 • CHEVRON CORPORATION — 2009 Standard Oil and created Standard of California as an independent company After the war ended, the company merged with Pacific Oil Company, becoming Standard Oil Company of California (Socal) Socal formed a joint venture with Texaco in 1936, Caltex, to develop and market oil in the Middle East and Indonesia By the end of the 1930s, the Aramco partnership was formed in the Middle East, composed of Socal, Texaco, Exxon, and Mobil Following World War II, the additives and petroleum-based chemicals invented for the war were quickly turned to peacetime uses The age of petrochemicals had arrived, and with it came Chevron Chemical Company By 1980, Aramco was entirely owned by the Saudis, and in 1988 the name was changed to Saudi Arabian Oil Corporation In 1984, the merger between Standard Oil of California and Gulf Oil was the largest merger in history at that time, nearly doubling the company’s worldwide proved oil and gas reserves As part of the merger, Socal changed its name to Chevron Corporation Through the purchase of Tenneco Inc.’s U.S Gulf of Mexico crude oil and natural gas properties in 1988, Chevron became one of the largest gas producers in the United States Chevron merged with NGC Corporation in the area of natural gas to form Dynegy in 1998 In 1993, Chevron formed Tengizchevroil, a joint venture with the Republic of Kazakhstan, becoming the first major Western oil company to enter newly independent Kazakhstan In 2001, Chevron acquired Texaco for $37.5 billion and changed its name yet again to ChevronTexaco Corporation But after spending sizable amounts on changing the name/logo on everything from letterhead to the credit union’s legal name, on May 9, 2005, the name returned to Chevron In 2005, Chevron had another name change opportunity through its acquisition of Unocal Corporation But this time it opted to leave the brand unchanged and reduce confusion The Unocal acquisition made Chevron the world’s largest producer of geothermal energy in the world Present Conditions Chevron is the second-largest integrated energy company in the United States and among the largest corporations in the world, based on market capitalization as of December 31, 2008 Headquartered in San Ramon, California, with the stock ticker symbol CVX, it conducts business in more than 100 countries Exhibit provides a list of those countries where Chevron has extensive business involvement Chevron engages in every aspect of the crude oil and natural gas industry, including exploration and production, manufacturing, marketing and transportation, chemicals manufacturing and sales, geothermal, power generation, and renewables Its global workforce consisted of approximately 66,000 employees at year-end 2008 The firm’s executive positions with reporting relationships are provided in Exhibit In 2008, Chevron produced 2.53 million barrels of net oil-equivalent per day About 75 percent of that volume occurred outside the United States in more than 20 different countries Chevron had a global refining capacity of more than MM barrels of oil per day at the end of 2008 and invested $22.8 billion in capital projects last year The marketing network supports more than 25,000 retail outlets (including affiliate operations) on six continents, with investments in 13 power-generating facilities in the EXHIBIT Angola Argentina Australia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belgium Brazil Canada Main Countries of Chevron Global Operations Chad China Columbia India Indonesia Kazakhstan Kuwait Netherlands Source: Adapted from www.chevron.com (2009) New Zealand Nigeria Philippines Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore South Africa South Korea Thailand & Cambodia Trinidad & Tobago United Kingdom United States Venezuela 283 284 LINDA HERKENHOFF EXHIBIT Board of Directors Chairman and Chief Executive Officer: David J O’Reilly Vice Chairman of the Board: Peter J Robertson Board of Directors: Samuel H Armacost, Linnet F Deily, Robert E Denham, Robert J Eaton, Sam Ginn, Enrique Hernandez Jr, Franklyn G Jenifer, Sam Nunn, Donald B Rice, Kevin W Sharer, Charles R Shoemate, Ronald D Sugar, Carl Ware Laymon, Zygocki and Director of Global Security report to Vice Chair Robertson; all other officers and General Manager of Global Diversity report to Chairman O’Reilly unless indicated otherwise Executive VP Technology and Service: John Bethancourt Reporting to this position—Corporate Aviation Services, Energy Solutions, Oronite, Mining Inc Executive VP Global Upstream and Gas: George Kirkland Reporting to this position—E&P: Asia Pacific, Eurasia Executive VP of Strategy and Development: John Watson Reporting to this position: Project Resources, Procurement Executive VP Global Downstream: Michael Wirth Reporting to this position—Global: