products that are new to the world or have superior attributes to existing products. Process innovation is the development of a new process for producing products and delivering them to customers. Examples include Toyota‚ which developed a range of new techniques known as the Toyota lean production system for making automobiles: just-in-time inventory systems‚ self-managing teams‚ and reduced set-up times for complex equipment. Product innovation creates value by creating new products‚ or enhanced
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Research Topics in Corporate Finance Bocconi University PhD in Economics and Finance ∗ May 29‚ 2012 Professors: Nicolas Serrano-Vallerde (until 09/12: nicolas.serrano-velarde@sbs.ox.ac.uk) Linus Siming (linus.siming@unibocconi.it) Office hours: By appointment (Email) Summary and aims: This Ph.D. course is designed to introduce doctoral candidates to ongoing research topics in corporate finance. This course surveys leading academic research in selected areas of corporate finance‚ focusing especially
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"GOVERNANCE is the exercise of political‚ economic and administrative authority to manage a nation ’s affairs. It is the complex mechanisms‚ processes and institutions‚ through which citizens and groups articulate their interests‚ exercise their legal rights and obligations‚ GOVERNANCE is "… the traditions and institutions by which authority in a country is exercised for the common good. This includes (i) the process by which those in authority are selected‚ monitored and replaced‚ (ii) the capacity
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3. Corporations practicing stakeholder management will be more sustainable. Discuss. Over the years‚ social and ethical concerns have brought attention to the community that caused much bitter conflict to the relationship between business and society. As people become better educated and more affluent‚ rising expectations naturally follow for major institutions and these developed a backdrop against which criticisms towards businesses have grown. Therefore‚ these created the need for them to assume
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Economics and Management Corporate Finance Homework Whoever Pocketed Value From VEP? Team： Dong Nan 1081209045 Gu Chengzong 1081209020 Li Hongke 1081209050 Lu Linlin 1081209031 Lu Yao 1081209043 March 2009 Abstract Excessive cash and undervalued stock price forced Ford to conceive an unprecedented cash payout system - Value Enhancement Plan in 2000. For a dual-stock-structure company‚ this recapitalization did favor much Ford family which held the
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Case Studies The Model T Ford Henry Ford did not invent the motor car – in fact he was a comparative latecomer to the scene. Although he had started producing cars back in 1903 he had little success until the Model T. The first production Model T was built on September 27th‚ 1908 in Detroit and production continued until 1927. The key contribution which he made was to change the approach to manufacture and marketing of cars. Prior to his activities cars had been a specialised luxury product available
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Theories of Corporate Governance Agency Theory • • • Separation of ownership from control Dispersed ownership structure – no single shareholder has the power to control management Economic theory suggest that managers will act in their own self interest instead of maximizing shareholders’ return Stewardship Theory Managers are good stewards of corporations and diligently work to attain high levels of corporate profit and shareholders’ returns • Different
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Running Head: ROLE OF GOVERNANCE Role of Governance in Health Care Organizations Jovonia Bellamy Grand Canyon University (Online) HCA 545 Organizational Structure‚ Dynamics‚ and Effectiveness September 3‚ 2013 There are many concerns when developing a team‚ no matter what the team is especially in health care organizations‚ the team that should be in place is a team of members qualified to make an impact. Running a health care organization is
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Ford Pinto - Executive Summary MGT216 12/06/2010 Executive Summary Ford Motor Company introduced the Ford Pinto into the consumer market place and the end result was profit over human life. Ford Motor Company analyzed the cost of replacing an inexpensive part and found that it was cheaper to pay for suits resulting in accidental deaths and injuries. This summary will provide details and the factors surrounding the Ford Pinto case‚ the results of the production of the car and how Ford
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TOYOTA • PBUS 03 (2012) NPU BY: Kavita‚ Danish‚ Rick * *Comprises of 3 ellipse *Heart of customer *Heart of product *technological advancement and opportunities that lies ahead * *1933: Automobile Department is established at Toyoda Automatic Loom Works‚ Ltd. *1934: Created its first product‚ the Type A engine *1936: Built first passenger car‚ the Toyota AA. *1937: Toyota Motor Co.‚ Ltd. is established. *1950: Company faces a financial crisis; Toyota Motor Sales Co.‚ Ltd. is established
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