Case Summary Digital Semiconductor was a business unit of Digital Equipment Corporation. John Gavin‚ the DS group controller‚ wanted the finance department to find ways to add value and better support the division because the DS business strategy had many changes over the past five years and the division was still operating at a loss. History: The semiconductor division which was a part of Digital Equipment Corporation expanded rapidly in the 1970s. Digital was financially very successful in 1988
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B Corporations Benefit Corporations‚ also known as B corps‚ are a new way to do business in a socially responsible way. Curtis Lum’s article‚ “Legislation would allow for creation of ‘B corps’” published on March 18‚ 2011 in the Pacific Business News‚ talks about the ongoing legislative battle to legally recognize B corps in Hawai’i. An additional article from the PBN‚ published the same day by John Webster‚ “Social responsibility is beginning to take root‚” provides further background to Lum’s
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1) What were the major mistakes made by Corwin Corporation? Inappropriate handling of the Peters project and improper project selection process. They went for a new product development project that does not fit within Corwin’s conservative business perspective. Even though Corwin Corporation had a product selection policy defined‚ they did not evaluate the request from Peters‚ in line with the policy. If Corwin Corporation had followed its policy guidelines‚ the project might never been accepted
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CASE STUDY NO.1 THERAC – 25 Aaron James Uy Timosa BSIT – 4 INTRODUCTION The Therac-25 was a radiation therapy machine produced by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) after the Therac-6 and Therac-20 units (the earlier units had been produced in partnership with CGR of France). It was involved in at least six accidents between 1985 and 1987‚ in which patients were given massive overdoses of radiation‚ approximately 100 times the intended dose. These accidents highlighted
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Multinational Corporations (MNC’s) are an integral field of study in International Political Economy (IPE) due to its economical and political powers excered in the global market. An MNC is a cooperation that has a home base along with foreign locations abroad where they practice their productivity through foreign direct investment (FDI). there is a specific relation between the home and foreign locations of the cooperation; for example most MNC’s are home based in the United States‚ Japan or Europe
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| Shareholder Information(as of September 30‚ 2012) Number of shareholders Percentage holding 1 to 1‚000 shares Foreign ownership(common‚ preferred A‚B&voting) Mitsubishi Corporation | 7‚253 88.12% 29.63% 10.63% | | | MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Ayala’s management stands as the locus of decision-making for the day-to-day affairs of the corporation. Management is accountable to the board for the operations of Ayala SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION Top 20 stockholders
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producing or acquiring wealth through buying and selling of goods." Thus‚ the term business means continuous production and distribution of goods and services with the aim of earning profits under uncertain market conditions. Features of Business 1. Exchange of goods and services All business activities are directly or indirectly concerned with the exchange of goods or services for money or money’s worth. 2. Deals in numerous transactions In business‚ the exchange of goods and services
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1. Read the footnotes carefully. Identify four accounting policy changes and accounting estimates that Harnischfeger made during 1984 and estimate as accurately as possible the effect of these changes on the company’s 1984 reported profits? One accounting change that Harnischfeger made was that they were going to include products purchased from Kobe Steel in their net sales. Before November 1‚ 1983 only the gross margin on Kobe products was included in their net sales. Harnischfeger was also
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International Business Movie “The Corporation” “The US is the best country to invest”. They call the bas apples to those companies that work in a corruption base. What is a corporation? What corporations has done with us is act like a monster‚ it attacks with out caring about other corporations Birth It comes back from the industrial revolution‚ and the obsessions of grow the profits. The first corporations started from the need of production for civil wars‚ the industrial revolution
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1. What caused Middleby’s struggles in the 1990s? The following caused the struggles of Middleby Corporation in the 1990’s: a. A period of rapid international and domestic expansion by chain restaurants during the first half of the 1990’s‚ which caused DFE manufacturers and suppliers to increase production capacity domestically and build assets in foreign markets. b. A decline in sales through the second half of the 90’s which was caused by a shift in domestic consumer eating habit towards
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