Lubricants, Marketing, Manufacturing, Supply & Trading Source: Adapted from www.chevron.com (2009) United States and Asia Of the 10,000 retail outlets in the United States, Chevron only owned a few hundred by year-end 2008 Chevron has had 21 consecutive annual increases in dividends, with dividends growing at an average annual rate of 12 percent over the past years The growth rate is percent for the last 21 years At the end of March 2009, the dividend yield was about percent Over the last five years, cash returned to stockholders has totaled more than $46 billion, $25 billion in share buybacks and over $21 MM in dividends The return on average stockholders’ equity is 29.2 percent for 2008 Chevron’s balance sheet had a debt ratio at year-end 2008 of just over percent Last year’s return on capital employed (ROCE) for the corporation was 26.6 percent, and has been over 20 percent for each of the last years In 2008, Chevron’s ROCE was the second highest in its five-company peer group (ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, BP, and ConocoPhillips) Sales and other operating revenues totaled $265 billion with an overall net income of $23.9 billion for 2008 The net income results were the highest annual earnings in the company’s history The income statements and balance sheets are provided in Exhibits and In 2008, Chevron’s Exploration added 1.7 billion barrels of oil-equivalent resources, resulting in a drilling success rate of 49 percent The company produced 2.53 MM net-oil equivalents barrels per day; about 75 percent of those barrels came from outside the United States in more than 20 countries The company achieved a reserve replacement in 2008 of 146 percent In March 2009, Chevron was presented with the HART Energy Publishing Refiner of the Year Award, which is based on achievements in the following categories: cleaner environment, investment and corporate growth, and lastly vision Vision The Chevron vision is to be the global energy company most admired for its people, partnership and performance That vision means Chevron will strive to: provide energy products vital to sustainable economic progress and human development throughout the world; have superior capabilities and commitment both at the individual employee level as well as at the organizational level; deliver world-class performance; and earn the admiration of all our stakeholders—investors, customers, host governments, local communities and Chevron employees—not only for the goals but how they are achieved CASE 29 • CHEVRON CORPORATION — 2009 EXHIBIT Statement of Income (millions of dollars) 2008 2007 2006 Revenues and Other Income Sales and Other Operating Revenues Gasolines Jet fuel Gas oils and kerosene Residual fuel oils Other refined products $ 53,254 23,056 40,940 9,937 6,407 47,074 16,333 32,170 7,348 5,886 42,639 15,577 31,647 7,086 5,723 Total Refined Products Crude oil and condensate Natural gas Natural gas liquids Other petroleum revenues Excise taxes 133,594 78,600 31,814 5,517 3,116 9,700 108,811 61,542 24,437 4,483 2,460 9,959 102,672 61,842 22,515 3,488 2,862 9,486 Total Upstream and Downstream Chemicals All Other Less: Revenues from discontinued operations 262,341 1,750 867 — 211,692 1,582 817 — 202,865 1,395 632 — Total Sales and Other Operating Revenues Income from equity affiliates Other income 264,958 5,366 2,681 214,091 4,144 2,669 204,892 4,255 971 Total Revenues and Other Income 273,005 220,904 210,118 171,397 20,795 133,309 16,932 128,151 14,624 5,756 1,169 5,926 1,323 5,093 1,364 9,528 21,303 — 100 8,708 22,266 166 107 7,506 20,883 451 70 Total Costs and Other Deductions 230,048 188,737 178,142 Income from Continuing Operations Before Income Tax Expense Income Tax Expense 42,957 19,026 32,167 13,479 31,976 14,838 23,931 — $ 23,931 18,688 — $ 18,688 17,138 — 17,138 Costs and Other Deductions Purchased crude oil products Operating expenses Selling, general and administrative expenses Exploration expenses Depreciation, depletion and amortization Taxes other than on income Interest and debt expense Minority interests Income from Continuing Operations Income from Discontinued Operations Net Income Source: Adapted from Chevron, Annual Report Supplement (2008) 285 286 LINDA HERKENHOFF EXHIBIT Consolidated Balance Sheet (millions of dollars) 2008 2007 $ 9,347 213 15,856 $ 7,362 732 22,446 $ 10,493 953 17,628 5,175 459 1,220 4,003 290 1,017 3,586 258 812 6,854 5,310 4,656 2,200 3,527 2,574 36,470 2,431 20,920 39,377 2,194 20,447 36,304 2,203 18,552 173,299 154,084 137,747 81,519 75,474 68,889 Net properties, plant and equipment Deferred charges and other assets Goodwill Assets held for sale 91,780 4,711 4,619 252 78,610 3,491 4,637 — 68,858 2,088 4,623 — Total Assets Liabilities and Stockholder’s Equity Short-term debt Accounts payable Accrued liabilities Federal and other taxes on