American Connector Corporation (ACC) CASE OVERVIEW American Connector Corporation (ACC) is one of the 28 suppliers of electrical connectors‚ worldwide with sales greater than $100 million. ACC manufactured Electrical Connectors from Sunnyvale‚ California since 1961. Electrical connectors are devices made to attach wires to other wires‚ attach wires to outlets‚ attach wires‚ components or chips to PC boards‚ or to attach PC boards to other boards. Connectors were used in a variety of product
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As of 2012‚ all of the worlds Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) are manufactured by three large companies Seagate‚ Western Digital and Toshiba. According to Fang Zhang analysis‚ Western Digital and Seagate have 90 of HDD market shares (Goodspeed‚ 2012). Since these two companies control majority of HDD market shares‚ team A has decided to do comparative analysis on these two companies. In this paper‚ the financial performance of WDC and STX for years 2011-2014 will be assessed by comparing the financial
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you? What may seem like a problem for you is not a problem for a reliable home pest control product. Pest control products are a dime a dozen‚ and some aren’t worth the bug their trying to terminate. What you need is dependable‚ no hassle‚ natural pest control supplies for ridding those pesky critters once and for all. How many times have you purchased a pest control product because of a promise to deliver a pest free home‚ only to find out a week later the problem has come back to visit? So then
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2013 FM421 – Applied Corporate Finance Case Assignments • • • • You will find an Excel file with exhibits from the case on Moodle. Assignments MUST be submitted before class on Moodle. One per group is enough Please include your candidate numbers (not names) on your assignment In class‚ you will have 10 minutes to present your solution‚ followed by a class discussion. You may want to prepare slides (max. 7) to support your presentation. “American Home Products” State clearly all assumptions that
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and this reputation could be harmed because of the similar product names if the Bond-A-Matic launch is not successful. Advertising concerns are also an issue. The first concern is whether or not the price should be included in the advertising of the dispenser. Further‚ as Bond-A-Matic is a new product with a different customer set‚ there is a question to how much emphasis will actually be placed on the Loctite name. Again‚ if the product is unsuccessful‚ the overall Loctite brand name will be damaged
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Case 1: Corwin Corporation Table of Contents Summary of Findings…………………………………………………………… 3 Background Information……………………………………………………….. 3 Problem Statement……………………………………………………………… 5 Analysis of Alternatives………………………………………………………… 5 Detailed Recommendations……………………………………………………. 6 Implementation and Evaluation……………………………………………….. 7 References……………………………………………………………………….. 9 Case 1: Corwin Corporation Summary of findings This case is about a reputed rubber component manufacturing
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Statement of the problem In October of 1979‚ the American Chemical Corporation (ACC) began looking for a buyer for the Collinsville‚ Alabama plant after successfully acquiring 91% of the shares of Universal Paper Corporation. Dixon Corporation‚ a specialist chemical company with customers primarily in the paper and pulp industry agreed to the possibility of purchasing the Collinsville plant for $12 million. This purchase will diversify Dixon’s product line‚ adding the sodium chlorate chemical‚ produced
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B.R. Richardson Timber Products Corporation Case 1. Comments and Observations | | | | | | | | | | | | Employee | Employee Observations | Consultant Observations | Ben Richardson | Authoritarian | | | | Lack of investment (reinvestment) in | | | | Perfectionist | | | | company | | | | | | | Not quite a workaholic | | | Not safety minded | | | | | | Fully supports local causes | | | Prone to angry outbursts | | | | | Long term
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Executive Summary American Chemical Corporation’s Collinsville plant in Alabama is being sought by Dixon a speciality chemicals company. This plant mainly specialises in Sodium Chlorate production and fits well with Dixon’s strategy of supplying chemicals to paper and pulp industry. It would also complement Dixon’s existing product line. The plant costs $12million in investment and requires up to$ 2.25 million for upgrading to new technology. An in-depth investigation and analysis is conducted
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Case Study: The Corporation 1. In the mid 1800s the corporation emerged as a "legal person" by way of maneuvering in the legal system. For the next 100 years we saw the rise to dominance of the corporation. The corporation created unprecedented wealth but at what cost? The externalities of corporate operations are responsible for countless cases of illness‚ death‚ poverty‚ pollution‚ exploitation and lies. Voice your opinion on this. Who Is Responsible for regulating these Corporations?‚ The Government
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