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Sekuyiminyaka ecishe ibe yi-130, i-General Electric ibilokhu ingenye yabakhiqizi abakhulu e-United States. Manje iyawa.
Njengophawu lobuhlakani baseMelika, lo mbuso wezimboni ubeke uphawu lwawo emikhiqizweni esukela ezinjinini zejethi kuya kuma-bulb, izinto zasekhishini kuya emishinini ye-X-ray. Uhlu lwale nkampani lungase lulandelwe emuva kuThomas Edison. Yayiyingqophamlando yempumelelo yezentengiselwano futhi yaziwa ngokubuya kwayo okuzinzile, amandla ezinkampani kanye nokuphishekela ukukhula okungapheli.
Kodwa eminyakeni yamuva nje, njengoba i-General Electric izama ukunciphisa ukusebenza kwebhizinisi nokukhokha izikweletu ezinkulu, ithonya layo elikhulu liye laba yinkinga eliyihluphayo. Manje, kulokho uSihlalo kanye ne-CEO uLarry Culp (uLarry Culp) akubize ngokuthi “isikhathi esinqumayo”, i-General Electric iphethe ngokuthi ingakhipha inani elikhulu ngokuzibhidliza.
Le nkampani imemezele ngoLwesibili ukuthi i-GE Healthcare ihlela ukuqala ukusebenza ekuqaleni kuka-2023, kanti izigaba zamandla avuselelekayo kanye namandla zizokwakha ibhizinisi elisha lamandla ekuqaleni kuka-2024. Ibhizinisi elisele i-GE lizogxila ezindizeni futhi lizoholwa yiCulp.
UCulp uthe esitatimendeni: “Umhlaba udinga—futhi kufanelekile—senza konke okusemandleni ethu ukuxazulula izinselele ezinkulu kakhulu endizeni, kwezempilo kanye namandla.” “Ngokudala izinkampani ezintathu ezihola phambili embonini emhlabeni wonke, inkampani ngayinye Zombili zingazuza ekwabiweni kwemali okugxile kakhulu futhi okulungiselelwe kanye nokuguquguquka kwamasu, ngaleyo ndlela kuqhube ukukhula kwesikhathi eside kanye nenani lamakhasimende, abatshalizimali kanye nabasebenzi.”
Imikhiqizo ye-GE ifinyelele kuzo zonke izingxenye zempilo yanamuhla: umsakazo nezintambo, izindiza, ugesi, ukunakekelwa kwempilo, ukubala, kanye nezinsizakalo zezezimali. Njengenye yezingxenye zokuqala ze-Dow Jones Industrial Average, isitoko sayo sasike saba ngesinye sezitoko ezigcinwe kabanzi ezweni. Ngo-2007, ngaphambi kwenkinga yezezimali, i-General Electric yayiyinkampani yesibili ngobukhulu emhlabeni ngenani lemakethe, ixhunywe ne-Exxon Mobil, i-Royal Dutch Shell kanye ne-Toyota.
Kodwa njengoba izinkampani ezinkulu zobuchwepheshe zaseMelika zithatha umthwalo wemfanelo wokusungula izinto ezintsha, iGeneral Electric ilahlekelwe umusa wabatshalizimali futhi kunzima ukuyithuthukisa. Imikhiqizo evela ku-Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, kanye ne-Amazon isibe yingxenye ebalulekile yempilo yanamuhla yaseMelika, futhi inani layo emakethe lifinyelele ezigidigidini zamaRandi. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, iGeneral Electric yalahlekelwa yizikweletu zeminyaka eminingi, ukuthengwa kwayo ngaphambi kwesikhathi, kanye nokusebenza okungasebenzi kahle. Manje ibiza inani lemakethe elicishe libe yi-$122 billion.
UDan Ives, umqondisi ophethe weWedbush Securities, uthe iWall Street ikholelwa ukuthi lokhu kushintshana kwakufanele ngabe kwenzeke kudala.
U-Ives utshele i-Washington Post nge-imeyili ngoLwesibili: “Izinkampani ezinkulu zendabuko ezifana ne-General Electric, i-General Motors, kanye ne-IBM kufanele zihambisane nesikhathi, ngoba lezi zinkampani zaseMelika zibuka esibukweni futhi zibona ukukhula okuhamba kancane kanye nokungasebenzi kahle. “Lesi esinye isahluko emlandweni omude we-GE kanye nesibonakaliso sezikhathi kuleli zwe elisha ledijithali.”
