CASE NO. 1: STIRLING HOMEX CORPORATION POINT OF VIEW: The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Stirling Homex Corporation (SHC) as he/she will be the one to be of best knowledge to analyze the financial statements of SHC. He/she will also have the authority to make decisions/recommendations and influence the CEO in making management decisions. CASE CONTEXT: In the late 1960’s the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) launched the Operation Breakthrough‚ a project that aimed to “revolutionize”
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IBM as a multinational corporation Write about a multinational corporation (MNC) of your choice. Q1. How international is that company? International Business Machines‚ IBM‚ is a multinational computer‚ technology and IT consulting corporation headquartered in New York‚ United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software (with a focus on the latter)‚ and offers infrastructure services‚ hosting services‚ and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology
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CORPORATION VS PARTNERSHIP 1. Creation CORPORATION Created by operation of law; PARTNERSHIP Created by agreement of the parties; 2. Numbers of incorporators CORPORATION Requires at least 5 incorporators; PARTNERSHIP Requires at least 2 partners; 3. Commencement of juridical personality CORPORATION Acquires juridical personality from the date of issuance of the certificate of incorporation by the Securities and Exchange Commission ;PARTNERSHIP Acquires juridical personality form the
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KENNECOTT COPPER CORPORATION CASE REPORT 1. Analyze the economic rationale of the Carborundum acquisition. Under what conditions an acquisition would be expected to add to shareholder value in general? Do any of these reasons apply to Carborundum acquisition? Prior to the consideration of Carborundum as an acquisition target‚ Kennecott‚ a copper company‚ pursued an acquisition of Peabody‚ a coal company‚ for $285 million in cash in 1968. There are two main rationales behind the acquisition of
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Case 3-1: Southwest Airlines Corporation What is Southwest’s strategy? What is the bases on which Southwest builds its competitive advantage? Cost cutting SWAC uses a low-cost strategy. They had the lowest operating-cost structure in the domestic airline industry. Employee satisfaction Together with this strategy‚ they want to achieve customer satisfaction by employee satisfaction. They are famous for their customer and employee relationship. SWAC has been recognized by multiple organizations
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Bilal Al- Qureshi‚ Said Business School‚ University of Oxford 2010 American Chemical Corporation HBS Case Number: 9-290-102 Executive Summary The American Chemical Corporation (AMC) is a large‚ diversified chemical producer. In 1979‚ AMC was forced to issue a tender to sell a Sodium Chlorate plant‚ near Collinsville‚ Alabama. Dixon‚ a specialty chemicals company‚ was willing to purchase the aforementioned plant for $12m with the option to invest a further $2.25m on laminate technology. The
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Case Questions: 1. Option #3 suggests Stryker Corporation to build its own facility to manufacture its own PBCs. Under the current situation that some contract manufacturers have weak performance in quality and delivery‚ the benefits of this option are obvious as following: First of all‚ option #3 promised the highest degree of control over quality and delivery‚ which can solve the major problem that Stryker has faced with recently. On the other hand‚ self-manufacturing offers an opportunity
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Toyota Motor Corporation 1. Brief description Toyota Motor Corporationis the largest Japanese automobile manufacturer as well as one of the largest automobile companies in the world. It was initially established in 1933 as a part of the Toyoda Automatic Loom Works‚ Ltd. Later in 1937‚ it was named as the Toyota Motor Co. Ltd. Toyota established many related companies or business units‚ some of which are Toyota Machines Work Ltd. and Toyota Auto Body Ltd. In 1982 such business units were incorporated
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Dell was not the first to pursue the build to order idea‚ but he was the first to make it successful. In 1988‚ Pc’s Limited became the Dell Computer Corporation. By 1992‚ Dell made Fortune magazine’s top 500 of the world’s largest companies. Dell surpassed Compaq in 1999 as the largest seller of computer in the U. S. In 2003‚ the Dell Computer Corporation became Dell Inc. after the company expanded into the multimedia market. In 2007‚ Dell Inc. ranked 34th largest company worldwide by Fortune magazine
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The profitability ratio of First Farm Corporation (FFC) shows that the Net Profit Margin of the company improved due to the increasing Net Sales and Net Income in the year 1995. The said improvement is due to the increasing sales in the chicken and feeds business as oppose to the fair increase in the cost of goods and operating expenses. Also‚ this improvement can be directed to the launching of the new line of extruded aquaculture feeds and the company’s entry to the fast food business. Return
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