Case Questions for April 10‚ 2010 Discussion Questions for Birch Paper Company Answer each of the following questions independently. 1. Which bid should Norhern Division accept? 2. Should Thompson Division lower its price? If so‚ to what? 3. What should the Commercial V.P. do? Case 23-5‚ Berkshire Industries 1. Were Berkshire’s motivations for a new incentive system reasonable? If so‚ what were their main options for a new system? Was an economic profit-focused system a reasonable
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Mandatory Audit Partner Rotation‚ Audit Quality‚ and Market Perception: Evidence from Taiwan* WUCHUN CHI‚ National Chengchi University HUICHI HUANG‚ Syracuse University YICHUN LIAO‚ National Taiwan University HONG XIE‚ University of Kentucky 1. Introduction Mandatory audit partner rotation has existed in the United States since the 1970s‚ when the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) required that audit partners in charge of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) audits be
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started his investment partnership with the initial capital of $105‚000 including $100 of his own money. Under studied and guidance of Benjamin Graham‚ Buffett became what investors know as value investor. He purchased an ailing textile company‚ Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A)‚ and turned it around‚ its price rose from $19 to $37‚987. This book will be looking at how Buffett
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10 H e a r t l a n d & C o m p a n y 1 Introduction On April 19‚ 2008‚ Walter A. Walsh‚ Supply Management Manager for Heartland & Company‚ met with one of his buyers‚ Olivia Newcomb‚ in his office. They discussed her Heartland & Company cost reduction goals for bearing #B02326620. After the meeting Mr. Walsh began wondering if changes should be made to the way suppliers were being evaluated‚ if price premiums should be paid to suppliers for performing at a higher level and how business should
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Warren E. Buffett‚ 2005 Case Questions: 1. What is the possible meaning of the changes in stock price for Berkshire Hathaway and Scottish Power plc on the day of the acquisition announcement? Specifically‚ what does the $2.17-billion gain in Berkshire’s market value of equity imply about the intrinsic value of PacifiCorp? Based on the multiples for comparable regulated utilities‚ what is the range of possible values for PacifiCorp? What questions might you have about this range? Assess the bid for
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Brief Case Report # 2 – Hilton HHonors Starwoods introducing frequest guest program‚ and $50million ad campaign. Problem: raising costs for all hotels as they need to keep pace with competition. 1. How does Hilton HHonors program deliver value to its two parents‚ Hilton Hotels and Hilton International? Cooperate on sales and marketing‚ standardized operations‚ and run the Hilton HHonors loyalty program. (HHW) Not as a profit center but service 2. More specifically‚ can you quantify this
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I JOLLIBEE FOOD CORPORATION II Executive summary of the case The case gives an idea about how the competition influenced Jollibee’s strategy‚ both domestic and international. Jollibee ‚which was a Filipino chain of restaurants‚ was forced to change their strategy with the entry of McDonalds in Philippines‚ which later transformed the company into a global company .The company faced serious challenges with their international exposure. The challenges included the conflicts with franchisees/Joint
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systems‚ economic systems and legal systems of a country. The political‚ economic‚ legal systems can have a profound impact on the level of the economic development in a country and hence the attractiveness of a country and its potential as a trading partner or host for a foreign direct investment. 2. There are two types of violation of property rights: public actions and private actions. Who commits private action violations and what do they involve? Who commits public action violations and what
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Ferguson v Wilson (1866) LR 2 Ch App 77 ‘The company itself cannot act in its own person… it can only act through directors’‚ Cairns LJ‚ pp 89-90. Ernest v Nicholls (1857) 6 HL Cas 401 ‘[The shareholders] can only act through the directors‚ and the acts of the individual shareholders have no effect whatever on the company at large’‚ Lrd Wensleydale‚ p 419. Bushell v Faith 1969 1 All ER 1002 Where directors were empowered by the articles to increased voting rights on any resolution to remove
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data and consolidating the same into a single document. Preparation of a power point presentation. Sending of the PPT by 10pm 13th August. Sending of the report by 22nd August. The sub groups can be formed through 2 ways: a. Choosing your own partner and communicating the same to the others along with the company chosen. b. Dividing according to alphabets which would be: i. Aravind-Karthik (ACC) ii. Lohesh-Padmaja (Ambuja) iii. Vidya-Vivek (Ultratech) Kindly reply in the Whatsapp group/email
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