income Other taxes payable $ 161,165 $ 148,786 $ 132,628 $ 2,818 16,580 8,077 3,079 1,469 $ 1,162 21,756 5,275 3,972 1,633 $ 2,159 16,675 4,546 3,626 1,403 32,023 33,789 28,409 Assets Cash and cash equivalents Marketable securities Accounts and notes receivable, net inventories Crude oil and petroleum products Chemicals Materials, supplies and other Total inventories Prepaid expenses and other current assets Total Current Assets Long-term receivables, net Investments and advances Properties, plant and equipment at cost Less: Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization 2006 Total Current Liabilities Long-term debt and capital lease obligations Deferred credits and other noncurrent obligations Noncurrent deferred income taxes Reserves for employee benefit plans Minority interests 6,083 6,070 7,679 17,678 11,539 6,725 469 15,007 12,170 4,449 204 11,000 11,647 4,749 209 Total Liabilities 74,517 71,698 63,693 Stockholders’ Equity 86,648 77,088 68,935 Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity $ 161,165 $ 148,786 $ 132,628 Source: Adapted from Chevron, Annual Report Supplement (2008) CASE 29 • CHEVRON CORPORATION — 2009 Marketing Marketing in an energy company is more complex than just selling more gas at the pump Chevron focused in large part in its 2008 television campaign on the environmentally friendly and human side of its world-class operations This type of reputation marketing is particularly important in an industry with an image problem Chevron’s marketing organization is responsible for the marketing, advertising, sale, and delivery of products and services to retail, commercial, and industrial customers worldwide This includes the 25,000 retail outlets (including affiliate operations), which are located primarily on the West Coast of North America, the U.S Gulf Coast, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom The three key marketing strategies include provide clean, safe and reliable operations through operational excellence; align the marketing portfolio to capture integration value with the refining system; and leverage brands to grow value in key markets The marketing portfolio has become more closely aligned with the company’s refining system through market exits and divestitures of retail sites in an attempt to focus in areas of market strength During 2008, the company sold its heating-oil business in the United Kingdom and announced the sale of its marketing and other businesses in Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Benin, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, and Togo, and its fuelsmarketing business in Brazil Following the close of these sales, the company will have exited the fuels-marketing business in 22 countries since 2004 Chevron markets under three main brands: Chevron, Texaco, and Caltex In 2008, an independent source ranked Chevron as the most powerful gasoline brand in the United States for the fifth consecutive year By the end of 2008, more than 5,000 Chevron retail sites had been updated as part of a multiyear marketing program to refresh the Chevron brand image The company’s convenience store brand, ExtraMile, was ranked as the number-one convenience store by an independent survey for the second year in a row Chevron continues its market thrust in clean premium fuels through the expanded incorporation of patented additives such as Techron In 2008, Chevron sold gasoline with Techron in 27 countries, comprising 90 percent of the branded gasoline sold worldwide Industry Despite OPEC restrictions, civil wars, and hurricanes, the oil industry is alive and well in 2009 This is indeed a volatile industry, as indicated by the 2008 oil price that fell from a peak of $144 per barrel in early July to as low as $34 per barrel in December This industry faces some unique business challenges, including managing a negative image as consumers correlate high prices at the pump with oil company greed And of course carbon dioxide emissions from the continuing use of fossil fuels does not improve the image This industry is composed of three categories of players: investor-owned oil companies, national oil companies that operate as corporate entities, and national oil companies that operate as government agencies Investor-owned oil companies, such as Chevron, are primarily concerned with maximizing shareholder return These companies, often referred to as multinationals or international oil companies (IOCs), typically move quickly to develop and produce the oil resources to which they have obtained access and sell their output in competitive markets Within the IOCs, Chevron is identified as a supermajor along with ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, BP, and, to some degree, ConocoPhillips National oil companies (NOCs) with strategic and operational autonomy that