imported cases are examples of compassionate use of these trials. One of the ethical principles of a research study is to have a fair selection of the study population. This will allow transparency in the selection criteria‚ will ensure scientific validity and will avoid prioritization of well-connected and well-off individuals. Infected health-care workers and imported cases who come to the United States for treatment are very often well-off since health-care workers might have special ties to the
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of the potential synergies and strategic fit‚ decided to delay the merger and instead refocus on strengthening both companies’ complementary businesses. Even before the merger‚ Suez and Lyonnaise had a history of joint investments as well as strong ties between their senior managers. By 1997‚ Suez also owned 18% of Lyonnaise. At the time of the actual merger in 1997‚ the managers of both Suez and Lyonnaise saw different advantages in terms of major synergies‚ considering the current situation
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Summary Jollibee began as an ice cream parlor in 1975 and has evolved into a major fast food corporation in the Philippines and numerous other countries in Asia. The company still continues to pursue international expansion and has been successful with 24 stores brining in over 9 million US $ in Europe. There have been many ups and downs in the process of international expansion both inside Jollibee and from outside forces. Due to goals that were a little too heady set and attempted to be achieved
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Enron entered the year 2001 as the seventh largest public company in the U.S‚ only to exit the year as the largest company to ever declare bankruptcy in U.S history. a) What were the business risks Enron faced and how did those risks increase the likelihood of material misstatements in the Enron’s financial statements? Enron faces most of the risk ordinarily faced by any energy company‚ including price instability and foreign currency risks. Enron operated in many different areas of the
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Additional Cases for the Course The case readings have been developed solely as a basis for class discussion. The case readings are not intended to serve as a source of primary data or as an illustration of effective or ineffective auditing. Reprinted by permission from Jay C. Thibodeau and Deborah Freier. Copyright © Jay C. Thibodeau and Deborah Freier; all rights reserved. 1••• ( Case 61 ® Enron Enrori’s First Few Years hi~ 1985 Enron had assets along the three major stages of the supply
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Bloomington Hospital’s Open-Heart Unit Case Notes Prepared by Charles M. Byles‚ Virginia Commonwealth University Introduction The case centers on the decision by the Bloomington Hospital (BH) board to add a cardiovascular (CV) surgery unit to its range of services. The CV decision came as a result of a strategic planning exercise by the board. Other additions to the services of the hospital were recommended in the decision‚ but none generated the level of criticism aroused by the CV decision
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Major depression is a therapeutic sickness influencing 9.9 million American grown-ups. Dissimilar to typical emotional encounters of passing mood states‚ misery‚ or loss‚ major depression is constant and can fundamentally meddle with an individual’s thinking‚ conduct‚ mind-set‚ action‚ and physical wellbeing. Major depression has 4 categories. The first is the manner by which it influences your point of view/thought process making it hard to focus and most thoughts are negative. Second is mood change
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Jollibee Foods Corp.: International Expansion Executive Summary Jollibee was a company originally established by the Tan family in 1975 as a family-owned ice cream parlor in the Philippines‚ but was soon forced to change its market caused by the oil crisis of 1977 - a factor which would have inherently caused the price of ice cream to double. Already established in the food industry and having overcome the initial barriers faced by those entering it‚ the Tan family successfully diversified the
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Harvard Business School 9-598-021 Rev. February 9‚ 1998. WESCO Distribution‚ Inc. Late in June 1997‚ Jim Piraino‚ VP marketing for WESCO Distribution‚ Inc. (see Exhibit 1)‚ was preparing for a yearly review meeting with his CEO Roy Haley. At the top of the agenda was the performance of the National Accounts (NA) program during the first half of 1997 (see Exhibit 2). Haley had ambitious plans for WESCO over the next five years. He had charted out a course that called for an annual growth rate
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06-4702-Conklin.qxd 5/10/2005 6:00 PM Page 561 6 INTEGRATIVE CASES I n this chapter‚ the objective is to discuss cases that draw on the frameworks and perspectives developed throughout the casebook and that include important issues from each of the earlier chapters. GM IN CHINA For GM China‚ the year 2004 brought a wide variety of new challenges that added to an already complex business environment. The industry structure was changing quickly. Demand and supply projections
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