Case Study: Halliburton Corp. and the issue of politics. This case study examines Halliburton Corp ’s current strategy for expanding operations in the Libyan oil market in respect to choosing locations overseas‚ and integrating successfully with the local community. It highlights the importance of politics in international business. US based oil company Halliburton consists of two main divisions‚ Halliburton Energy Services and KBR‚ the engineering and construction arm of the group both of which
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Case 2.4 CapitalBanc Corporation 1. When auditing cash‚ which of the management assertions discussed in SAS No. 106‚ “Audit Evidence‚” are of primary concern to the auditor? Why? When auditing cash‚ there are a number of management assertions discussed in SAS No. 106 that are of primary concern to auditors. Existence: Auditors must make sure that the cash being audited exists. In the CNB case‚ the cash that was apparently locked away in the cabinet did not exist until money was borrowed
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Bily v. Arthur Young & Co.‚ 834P. 2d 745 – Cal: Supreme Court 1992 Summary of the case The litigation was brought by investors of Osborne Computer Corp. a computer manufacturing company. The business was founded in 1980 by Adam Osborne. The Company grew rapidly‚ and by fall of 1982‚ sales reached $10 million per month‚ making the company one of the fastest growing enterprises in the history of American business. Late in 1982‚ Osborne planned an initial public stock offering. In the process
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Arthur Reed Case Study In this essay‚ I am going to discuss the staff management problem Arthur Reed faces every summer. Arthur Reed‚ a supervisor at the Blue Grocery Stores‚ has an issue with hiring temporary workers in sufficient numbers to cover the sick and vacationing workers for the summer months. As warehouse supervisor in charge of two shifts on the shipping dock‚ Arthur usually manages to run the shifts smoothly every year except in the summer months. During the summer months‚ Arthur
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Advanced Corporate Finance‚ March 2004 1. Weighted average cost of capital for Marriott Corp. The WACC is calculated using the formula: This uses the underlying assumption that the debt-equity ratio for the firm remains constant. In Marriott’s case the corporation’s target leverage ratio based on interest coverage target is set at 60% as taken from Table A. The WACC for the whole firm represents the average cost of capital of the firm’s underlying operating structure. To use this WACC
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theory is a good way to understand the concept of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction in an organization. Frederick Herzberg’s Motivator-Hygiene Theory tries to determine specific factors responsible for job satisfaction and dissatisfaction. His study found separate and distinct cluster of factors associated with job satisfaction and dissatisfaction. Achievement‚ recognition‚ characteristics of the work and advancement are considered to be the motivators which mean job characteristics associated
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The History of Marine Corps at Embassies If you have been watching the news lately (2015). You have probably heard all about ISIS and the train incident and even some of the terrorist attacks. Marines play a major role in most of these incidents especially the train incident in Paris‚ France. A crazy person could have kill some people but no‚ the Marines were the heroes. Now let’s learn about The History of Marine Corps at Embassies around the world‚ and some other cool and crazy facts about
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Avon Corporation In order to begin to understand the industry in which Avon functions as well as the specifics around the introduction of the new EAS drive‚ I used the 5Cs analysis to outline the company’s current situation. Situation Analysis via the 5Cs: Company * Avon manufactured a number of electrical products * Sold products to both end users and OEMs * $6M in sales annually of the AVDC drives‚ lost sales to EAS drives Collaborators * Distributors and OEMs Avon could establish many more
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MediSys planned a launch of IntensCare which is a new remote monitoring system for the use in hospitals’ intense care units. This is a major launch for the company because it is a $20.5 million investment which is the largest investment for the company. MediSys Corporation is facing many external problems along with experiencing problems internally trying to finish the product by the set deadline. The company is having many issues. The issues consist of dealing with the software development‚ failure
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AMD corporation AMD Corporation “The Future is Fusion” The AMD Corporation is a fine model of business success. AMD is an industry leader in the production of computer processers and related technologies. It is the second largest supplier of micro-processors rivaling Intel. The quality of AMD products is generally superior to that of Intel and thus has made it a viable competitor in the chip technologies market. Within any company it is important to map out a solid company
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