Livent‚ Inc. is a company that is very involved in the entertainment business‚ mainly in live theatrical productions. When dealing with a company in the entertainment industry‚ there are many risks that can be involved in auditing situations. A big risk that can be common is working with the higher officers of the company who are not strongly educated in the financial field. They are only familiar with the entertainment part of it and do not pay attention to a lot of the finances. It is common for
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money. 2. Continue to enter joint ventures with local chinese software vendors and computer manufacturers in different cities in china who have good connections to local govts. Hold majority stake to prevent losing technological competencies. Lobby for government intervention on piracy. Altert public about the risks associated with pirated software-malware‚ deliberate security vulnerabilities. 3. Focus on acquiring local companies and research and development and anti-piracy efforts. 4. Continue
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Prism Canada Inc. Case Study Problem Statement: Will outsourcing the company’s inefficient sheet metal operation be a proper strategic move to save the company money and satisfy current and potential customers with respects to quality and delivery lead time? Size up: Item | So What? | Machine break-downs | Since break-downs occur at the initial step‚ the rest of the process gets delayed causing longer customer lead time and extra shifts are required which increases labour expense. |
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Case 1.8 Crazy Eddie‚ Inc. Case Summary: At age of 16‚ in 1978‚ Eddie Antar opened Crazy Eddie Inc in New York City. This was an electronics store where leadership positions were assumed by family and relatives. Their excellent advertising techniques through radio and their cut rate prices allowed the company to become “transhipper”‚ selling goods to other electronic retailers in NYC area. Crazy Eddie Inc went public in 1986 in order to finance expansion program and in that year‚ it was
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1. According to this case study‚ Maalick encountered several different violations of the workplace. He was constantly being harassed by his coworkers‚ discriminated not only by coworkers but also by his supervisor. He was judged because of his religion‚ which clearly violates the Treton’s Anti-Discrimination and Harassment Policy. As mentioned in the case study‚ Maalick was receiving several series of notes from his coworkers‚ they basically labelled him as a Black witch or wizard because of his
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Economic conditions change‚ competitors launch new assaults and the product passes through new stages of buyer interest and requirements (Kotler‚ 2001‚ p. 484). Consequently a company must plan strategies that address any changes in the market. ebay Inc. is the world’s largest and most popular person-to-person trading community on the internet (Bradley‚ 2001‚ p. 1). From its inception eBay was unchallenged however with amazon.com’s (Amazon) entrance into the online person-to-person auction arena and
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Is a company’s brand the key contributor to growth opportunities? This is definitely the case for Chick-fil-A Inc. Headquartered in Atlanta Ga‚ the organization’s clever cow “Eat Mor Chikin” ads have taken the industry by storm. The capital "A" in the name represents top quality‚ "Grade A" service. In fact‚ whenever a new Chick-fil-A restaurant opens‚ the first 100 customers receive “a year’s worth” chicken sandwich meals. Oddly‚ what sets the organization apart from their competitors are the
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Zara International was a retail shop originated in La Coruna‚ Spain in 1975. It was clothing and accessories shop and imitated the latest fashion trends and sold them at a lower cost. It became Zara International after entering Portugal in 1988 and then the United States and France in the 1990s. The distributor for this brand is Inditex and is considered the most successful retail chain in the world. Zara has a business strategy that is very different from the retailers nowadays. If a customer orders
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Officer Richard F. Webb was a white police officer working in the suburbs of Chicago‚ Illinois. Richard graduated from the Police Academy of Chicago back in 1994. He was born and raised in Southside Chicago‚ a gang infested neighborhood. Buildings with chipped paint and shattered windows towered over the streets littered with garbage. Every corner was scattered with young black men‚ bodies imprinted with symbols of their respective gangs. The smell of cigars and alcohol hung heavily in the air.
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Case 1 Paper products‚ Inc. Introduction Paper Products Inc.‚ a manufacturer of file folders‚ file markers and labels‚ and a variety of indexing systems‚ the products of PPI are of great quality and have no match with the competitors. The case basically revolves around a decision that is to be taken on a proposition offered by Office Center Inc. – a distributor of office supplies i.e. offering PPI to get into Dealer Branding‚ creating a product under dealers brand name similar to that of its
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