function as corporate entities, such as Petrobras (Brazil), often balance profit-oriented concerns and the objectives of their country with their corporate strategy Although these companies may support their country’s goals, they are primarily commercially driven entities National oil companies that operate as an extension of the government or as a government agency, such as Pemex (Mexico), support their government’s programs either financially or strategically They provide fuels to domestic consumers at prices lower than world customers pay These companies often develop their proven reserves at a slower pace than commercial companies These national oil companies pursue a diversity of objectives that are not necessarily market oriented, such as employing their citizens, generating long-term revenue, and supplying inexpensive domestic energy 287 288 LINDA HERKENHOFF The American Petroleum Institute (www.api.com) divides the petroleum industry into five sectors: Upstream (exploration, development and production of crude oil or natural gas), Downstream (oil tankers, refiners, retailers, and consumers), Pipeline, Marine, and Service and Supply During the 1960s, multinationals had access to more than 80 percent of global oil and natural gas reserves In 2007, Western multinationals controlled just over 10 percent of the world’s oil, and NOCs exercised exclusive control over roughly 78 percent, according to a November 2007 paper by Doug Young at Rice University’s James Baker Institute According to Petroleum Intelligence Weekly (vol 47, no 48), in 2007, roughly 78 percent of total world oil was produced by 50 companies, and of that production, 70 percent was produced by national oil companies The oil industry experienced a hiring surge in the late 1970s and early 1980s followed by an extended period of decline The recent hiring activity has not remedied the issue that over half of today’s workforce will be eligible for retirement within the next 10 years This workplace shortage is affectionately referred to in the industry as “the big crew change.” Competition Chevron is considered as one of the Big Five along with ExxonMobil (XOM), BP (BP), Shell (RDS), and ConocoPhillips (COP) The Big Five are big in many ways, one of which happens to be their sheer size in terms of number of employees This may seem like a good comparative statistic, but in actuality the head count statistic is a bit tricky Some companies count contractors in different ways, and the head count at the best of times is a moving target But Chevron came in as somewhere between 58,000 and 66,000 employees in the first quarter of 2009 ExxonMobil has approximately 80,700 employees; Royal Dutch Shell checks in at over 100,000 employees BP has close to 98,000 employees, and ConocoPhillips has only about 30,000 employees All of the Big Five have extensive overseas operations ConocoPhillips operates in more than 30 countries, and the rest of the Big Five companies each operate in over 100 countries ExxonMobil (www.exxonmobil.com), the largest publicly traded energy company in the world, earned a record net income in 2008 of $45.2 billion ($8.69 per share) The Exxon Mobil Corporation global headquarters are located in Irving, Texas ExxonMobil markets products around the world under the brands of Exxon, Mobil, and Esso It also owns hundreds of smaller subsidiaries such as Imperial Oil (69.6 percent ownership) in Canada ExxonMobil accounts for only approximately percent of world production The 2008 ROCE was 34 percent with a cash flow from operations and asset sales about $66 billion The upstream division dominates the company’s cash flow, accounting for approximately 70 percent of revenue with more than 50 percent return on average capital employed British Petroleum (www.bp.com) is the third largest global energy company, with headquarters in London In 2008, BP retained 50 percent ownership in its Russian joint venture BP’s replacement cost profit for the year was a record $25.6 billion, with a return on average capital employed greater than 20 percent BP spent $50 billion on share buybacks in 2008 It was also a good year in 2008 for BP exploration with major new discoveries in Algeria, Angola, Egypt, and the Gulf of Mexico BP gained new access to oil sands in Canada and shale gas in the United States, as well as gaining licenses to explore in the Canadian Arctic BP reports a resource replacement of 283 percent and a reserve replacement of 121 percent About 50 percent of BP’s capacity is in the United States, compared with about 33 percent for the rest of the Big Five BP has between $5 billion and $6 billion of bond maturities to refinance in 2009 BP’s 2008 solar sales were up by 41 percent BP has the third largest wind portfolio in the United States Royal Dutch Shell (www.shell.com) has Dutch and British