1. What problems did Enron encountered? Many went sour in the early months of 2001 as Enron’s stock price and debt rating imploded because of loss of investor and creditor trust Methods the company used to disclose (or creatively obscure) it’s complicated financial dealings were erroneous and‚ in the view of some‚ downright deceptive The company’s lack of transparency in reporting its financial affairs‚ followed by financial restatements disclosing billions of dollars of omitted liabilities and
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The cause of the Cold War revolved around both the United States and the Soviet Union attempting to gain worldwide control by influencing the rest of the world. After becoming the most powerful country in the world after World War II‚ the United States tried to use that power to proclaim a new global order that revolved around democracy and capitalism. The Soviet Union‚ however‚ preferred communism and a world revelation in the name of the worker. The Soviet Union also wanted to surround itself with
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Analysis: Mattel and Toy Safety Introduction Mattel Corporation is the largest toy company in the world‚ a publicly traded organization with a market capitalization of over $6.5 billion‚ employing approximately 36‚000 people worldwide in 42 countries. Their products are sold in 150 nations (mattel.com). In the summer of 2007‚ Mattel suffered a major product recall incident. The first recall was the result of vendor failure in China where traces of lead paint were discovered
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What are the causes of the problems currently being experienced by bookshops and what are the effects? Not many of us now will still go to bookshops and spend an afternoon to find a book you are interested to read. The Economist (2010) states that more than 50% of books were sold at some large retailer like WalMart and Target. Also‚ everything around us becoming electronic‚ Amazon starts to sell digital books online and wreaking threat to the physical-bookselling market. Problems faced by bookshops
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Marketing MBA Fall 2013 Mattel Individual Case Report I. Executive Summary Mattel‚ Inc. (Mattel or ’the company ’) designs‚ manufactures and markets toys across the globe. The company operates in the Americas‚ Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. Headquartered in El Segundo‚ California‚ and the company employs approximately 30‚ 000 people as of December 31‚ 2012. Mattel has some of the highly recognized brands in the toy industry‚ with its core brands providing strong sales
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1. What is rf technology? A. The technology in which the parameters such as amplitude‚ phase and frequency of radio frequency waves are changed so as to transmit and receive the information is known as RF technology or radio frequency technology. In this‚ the electromagnetic waves that lie in the range of 3 khz to 300 Ghz are used for the wireless communication between the two devices. The signal is modulated at the transmitter end and then the antenna converts this electrical signal into the radio
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instances in which the baby’s brain is deprived of oxygen during the birthing process (“Diagnosis‚ Causes & Symptoms”). Genetic factors affecting autism is yet another supported hypothesis. There are over one-hundred genes that are associated with a higher risk of developing autism. According to Autism Speaks‚ an autism advocacy organization‚ in approximately fifteen percent of cases‚ a genetic cause was assessed‚ but it has been concluded that many autism cases include combinations of genetic risk
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possible‚ like what historian Paul Kennedy defines: the appeasement is “a policy of settling international quarrels by admitting and satisfying the grievance through international negotiation and compromise‚ thereby avoiding the resort to an armed conflict which would be expensive‚ bloody and possibly dangerous.”[1] In my opinion‚ the appeasement policy is not a primary cause of the Second World War‚ it can only be considered as a catalyst of the outbreak of war instead of a root cause. As comparing
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The previous crisis of Mattel included that the products were tainted with lead paint and that some of the products had loose little magnets. Both of these faulted products could have caused harm to the children. This is why it was decided to recall all these products and take measured to prevent this from happening in the future. Various stakeholders were affected by this crisis‚ for example parents‚ children‚ manufacturers and investors. Which is why Mattel had to come with a strong crisis communication
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What were the civil rights problems faced by black Americans during the 1950’s and 1960’s? How did Martin Luther King respond to these problems? Racism has been ruling America since way back in the 1800’s when African Americans were used as slaves by the white people. The emancipation proclamation was introduced to free people of slavery but of course this really didn’t change much. Things finally started to change during the 1950’s and 1960’s when civil rights problems were finally being acknowledged
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