Adecco Sa'S Acquisition of Olsten Corp: Group 6
Adecco Sa'S Acquisition of Olsten Corp: Group 6
Adecco Sa'S Acquisition of Olsten Corp: Group 6
Group 6
Karan Khanna 19P141
Aditya Anand 19P184
Anirudh Chauhan 19P186
Yash Dave 19P196
Sudarshan Mall 19P228
THE STAFFING INDUSTRY
• Started in Mid- twentieth century to provide unskilled and mainly temporary workers in Industry but
gradually started providing skilled workforce as well for longer assignments
• Broad Services include permanent placement, payroll, outplacement and other managed services
• Primary Reasons for development of Industry : Economic Expansion and growth of “Professional
Segment” with new needs such as diverse work-experience and flexible careers
• Top 5 companies had 27% of Market Share. Industry had entered consolidation phase with multiple
acquisitions happening spurred by globalisation. In 1998, 514 acquisitions happened
• Market growth was 17% CAGR in US between 1993 to 1998. Specialised Staffing in areas such as
Accounting, Legal Staffing etc. Specialized Staffing Margins – 4.9% vs Generalized Staffing – 2.2%
• Large Staffing Companies became thriving labour exchanges
• Employers were motivated to opt their services for benefits of economies of scale, just in time
labours, reduced costs in recruiting & training etc
• Employees were motivated to opt their services for benefits of ease of access to jobs due to the size
and negotiation powers of these setups
• Staffing agencies were spending massively on developing IT infrastructure for various analytics
ADECCO SA
• Founded in 1996 , and by 1998 had 3000 offices across 52 countries
• Created by a merger of the number two and three staffing firms of the world – Adia SA and
Ecco. Combined Sales were CHF 15.3 billion on 1998, risen exponentially from CHF 6.2 billion
in 1996
• Addeco was now Industry Leader with Quadruple increase in stock prices
• Market Leader in France, Canada, Spain, Switzerland and Australia and Second in US and UK
• With its consistent Strategy, targeted 20 % market Share in each of the 11 largest economies
• Revenue Share : 88 % - Generalized Staffing, 12 % - Specialized Staffing
• Acquisitions since formation:
1) TAD Resources Intl
2) Seagate Associates
3) ICON Recruitment
4) Delphi Group
5) Career Staff Co
OLSTEN CORP
• $5 Billion Home and Healthcare firm founded in 1950, went public in 1967
• Family owns 16% of Common Stock but 66% of Voting Rights via Class B shares
• Current Issues : Govt Austerity, Medical Fraud Costs, Inability to raise further debts in excess of
current $746 million outstanding