Gold Peak

Electronics
Questions for
Discussion
 Question 1
 Discuss whether the acquisitions
of KEF and Celestion were the
right choices to help GPE grow.
Evaluate the pros and cons of
these acquisitions and challenges
that the company may have
faced during and after the
acquisitions.
 Question 2
 How GPE could overcome the
geographic and cultural
distances between its UK, China
and Hong Kong locations? What
would be the best way to
improve collaboration between
the various distributed sites?
 Question 3
 How can the company motivate
engineers at its UK offices and improve
their sense of satisfaction and job
security, and their willingness to share
and create new knowledge with the
Chinese engineers? What motivates
British engineers? How can innovation
be improved in the Chinese and Hong
Kong locations?
 Question 4
 Discuss the current state
of innovation in China.
How GPE can effectively
improve its R&D process
across regions?