Five-Step Approach to Unstructured Problems 1. Succinct Statement of the Financial Reporting Issue(s) When has a company completed its side of an arrangement‚ allowing it to record a sale and related loss contingencies (recall product costs)‚ while still conforming to GAAP? 2. Brief Summary of the Economic Purpose of the Transaction To better match revenues and expenses‚ Frequent Fixer has proposed recognizing all of its recall product costs at the time of sale to match its competitors
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CASE STUDY : Multinational Outsourcing and CSR. Inditex: The worldwide outsourcing garment industry and social community development in Morocco “Intermón claims that pressures on foreign clothing suppliers are smothering employees. […] In Morocco‚ where Cortefiel‚ Inditex (Zara)‚ Mango and Induyco (El Corte Inglés) manufacture their products‚ a Tangier based textile factory sold a pair of slacks to large Spanish retailers for 3.3 euros three years ago; today‚ the same item sells for 2 euros
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the their first comics appearing in 1939. Up to the time of the case‚ the company had changed owners a few times‚ had ups and downs‚ and had built a large following by providing up to 60 periodicals per month which included comics like: Spiderman‚ Fantastic Four‚ and Iron Man along with about 4‚700 other characters. Decision Dilemna: What business model should Marvel Executives pursue to ensure continued growth? Analysis of Case Facts‚ Missing info and Contradictions: • There was a lot of talk
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Royal Caribbean Cruises‚ LTD: A Case Study 1. Using the Information Systems Triangle as a framework‚ evaluate the alignment of RCCL’s business strategy‚ organizational strategy‚ and information systems strategy before Tom Murphy became CIO and then after Tom Murphy took over as CIO (up to 9/11/2001). Prior to Tom Murphy’s tenure as CIO‚ Royal Caribbean Cruises Line’s (RCCL’s) business strategies were not fully aligned with the organizational and IT strategies. Tom Murphy was instrumental in bringing
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This is a reflection of the Harvard Business Review of Thomas M. Hout and Pankaj Ghemawat “China vs. the world”‚ HBR December 2010‚ page 94-103. Thomas M. Hout is a professor at the University of Hong Kong’s School of Business since 2002. He teaches Strategy‚ Operations and Information‚ Business Strategies for China and India and fast companies (IMBA program in Shanghai)[1][2]. Pankaj Ghemawat is the Anselmo Rubiralta Professor of Global Strategy at IESE (spanish: Instituto de Estudios Superiores
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Case Study: Just in Time for the Holidays Problem: North Pole Workshops’ production capacity cannot meet the surging demand for Timmy CDs on Christmas Eve. The management team gets stuck in mapping a solution to fulfill such demand because team members have their own solutions and they oppose the others’ solution. Reasons: - Weak demand forecast ability (the actual demand is 20% over the company’s assumption) - Weak production planning ability - No links between demand and production planning
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evidence of Charlie’s failure as a leader is when he calls the group together to communicate the news about losing their major customer. The mood is somber as Charlie calls the group together to “mourn” (Sloane‚ The Chattanooga Ice Cream Division‚ HBR‚ p.1) and to figure out what needs to be done about it. As a leader he must exude a sense of “positive energy” (Jack Welch‚ Winning‚ p.84) to prepare his people to act and energize their best thinking to deal with this challenge. His style of (S) may
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Introduction to International Business Review on Harvard Business Review CHINA VS THE WORLD Whose Technology Is It? by Thomas M. Hout and Pankaj Ghemawat‚ December 2010 In this review on the article “CHINA VS THE WORLD – Whose Technology Is It?” by Thomas M. Hout and Pankaj Ghemawat (Harvard Business Review‚ December 2010‚ Pages 95-103)‚ the main purpose is to critical evaluate the authors’ opinions and statements. The above-mentioned article deals with the subject of China being one
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first superstore in 1985 and have since underwent large scale expansion operating 575 stores by the end of the fiscal year 2003. BBBY also owned and operated 30 Harmon stores and 24 Christmas Tree Shops stores by 2003. (See appendix four for SWOT analysis) The Problem Bed Bath & Beyond has always conducted business under the old fashioned premise that “cash is king‚ and debt is bad”. As of late their capital structure has become a big issue amongst investors. They are concerned that the current
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