10 April 2004 Selling Drugs for Fun and Profit The War on Drugs is an unmitigated waste of time money and manpower. While the United States has increased the mandatory minimums‚ it has done nothing to stem the need for a good buzz. The only thing better than a blunt is a nice piece of chunky monkey all lubed up and ready to go. You can say that drug dealers are evil people‚ but in reality they are no more than just businessmen. They see a need and they fill it. Prostitutes and drug dealers
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most popular way to do the measurement. However‚ in my opinion‚ EVA or RI should be a better method to evaluate the performance of each division separately. Let use EVA to explain the reason of EVA being a better approach. EVA is net operating profit after taxes less the money cost of capital. If the company uses ROI to measure the performance‚ it cannot maximize the shareholder’s value. When there is a project which will increase the value of the company but will decrease the ROI result‚ the
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I brought with me over 15 years of experience working in a professional capacity within the non-profit industry prior to taking this class. I chose this industry because of my personal goal of wanting a career where I was not driven by a bottom line‚ but rather by my commitment for wanting to leave this world a better place for the next generation. Unfortunately‚ I never really had an employer place such a high paramount on ethical issues prior to my joining the Casey Foundation. Yet at Casey
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Patients versus Profits at Johnson & Johnson: Has the Company Lost its Way?: Knowledge@Wharton ( http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2943) Patients versus Profits at Johnson & Johnson: Has the Company Lost its Way? Published : February 15‚ 2012 in Knowledge@Wharton For a corporate icon long held up as the gold standard in business ethics‚ Johnson & Johnson has suffered some stunning setbacks in recent years. Among the headaches: a seemingly endless string of product recalls
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Executive Summary The Chinmaya Organization for Rural Development (CORD) was established in 1985 in Himachal Pradesh‚ India. CORD started its work by providing Rural Primary Health Care to the surrounding under developed villages in the area. However whilst engaging closely with the rural communities CORD soon realized that critical healthcare issues were inextricably intertwined with the harsh reality of rural India’s poverty‚ illiteracy‚ and gender discrimination‚ all of which hinted at the formidable
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Mass % of Sucrose in Chewing Gum Purpose To find the mass percentage of sucrose in chewing gum and compare the actual mass to the mass indicated on the package and compare the masses to that of different brands of chewing gum. Hypothesis The theoretical mass percentage of sucrose (C12H22O11) in chewing gum. Materials - Sample of chewing gum + wrapper - Electronic balance Procedure 1. Form groups of 3‚ and distribute a different brand of gum to each member of the group. 2. Record the brand
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Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis Self-Test Questions 1. The difference between the sales price and the total variable costs is the contribution margin. (D) 2. The breakeven volume in units (perfume sticks) for 2005 is TR-VC-FC=PBT MR=900000/1800 = 500 TR-VC-FC=0 VC/Q = 495000/1800 = 275 Q*MR - Q(VC/Q) = FC Q = _____FC_____ MR-VC/Q Q = 247500/(500 275) Q=1100 Therefore (B) 3. If sales volume is expected to be 2100 units with prices/costs same‚ after-tax net income is expected
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Chapter 4 Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Analysis Some things we know: The objective of every business is to make money (profit) for the owners Profit = Revenues – Expenses Revenues = Sales = Quantity sold x price per unit Expenses = the costs related to: the specific revenue (COGS) or the specific accounting period Matching Principle Role of Management is: Planning‚ control and performance measurement‚ and decision-making Decision-making relates to future
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Profit maximization and competitive supply * Perfectly competitive markets(pasaran persaingan sempurna) Definisi: pasaran persaingan sempurna(pps) merupakan satu bentuk pasaran yang mengandungi ramai penjual dan ramai pembeli yang menjalankan urusniaga ke atas barang yang bersifat homogen(sama@hampir sama) pada satu tingkat harga yang telah ditetapkan dalam pasaran. Disebabkan sifat barang mereka yang homogeny‚ maka kereka tidak melakukan persaingan bukan harga.cth: iklan&kualiti produk
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1. What are the strategic capabilities of IKEA? From the VIRO table (appendix 1) IKEA’s strategic capabilities are grouped into the following categories - Brand/quality reputation Financial strength Production capacity. Brand/Quality reputation IKEA operates (in 2002) 154 stores in 22 countries and serviced 286 million customers. With a 14% share of the market (in America)‚ there is huge opportunity for growth via a continued marketing campaign to leverage off its brand‚ differentiating
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