Biovail Business Memo In 2003 Biovail Corporation announced that it will miss its 3rd quarter earnings target by $25-$45 million‚ attributing $10-$15 million to a recent shipment loss. Being one of Canada’s largest publicly traded pharmaceutical companies with stock listed on both the Toronto and New York stock exchanges‚ the news raised concerns in the financial circles over the company’s accounting practices. Even Biovail’s claim that the shipment loss presented a revenue value of over $10 million
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Sub issue: Other than having fraud conducting of revenue recognition‚ Biovail Corporation also has overestimated the amount of Wellbutrin XL on the truck. The company estimated that revenue associated with this shipment was in the range of $10 million and $20 million and confirmed that the manufacturing cost value of this shipment had been fully insured. The trooper estimated that the truck was about one-quarter full. After the investigation done‚ the analyst stated if there had been $20 million
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truckloads of product are actually required to carry $10 million of product? Show your calculations. A) Find the volume of the truck: Interior dimensions of the truck = Interior volume of the truck = = B) Find the manufacturer price (Biovail) for one tablet: Wholesale price for one tablet = $2.83 Distributor price for one tablet = Producer price for one tablet = [Since Wholesale margin is 35%] [Since Distributor mark-up is 400%] = $0.3679 C) Find no. of tablets
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Q1: How many truckloads of product are actually required to carry $10 million of product? Show your calculations. The Wellbutrin XL tablet include the packaging space that stated in the question was. Dimensions of a 18 wheeler trailer was 17m x 4.5m x 2.5m Solution: Firstly‚ change the unit of the 18 wheeler trailer because different unit of measurement cannot calculate the volumes so the dimension of 18 wheeler trailer has change to centimeters. a. To convert the unit of measurement 1 meter (m)
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MEMO TO: Mr. David Maris DATE: September 9‚ 2010 SUBJECT: Biovail Concerns This report discusses the concerns regarding the Biovail pharmaceutical company and the causes‚ implication and ramifications of its recently released quarterly earnings guidance. Specifically‚ this report covers Biovail’s reasons for missing previous expectations for quarterly earnings and an analysis of the validity of these reasons. The focus will be on the assertion that a recent truck accident containing
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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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CasesHelp Week 1. Google Inc. Case Questions 1. Review Google’s corporate webpage and annual report. How would you describe Google’s strategy? 2. Prepare a competitor analysis. How would you define Google’s industry? Who are Google’s competitors? 3. Prepare an environmental analysis. What are the major trends impacting Google’s industry? What are the growth prospects for Google’s core business? 4. Do you think Google’s industry is a competitive market‚ in the technical sense? Does Google have
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Case Questions 1. What is meant by the statement that training is extremely "faddish"? In an effort to remain on the "cutting edge" of a particular industry‚ organizations often shop for the most recent gimmick in training programs in hopes that it will provide them a competitive advantage over other firms. As a result‚ training entrepreneurs spring up around whatever is new in training approaches (e.g.‚ sensitivity training‚ OD‚ behavior modeling) without much attention to evaluation of results
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Citibank Case Questions: 1) Should Citibank launch the card product? Why or why not? 2) Given its upscale customer base‚ how should Citibank position its card‚ if it decides to launch it? 3) Which countries should Citibank enter first? Which countries should it avoid? 4) If you choose not to introduce the card‚ what would you do to achieve the $100 million earnings target by 1990? What kind of branch banking products should the bank offer? L’OReal Case Questions: 1) What is Beauty Product
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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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