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Toronto-Dominion Bank: Green Line Investor Services 1996
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The executive vice president, Investor and Trust Services Division, The Toronto-Dominion Bank, and chairman, Green Line Investor Services, was trying to decide whether he should request the authorization of the bank's top management to begin negotiations to acquire Waterhouse Investor Services Inc. Waterhouse was the fourth largest discount brokerage firm in the United States, and the acquisition, if consummated, would be the largest acquisition in the history of the bank. The case describes the major strategic moves of Green Line from its establishment in 1984 to the proposed Waterhouse acquisition in 1996. During this period Green Line became the dominant discount broker in Canada. The Waterhouse acquisition would represent its first major move into the global discount brokerage market. One of the issues in the case is trying to understand the reasons for Green Line's success in Canada and the potential transferability of its customer value and profit creation model to the highly competitive U.S. market.
學習目標
<ul><li>To discuss how a company has helped to create a very profitable market and capture a large share of the market.</li><li>To assess the long-term attractiveness of a market.</li><li>To assess the fit between the firm and a potential target for an acquisition.</li><li>To decide whether a strong domestic player in a national financial services market needs to actively pursue global expansion.</li></ul><br><br>This case involves a service business operating in a fast growing, volatile market. The case could be used in an MBA marketing courses and in executive programs.