INT. GORDON GEKKO’S OFFICE (BUD’S POV) - DAY Furnishings in hypermodern gray and black lacquer‚ Modern Art ranging from black field paintings by Ad Reinhardt to the smashed dishes of Julian Schnabel. Nautilus equipment‚ hi-tech gadgets are in evidence‚ including a splendid Howard Miller World Time Clock‚ and a world map... Three of Gekko’s people‚ young MBA’s dressed for success‚ are scattered about the room‚ on phones‚ calculators‚ coming in and out. GORDON GEKKO aka Gekko the Great as
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For a long time it was thought that there are only two approaches in economics‚ Communism‚ which was driven from economic theories of Karl Marx (Gans et al.‚ 2012)‚ and Capitalism‚ which mostly comes from theories of Adam smith (Gans et al.‚ 2012). This disagreement led to biggest and most effective phenomenon of 20th century called Cold War. During this war a silent and humble but courageous and effective movement started and developed in Basque‚ Spain. The idea was simple; workers‚ owners and managers
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Events at the turn of the 20th Century Send Two Cities in Opposite Directions The combination of three major events going on around the turn of the twentieth century led to a massive change in the trajectories of the cities of Houston and Galveston. Many people are familiar with the death and devastation left behind by the Galveston Hurricane of 1900‚ less people‚ though‚ are familiar with the huge oil field that was found at Spindletop‚ 90 miles east of Houston near Beaumont‚ just a few months
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Marriott Corporation (A) Introduction In 1927 J.W. Marriott Sr. founded the Marriott Corporation (MC) and during the 1980s experienced a huge growth. Marriott’s main strategy in those days was developing hotel properties around the world and selling these properties to outside investors while retaining lucrative long-term management contracts. MC was a conservative company and it stressed the themes of careful attention on the details‚ the organization and its employees. Quality was the one of the
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Corporate Strategy Fall 2008 Lecture 1 Introduction to Corporate Strategy with an Historical Perspective Dr. Olivier Furrer Office: TvA 1-1-11‚ Phone: 361 30 79 e-mail: o.furrer@fm.ru.nl Office Hours: only by appointment Lecture 1 © Furrer 2002-2008 1 Discussion Themes 1. Introduction (See Collis and Montgomery‚ 1997‚ Ch. 1) – The Need for Corporate Strategy – What is Corporate Strategy? – A Framework for Corporate Strategy 3. Corporate Strategy Analytical Tools (See
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To what extent does a mature and cyclical product market drive corporate restructuring? Use an example to discuss whether restructuring transforms market and financial performance. A business‚ which has a product that runs in a cyclical and mature market‚ will eventually not have the ability to ‘grow’ anymore as it will reached the ‘top’. Therefore to continue making its business profitable‚ increase shareholder value and work more effectively they under go corporate restructuring. This is a
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Write UP On AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION: Company Overview Background Information: American Home Products Corporation (AHP)‚ is a pharmaceutical company. The company was based in Madison‚ New Jersey‚ USA. They were known for manufacturing the over-the-counter (OTC) drugs Robitussin and the analgesic Advil (ibuprofen)‚ as well as the prescription drugs Premarin and Effexor‚ which both boast over US$3 billion in sales annually. American Home Product Corporation (AHP)‚ a highly growing
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CONSEJO NACIONAL DE VACUNACIÓN PRESIDENTE DR. JOSÉ ANGEL CÓRDOVA VILLALOBOS Secretario de Salud COORDINADOR GENERAL DR. MAURICIO HERNÁNDEZ ÁVILA Subsecretario de Prevención y Promoción de la Salud SECRETARIA TÉCNICA DRA. VESTA LOUISE RICHARDSON LÓPEZ-COLLADA Directora General del Centro Nacional para la Salud de la Infancia y Adolescencia VOCALES MTRO. JUAN FRANCISCO MOLINAR HORCASITAS Director General del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social LIC. MIGUEL ÁNGEL YUNES LINARES Director General del
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Journal of Applied Corporate Finance W I N T E R 1 9 9 6 V O L U M E 8. 4 On Financial Architecture: Leverage‚ Maturity‚ and Priority by Michael J. Barclay and Clifford W. Smith‚ Jr.‚ University of Rochester ON FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE: LEVERAGE‚ MATURITY‚ AND PRIORITY by Michael J. Barclay and Clifford W. Smith‚ Jr.‚ University of Rochester n an article published in this journal a year ago‚ we reported the findings of our study of corporate financing and payout policies covering some
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El concepto de división básica del trabajo‚ desarrollado por Frank y Lillian Gilbret‚ se aplica a todo trabajo productivo ejecutado por las manos del operador. Le llamaron "therbligs" (su propio apellido Gilbreth leído al revés) a estos movimientos fundamentales y concluyeron que‚ todas y cada una de las operaciones‚ se componen de una serie de 17 divisiones básicas. En la tabla aparecen estos 17 movimientos fundamentales de las manos‚ un tanto modificados de acuerdo con el resumen de Gilbreth‚ así
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