Case Study Of HSBC Holdings Public Limited Corporation

1. Background

HSBC Holdings Public Limited Company (HSBC) has found in 1865. It is a 150 years British multinational banking and financial services company. Nowadays, HSBC has declined in scale and network. It has gradually laid off 40,000 employees since 2010. Besides, its share price in has been decreased from the highest HKD140 in 2007 to HKD65 now.

In 2007, HSBC announced the first profit warning since 1865. In March, 2009, HSBC sold HSBC Finance Corporation to Santander Group. As the HSBC Finance Corporation mainly provided financing service in USA, the sale caused decrease in market share. In July 2013, HSBC discontinued 10 branches in Korea and begin to exit Korean market. In October 2013, HSBC discontinued the Indian business. Since

Recommendations

Based on the above investigation, a number of suggestions will be provided in connection with identified risks to improve the future development of HSBC. The recommendations focus on company’s investment strategies and managerial capability, which are abovementioned in the purpose of this study. Although the macro-environmental factors are uncontrollable, various measures should still be developed to cope with anticipated changes in business environment. 5. Nature and Limitations

One of the limitations of this study is the inability to obtain first-hand information from the management level of HSBC. The study is conducted mainly based on available second-hand literature and financial information of HSBC. The credibility is therefore reduced as inaccuracy and ambiguity may exist during the investigation of micro factors.

Furthermore, we have only limited resources to conduct this study due to the lack of manpower and funds. A detailed quantitative and qualitative analysis cannot be performed so the result may be less convincing only based on second-hand

As significant decisions are made by resolution of general meetings, researchers can understand the intention and business culture through the resolution video.

6.2 Related articles/journals/books

By referring to the related articles, journals or books, researchers can learn from the insight of those material. Besides, the supporting data in those material help enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of conducting investigation. Several search engines are useful for collecting related materials. Such as Bloomberg, google scholar and Tomson Reuters Knowledge.

6.3 Graphical Analysis

Graphical analysis help estimating the trend of HSBC business. Such as the trend of share price, profit, global network and manpower. By comparing historical data, researcher can address and focus investigation on the deviations. Besides, historical data help drafting graphical analysis for future trend estimation. As a result, whether HSBC will grow or fall back in future can be