Ngesikhathi sokuchuma kwayo, i-GE yayifana nokusungula izinto ezintsha kanye nokwenza kahle kwezinkampani. UJack Welch, umholi wakhe ohlukile, wanciphisa inani labasebenzi futhi wathuthukisa inkampani ngenkuthalo ngokuthenga. Ngokusho kukamagazini i-Fortune, lapho uWelch ethatha izintambo ngo-1981, i-General Electric yayinenani lamadola ayizigidigidi eziyi-14, futhi yayinenani lamadola angaphezu kwezigidigidi ezingama-400 lapho eshiya isikhundla eminyakeni engaba ngu-20 kamuva.
Enkathini lapho abaphathi babehlonishwa ngokugxila enzuzweni kunokubheka izindleko zomphakathi zebhizinisi labo, waba yisifanekiso samandla ezinkampani. I-“Financial Times” yambiza ngokuthi “ubaba wenhlangano yabanikazi bamasheya” kwathi ngo-1999, umagazini i-“Fortune” wamqamba ngokuthi “umphathi wekhulu leminyaka”.
Ngo-2001, abaphathi banikezwa uJeffrey Immelt, owalungisa kabusha iningi lezakhiwo ezakhiwe yiWelch futhi kwadingeka abhekane nokulahlekelwa okukhulu okuhlobene nokusebenza kwamandla nezinsizakalo zezezimali zenkampani. Ngesikhathi sokusebenza kwe-Immelt iminyaka eyi-16, inani lesitoko se-GE lehle ngaphezu kwekota.
Ngesikhathi iCulp ithatha izintambo ngo-2018, i-GE yayisivele ichithe izinto zayo zasekhaya, ipulasitiki kanye namabhizinisi ezinsizakalo zezezimali. UWayne Wicker, iSikhulu Esiphezulu Sokutshalwa Kwezimali seMissionSquare Retirement, uthe isinyathelo sokuqhubeka nokuhlukanisa inkampani sibonisa "ukugxila okuqhubekayo kweCulp kweqhinga."
“Uyaqhubeka nokugxila ekwenzeni lula uchungechunge lwamabhizinisi ayinkimbinkimbi awazuza njengefa, futhi lesi sinyathelo sibonakala sinikeza abatshalizimali indlela yokuhlola ngokuzimela iyunithi ngayinye yebhizinisi,” kusho uWick etshela i-Washington Post nge-imeyili. “. “Inkampani ngayinye yalezi zizoba nebhodi layo labaqondisi, elingagxila kakhulu ekusebenzeni njengoba lizama ukwandisa inani labanikazi bamasheya.”
I-General Electric ilahlekelwe yisikhundla sayo ku-Dow Jones Index ngo-2018 yasithatha indawo ye-Walgreens Boots Alliance ku-blue chip index. Kusukela ngo-2009, intengo yayo yesitoko yehle ngo-2% minyaka yonke; ngokusho kwe-CNBC, ngokuphambene nalokho, i-S&P 500 index inembuyiselo yonyaka engu-9%.
Kulesi simemezelo, iGeneral Electric ithe kulindeleke ukuthi inciphise isikweletu sayo ngamadola aseMelika ayizigidigidi ezingama-75 ekupheleni kuka-2021, kanti isikweletu esisele singamadola aseMelika ayizigidigidi ezingama-65. Kodwa ngokusho kukaColin Scarola, umhlaziyi wezabelo kwa-CFRA Research, izikweletu zenkampani zingase zihluphe inkampani entsha ezimele.
“Ukuhlukana akushaqisi, ngoba iGeneral Electric ibilokhu ihlukanisa amabhizinisi iminyaka eminingi ngomzamo wokunciphisa ibhalansi yayo esebenzise imali eningi,” kusho uScarola emazwini athunyelwe nge-imeyili kuWashington Post ngoLwesibili. “Uhlelo lwesakhiwo semali ngemuva kokushintshana aluzange lunikezwe, kodwa ngeke simangale uma inkampani eshintshana ithwele umthwalo wesikweletu samanje se-GE esingenakulinganiswa, njengoba kuvame ukwenzeka ngalezi zinhlobo zokuhlela kabusha.”
Amasheya e-General Electric avale ku-$111.29 ngoLwesibili, akhuphuke cishe ngo-2.7%. Ngokusho kwedatha ye-MarketWatch, amasheya akhuphuke ngaphezu kuka-50% ngo-2021.