For the exclusive use of M. Muse‚ 2014. Harvard Business School 9-191-006 Rev. October 2‚ 1997 Siemens Electric Motor Works (A) (Abridged) Ten years ago our electric motor business was in real trouble. Low labor rates allowed the Eastern Bloc countries to sell standard motors at prices we were unable to match. We had become the high cost producer in the industry. Consequently‚ we decided to change our strategy and become a specialty motor producer. Once we adopted our new strategy‚ we discovered
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The narrator characterizes the life of Minnie Cooper from her girlhood to adulthood by using tone‚ selection of detail‚ and syntax. The narrator characterizes Minnie Cooper girlhood to adulthood by using tone. In her girlhood the tone stays calm and joyful. " She lived in a small frame house with her invalid mother and a thin‚ sallow‚ un-flagging aunt‚ where each morning between ten and eleven she would appear on the porch in a lace-trimmed boudoir cap‚ to sit swinging in the porch swing until
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The issue of the Corning zero-coupon convertibles came to the attention of Julianna Coopers‚ an investment analyst at the Paradigm Group of mutual funds. The Paradigm Group offered 36 different funds and managed more than $50 billion in assets. Coopers and her group handled Paradigm’s Convertible Securities Fund‚ which sought “high returns through a combination of current income and capital appreciation.” Coopers had been tasked with assessing the new issue of Corning convertibles. That day‚ she
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operations would have to start by the following Monday because‚ after this time‚ the fruit would begin to deteriorate. In effect this ruled out the possibility of reselling any part of the crop which‚ if it remained unpacked‚ would be worthless. William Cooper‚ Controller‚ and Charles Myers‚ Sales Manager‚ were the first to arrive in Mr. Gordon’s office. Dan Tucker‚ Production Manager‚ came in a few minutes later and said that he had picked up Produce Inspection’s latest estimate of the quality of the incoming
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Class diagram extraction from textual requirements using Natural language processing (NLP) techniques Abstract The automation of class generation from natural language requirements is highly challenging. This paper proposes a method and a tool to facilitate requirements analysis process and class diagram extraction from textual requirements using natural language processing NLP and Domain Ontology techniques. Requirements engineers analyze requirements manually to come out with analysis
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convicted of obstruction of justice in the case of the bankruptcy of the oil giant Enron for destroying documents related to the accounting group‚ the firm had also audited the accounts of Worldcom in 2001 and in early 2002. The audit firm probably acted negligently in this case just like in the Enron case. The Worldcom case is particular in the sense in the way the fraud was discovered by an internal audit. Indeed‚ several employees led by Cynthia Cooper‚ an internal auditor at Worldcom assigned
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Case 4: Takamatsu Case Analysis (25 points) Executive Summary Takamatsu Sports Enterprise is a sporting company that has recently experienced a considerably large loss in net profit. Mr. Takamatsu has begun to look into the problem of the company and believes that Ms. Ota is the problem in the loss of sales. Although Mr. Takamatsu thinks that Ms. Ota is the problem‚ it really is Mr. Fujita. He has inefficient training and sales. If Mr. Takamatsu gets Mr. Fujita the appropriate training‚ he can
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and profit measurement. The highlights issues about D’Aqiono are dealing with marketing unit performance‚ product line profitability‚ profit impact of marketing programs‚ and sales strategy. In addition‚ by linking events to the Mercosur context‚ the case offers an opportunity to explore the economic and political circumstances that surround the customs union. Journey of D’ Aquino Quimica Do Brasil S.A. Berre Chimique is play as an international player in the chemical production and distribution
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critical review on: Corporate social reporting and stakeholder accountability: The missing link By Stuart M. Cooper‚ David L. Owen (2007)‚ Accounting‚ Organizations and Society Journal‚ Vol. 32 (2007) 649–667 1. Introduction This paper critically discusses “Corporate social reporting and stakeholder accountability: The missing link” by Cooper & Owen (2007). Firstly‚ a brief summary is provided of the paper‚ focussing on the research questions‚ the methodology
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with the following statements? Explain a. Validity is more critical to measurement than reliability. “Validity is the extent to which a test measures what we actually wish to measure” (Cooper and Schindler‚ 2014‚ p.257). “Reliability has to do with the accuracy and precision of a measurement procedure” (Cooper and Schindler‚ 2014‚ p. 257). Validity is more critical to measurement than reliability because without validity‚ reliability is meaningless. For example‚ a bathroom scale may give a weight
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