Case Study 15.1: TRANSACT INSURANCE CORPORATION Steven L. McShane‚ University of Western Australia‚ and Terrance Bogyo‚ WorkSafeBC TransAct Insurance Corporation (TIC) provides automobile insurance throughout the southeastern United States. Last year‚ a new president was hired by TIC’s board of directors to improve the company’s competitiveness and customer service. After spending several months assessing the situation‚ the new president introduced a strategic plan to strengthen TIC’s competitive
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Case 10-5 Danle Corporation In November 2008‚ Danle Corporation，a public company engaging in the design‚ development‚ manufacture‚ and assembly of motors，was sued because of safety issue of parts it manufactured. Danle made no disclosure of the lawsuit in Form 10-K since it determined that the risk of potential loss was remote and no amount of potential damages could be reasonably estimated. In October 2009‚ Danle was served a second complaint for the same reason. Danle’s external counsel believed
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The MetalWorks Corporation A Network Configuration Project Using LogicNetPlus Software1 THE BUSINESS PROBLEM MetalWorks is a company that produces and distributes steel file cabinets and lockable steel storage boxes‚ known in the Industry as safety boxes. Currently the company runs two manufacturing facilities‚ one located in Des Moines‚ Iowa which manufactures both products and the other located in Dover‚ Delaware that produces just the file cabinets. These two facilities serve all of the approximately
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No 3. The Extended Case Study- Vector Aeromotive Corporation Zhenhua Rui 09/20/2010 Vector Aeromotive Corporation was a company which designed‚ manufactured and sold exotic sports cars. Vector was the only U.S.-based manufacture of exotic sports cars‚ and his major competitors were Ferrari and Lamborghini. Gerry Wiegert is the President and founder of this company. In 1987‚ the board of directors was formed with three directors. This case shows events happening between the board and President Gerry
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CASE – 3 Corwin Corporation By June 1983‚ Corwin Corporation had grown into a $150 million per year corporation with an international reputation for manufacturing low-cost‚ high-quality rubber components. Corwin maintained more than a dozen different product lines‚ all of which were sold as off-the-shelf items in department stores‚ hardware stores‚ and automotive parts distributors. The name Corwin was now synonymous with "quality." This provided management with the luxury of having products that
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Anna James Case Study: HealthSouth Corporation Scandal Week3 Forensic Accounting: Ethics and Legal Environment Professor Erskine Hawkins HealthSouth Corporation is a large‚ public healthcare company that operates 93 inpatient rehabilitation hospital‚ 49 outpatient rehabilitation satellites‚ six long-term acute care hospitals‚ and 25 home health agencies. According to the company websites‚ it is “one of the nation’s largest healthcare providers specializing in rehabilitation”.5 The company
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Case 7-5: Dell Computer Corporation Discussion questions 1. What is Dell’s strategy? Dell’s strategy was based on: • Market leadership as a result of a persistent focus on delivering the best possible customer experience. Direct selling‚ from manufacturing to consumer‚ was a key component of its strategy. • Its reputation as one of the world’s most preferred computer systems companies and a premier provider of products and services that customers worldwide needed to build
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Question1 A.Consumer would prefer to shop in stores rather than online for some reasons that they need to touch and feel the material and the quality of the product before purchasing it especially for women. Also some consumer wouldn’t predict their true size‚ they want try it before purchasing it rather than order it online and get the wrong size or even the wrong product they expected. Buyers also would prefer to buy the product and take it home immediately with them. They do not want to wait
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Case 1 Analysis: Indonesia – Asia’s Stumbling Giant Case 1 Analysis: Indonesia – Asia’s Stumbling Giant Indonesia as a Country Indonesia is a country within Asia populated with nearly 220 million people. It has a strategic location astride major sea lanes and is an archipelago of 17‚508 islands (globalEDGE‚ 2013). It is also deemed the world’s most Muslim nation where nearly 85% of the population consider themselves Muslim; while still remaining one of the most ethnically diverse countries
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Professional Standards that are under threat as a result of the conditions that the LPN is faced with. One of these is on responsibility and accountability where the LPN should take action to promote safe‚ competent and ethical care for patients. In this case however‚ the LPN ends up making decisions on medication without carrying out all the necessary checks which does not promote safe and ethical care for the patients. The LPN is also responsible for advocating development of policies and procedures that
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