origins It is the second largest private sector energy corporation in the world The company’s headquarters are in The Hague, Netherlands, with its registered office in London The company’s main business is in the exploration and production, processing, transportation, and marketing of oil and gas Oil and gas, accounted for just over 90 percent of Shell’s revenue in 2008 Shell markets oil products in more countries than any other oil company Shell also has a significant petrochemicals business Forbes Global 2000 ranked Shell the eighth largest CASE 29 • CHEVRON CORPORATION — 2009 company in the world in 2007 The 2008 earnings were $31.4 billion compared with $27.6 billion for 2007 with earnings per share increasing by 16 percent Exploration & Production earnings were over $20 billion compared to about $14.7 billion in 2007 Sakhalin II, one of the world’s largest integrated oil and gas projects, began year-round oil shipments in 2008 and is preparing to start exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2009 Shell made 11 notable discoveries of potential resources and secured rights to some 40,000 km of new exploration acreage in 2008 In mid-2009, there will be a major change in leadership when the former chief financial officer will step up into the role of CEO The ConocoPhillips Company (www.cop.com) headquarters are located in Houston, Texas It is the fifth largest private sector energy corporation in the world Its fuel stations are known under the Phillips 66, Conoco, and 76 brand names It was created through the merger of Conoco Inc and the Phillips Petroleum Company in 2002 ConocoPhillips maintains a balance in their portfolio of about 70 to 75 percent in Exploration & Production, and about 20 to 25 percent in refining, marketing, and transportation The capital program has $12.5 billion slated for 2009 The debt ratio is above 30 percent, but the company plans to put more cash toward debt reduction to get their debt ratio back to 20 to 25 percent ConocoPhillips is the smallest of the four, but the company spent $10 billion to repurchase stock in 2008 and had earnings per share of $3.39 with 2008 revenues of $241 billion There is a contrast in dividends between ExxonMobil and Chevron Chevron pays 2.60 percent annually, whereas ExxonMobil pays only 1.60 percent Exxon paid out dividends that totaled $1.55 per share in 2008 Chevron’s trailing 12-month dividend on the stock was $2.53 at the end of 2008 BP had a trailing dividend totaling $3.30 The BP dividend per share has grown on average 15 percent per year from 2001 to 2008 ConocoPhillips had a trailing dividend totaling $1.88, which is high compared to its stock price of $49.52 Shell announced an interim dividend in respect of the fourth quarter of 2008 of US $0.40 per A and B ordinary share, an increase of 11 percent over the U.S dollar dividend for the same quarter last year ExxonMobil is so strong financially that it is in a negative debt position, ending its last quarter in 2008 with $38.43 billion in cash and debt of only $10.96 billion The company made its last significant acquisition when it bought Mobil Oil during the energy downturn in 1998 Although not quite as strong as Exxon Mobil, BP also holds $6.1 billion cash British Petroleum acquired Amoco Corp for $48 billion in 1998, which at the time was the biggest foreign takeover of an American company In 2008, Shell completed the acquisition of Duvernay Oil Corp., providing the company with acreage containing significant gas resources in western Canada Royal Dutch Shell reported over $15 billion of cash on hand as of year-end 2008 In March 2006, ConocoPhillips Corporation bought Wilhelmshaven Raffiniegesellschaft and Burlington Resources Although its market cap is near $75 billion, ConocoPhillips held more than $1 billion in cash at the end of the third quarter of 2008 Chevron was also in a negative net debt position with $11 billion in cash and a debt of $7 billion in 2008 Many analysts are expecting a wave of acquisitions by the Big Five as they eye some of the smaller companies such as Devon Energy Corporation (DVD), Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (APC), or Apache Corporation (APA) Membership in the Big Five does not protect these giants against political controversy BP faced spills in Alaska in both 2006 (oil) and 2007 (methanol) ExxonMobil is still dealing with litigation surrounding the 1989 Valdez oil spill in Alaska A court ruling in June 2008 reduced the damages accessed against ExxonMobil from $2.5 billion to $507.5 MM In the same month Royal Dutch Shell was forced to shut down its largest oil production unit in Nigeria when Nigerian separatists attacked the offshore facility In 2007, Friends of the Earth alleged that the damage caused by Shell’s oil activities to local communities and the wider environment