SAMPLE ANSWER FORMAT Oak Industries‚ Inc. Case – sample answer 1. Is it unethical for a company to intentionally understate its earnings? Why or why not? Yes‚ it is clearly unethical to intentionally understate earnings since the management makes representations that the financial statements are complete and accurate. It is obvious that intentionally understating earnings is done to allow the company to later overstate earnings by using falsified reserves to cover the inadequate
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The team needed to make decisions about an appropriate business model that would allow the venture to meet the team’s desire for a triple bottom line impact‚ scalability‚ and financial sustainability. In my opinion‚ they need a hybrid business model. Just like creating a suitable technology for that third world‚ the style of a business design must consider such constraints. Three primary constraints led the development from the business design. First‚ the business design required to provide the package
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CASE STUDY ORLANDO INTERNATION AIRPORT The reason for existence for any organization is the production of goods and services. Therefore‚ operations play a central role in any organizations because it produces goods and services. To better understand the meaning of operations we must examine organizations functions and distinguish the relationship between them. All organizations have marketing‚ accounting & finance and products / services development functions. These functions are known as major
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ANSWERS TO STUDY QUESTIONS CH 1 1. Why is management important to society? For a society to survive and prosper there must be maintained efficient and effective management of the production of goods and services. 2. Why is management important to individuals? The management function is a source of employment to 18% of the growing work force. It offers good salaries‚ status‚ and opportunities for personal growth. 3. What is the role of the manager? The role of the manager
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CHAPTER 13: THE MARKETING OF SERVICES ADDITIONAL CASE STUDY NEW LINE IN MOBILE PHONES One of the oldest principles of marketing is that sellers may sell features‚ but buyers essentially buy benefits. This is a distinction sometimes lost on technology led organisations‚ and the service sector is no exception. Recent experience of the UK’s largest telecommunications company‚ Vodafone Airtouch‚ illustrates how crucial it is to see service offers in terms of the benefits they bring to customers
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The theory of personal space proposes that you and I feel uncomfortable when others get too close in certain situations. This discomfort can‚ says the theory‚ be measured by increased heart rate‚ blood pressure or skin perspiration. The research problem is that to measure these things we have to hook a subject up to some device‚ and they thus know they are being studied. Their behavior might not be natural. To test the theory and solve this problem‚ the following was done: A study by Middlemist
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International Trade: CASES (1-8) CASE - 1 LUKOil CASE Russia’s GDP grew by 7 percent in 2004‚ which marked five straight years of growth. The growth was also higher than that of any other G8 country. Russia’s oil and gas sector has fuelled the growth‚ accounting for about 25 percent of its oil production and exports the other 70 percent. This dependence on petroleum exports makes Russia quite vulnerable to what happens in global petroleum markets. When the price per barrel of oil changes by $1
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Case Study MKT 113 Amanda Durell Southern New Hampshire University Prince Sports is a leading tennis supplier in the international market. They have many products including racquets‚ bags‚ apparel and other accessories. They are leaders in innovation in tennis and have invented new racquet technology. Prince is excellent at catering to all types of tennis players‚ from juniors to professionals and everyone in-between. An environmental force that will work for Prince is the continuing
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 1. Sustainable income is defined as the most likely level of income to be obtained in the future. It is the amount of regular income that a company can expect to earn from its normal operations. In order to distinguish a company’s net income from its sustainable income‚ irregular items‚ such as a once-in-a lifetime gain or discontinued operations‚ are reported separately on the income statement. 2. Items (a)‚ (d)‚ and (g) are extraordinary items; item (h) is debatable
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CASE 5 Why Did Global Food Prices Rise? Case Summary For the past 25 years‚ food prices have been declining due to increased productivity and output from the farm sector worldwide. In 2007 however‚ this changed. There are two main explanations to this. The first is an increased demand for food in rapidly developing nations such as China and India. Meat in particular has contributed to the rising prices as farmers have to feed their animals an extensive amount of grain in order to keep up with
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