Objective: Viability of Napster as a revenue generating company. Case in brief: Napster is a brainchild of Shawn fanning‚ launched on June 1 ‚1999 as a peer-to-peer music downloading program for college students. Napster became a one of the most popular sites on the internet‚ claiming some 15 million users in little more than a year. From the beginning‚ Napster facing so many problems from the RIAA and music industry players. Napster violated the copyrights by allowing users to swap the music recordings
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value in sequel rights‚ how they will be able to make money off of these investments in the rights‚ or understand why studios would be willing to sell them. Then‚ we will address the timing of the offers and why it is so important‚ especially in this case. Next‚ we will look at the “fair” value for these films using two different approaches. The first approach is the net present value of the entire set of 99 films for 1990. We will look at three different sets of assumptions with the net present value
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(negligently) runs over another while driving carelessly has committed a tort of battery based on negligence Duty of Care The reasonable person standard The law does not require perfection‚ only what is reasonable under the circumstances In the case of a professional such as a doctor‚ engineer or accountant‚ that standard is a reasonable doctor‚ engineer or accountant. SQUISH LA FISH v. THOMCO Issue Did the defendant fail to take reasonable care that the information it provided was correct
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Case 15 Version 2.1 Teletech Corporation‚ 1996 Teaching Note Synopsis and Objectives In January 1996‚ the chief financial officer of this telecommunications company must fashion a response to a raider who claims that a major business segment of this company should be sold because it is not earning a satisfactory rate of return. The case recounts the debate within the company over the use of a single hurdle rate to evaluate all segments of the company versus a riskadjusted hurdle-rate
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1. Why does the court require for criminal intent under the Clean Water Act? The court requires for criminal intent under the Clean Water Act that there must be proof that the action was intended in order for it to be considered guilty of the crime. There has to be proof of “knowingly of discharging a pollutant into navigable waters without a permit‚ knowingly operating danger through a pollutant‚ and knowingly operating a source in violation of pretreatment requirement” (253). There has to be an
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Executive Summary Purinex is a drug discovery and development company based in Syracuse‚ New York. The company sought to commercialize therapeutic compounds based on Purine‚ which is useful in numerous biochemical processes and its intellectual portfolio of Purinex consists of more than 35 patents‚ pending and issued in the purine field. The company has a headcount of 14 and maintains a chemistry laboratory a few miles from its main office. The company’s target is to develop products that act
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OZ Car Clean Pty Ltd It is a full-service car wash facility located in St Leonard’s (just off the Pacific Highway). The principal owners‚ Geoff and Sandy (husband and wife team) are also the full-time managers. They have vast experience in the management of finances‚ personnel‚ and equipment. Geoff was previously a Car Wash Facility Manager in Brisbane for two years‚ before starting OZ Car Clean Pty Ltd in August of 2005. Business was slow to begin (for the first year or so)‚ but then many regular
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Gazelle Edge The Gazelle Edge is a foldable machine used for low impact movement or for a workout that is fairly gentle on the knees‚ ankles and other ligaments and joints. For anyone looking for a machine that can tone their muscles‚ improve cardiovascular endurance and burn calories the Gazelle Edge is the ideal solution. It is perfect for all levels of fitness‚ its unexceeded range of motion allows the user start with slow walks and go to a full run without abrupt stops‚ so no pressure is put
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Credit rating agencies take a wide range of factors – debt raising purpose‚ industry outlook‚ corporate profile and financial measures into account when performing corporate bond rating service. Debt is raised to repurchase shares rather than the normal case of capturing expansion opportunities to strengthen cash flow. This is not going to be regarded favorable to debt holders since the debt coverage ability in terms of cash or collateral is not strengthened. UST is characterized positively by commanding
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ABRAMS COMAPANY CASE 5-4 ABRAMS COMPANY Que. 1: Evaluate each of the concerns expressed by top management‚ and if necessary‚ make recommendation appropriate to the circumtences described in the case The Abrams case is about using profitability measures to evaluate profit centers. The case also reflects a long academic debate in the US-literature about ROI problems. In EU companies it is more common to evaluate PCs with Income measures like RI and EVA. This case covers the tree main problems
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