could be assessed at $20 billion In 2006, ConocoPhillips agreed to pay $2.2 MM to the federal government to cover costs of cleaning up of a Puget Sound oil spill In October 2007, Polar Tankers, a subsidiary of ConocoPhillips, was fined $2.5 MM for an oil spill in the Pacific that occurred in 2004 When comparing Chevron with its competitors from 2003 to 2007, Chevron had a 106 percent resource replacement through exploration ratio This is approximately 40 percent higher than the nearest competitor, BP This ratio is often difficult to compare across the Big Five because each company defines it slightly differently Not only has 289 290 LINDA HERKENHOFF Chevron replaced, through exploration, more resources than any other of the Big Five, but it has done so with the lowest exploration cost in the industry Being able to find new resources at a comparatively low cost is an important skill, especially when commodity prices are falling Chevron’s upstream earnings of $21.7 billion translate to earnings per barrel of $22.85 Chevron’s competitive position moved up to second in both 2007 and 2008 relative to the Big Five The 2008 ROCE results of 36.6 percent look promising for Chevron to maintain this competitive position in 2009 Competitive data for 2008 indicates that Royal Dutch Shell achieved the highest average capital employed; ExxonMobil had the highest return on average capital employed Although Chevron had impressive reported earnings figures, it was not the top contender ExxonMobil had the highest reported net income, followed by Royal Dutch Shell and then BP The Obama administration wants to increase renewable energy supplies and reduce carbon emissions But the Big Five have mixed responses to Washington Shell announced it would freeze investments in wind, solar, and hydrogen power and instead is focusing on biofuels BP is cutting back on its renewable program ExxonMobil announced in the last quarter of 2008 that it will invest more than $1 billion in three refineries in the United States and Europe to increase the supply of cleaner burning diesel by about million gallons per day Chevron spent about $3.2 billion on renewables since 2002 and plans to spend another $2.7 billion over the next three years In total, the Big Five spent about $5 billion in the last 15 years to develop renewable energy This represents about 10 percent of the approximate $50 billion contributed by other investors Although the Big Five consider renewables an important investment for the future, renewable energy is not a mainstream business for them Conclusion Forty-five percent of Chevron’s planned 2009 spending will be in OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries In 2008, Chevron exited 20 markets and will continue with planned market exits in 2009 These future exits will result in a projected workforce reduction of 1,500 employees, a reduction in operating expense by $300 MM per year, and a reduction in capital employed by nearly $1 billion The announced 2009 projected capital and exploratory expenditures will total $22.8 billion, including $1.8 billion of affiliate expenditures The production from new capital projects is anticipated to increase from 153,000 barrels per day in 2008 to 650,000 barrels per day in 2010 Nine new projects greater than $200 MM (net Chevron share) are planned to come online in 2009, followed by another eight in 2010 LNG accounts for about 35 percent volume of the 2008 portfolio and should be considered as an important player in Chevron’s future In downstream the continuing focus will be on improving refinery reliability Downstream will account for approximately $4.3 billion of the capital and exploratory program in 2009 Chevron hopes to take advantage of opportunities in Iraq beginning with a review of the Iraqis’ bidding guidelines for upcoming oil leases, to be released in the second quarter of 2009 Note that Iraq does not have an OPEC quota and thus is allowed to produce oil at will as it struggles to rebuild its oil industry However, the four focus areas for exploration capital dollars in 2009 will include the Gulf of Mexico, Northwest Australia, West Africa deepwater, and the Gulf of Thailand But the bottom line is that Chevron will continue to face increasing geopolitical risk as it expands its dependence on non–North American properties for its reserves To date it seems that Chevron has proved to be good at managing these risks to retain commercial opportunities Chevron plans continued investments in renewable energy technologies, with an objective of capturing profitable positions in important renewable sources of energy Chevron will continue to invest in the next generation of energy sources and support the transition to a lowcarbon economy Alternative energy production is 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