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    Nuclear Corporation of America was involved in the nuclear instrument and electronics business. In 1964‚ the company’s board of directors opted for new leadership due to suffering several money-losing years and facing bankruptcy. F. Kenneth Iverson was the new leader‚ president‚ and CEO of Nuclear Corporation. F. Kenneth decided that the best way to rebuild the company was to expand around its profitable South Carolina. Iverson was already the head of Vulcraft before adopting Nuclear Corporation. He

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    Internet Mini Case #10 Intel Corporation J. David Hunger In 1968‚ Robert N. Noyce‚ the co-inventor of the integrated circuit‚ and Gordon E. Moore left Fairchild Semiconductor International to form a new company. They took with them a young chemical engineer‚ Andrew Grove‚ and called the new firm Intel‚ short for integrated electronics. The company successfully made money by manufacturing computer memory modules. The company produced the first microprocessor (also called a “chip”) in 1971.

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    manufacturing or trading‚ require cost accounting to track their activities.[1] Cost accounting has long been used to help managers understand the costs of running a business. Modern cost accounting originated during the industrial revolution‚ when the complexities of running a large scale business led to the development of systems for recording and tracking costs to help business owners and managers make decisions. In the early industrial age‚ most of the costs incurred by a business were what modern

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    COST CLASSIFICATION CONCEPT OF COST: DEFINITION: A SACRIFICE OR GIVING UP OF RESOURCES FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE FREQUENTLY MEASURED BY THE MONETARY UNITS (RUPEES‚ DOLLARS) THAT MUST BE PAID FOR GOODS AND SERVICES . ➢ EMPHASIS ON COST INFORMATION: MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS PAY A LOT OF ATTENTION TO COSTS BECAUSE COST HAVE A VITAL ROLE TO PLAY IN PLANNING ‚ EVALUATING AND DECISION MAKING. FOR EXAMPLE IN PLANNING THE ROUTE AND FLIGHT SCHEDULES THE MANAGER OF AN AIR LINE MUST CONSIDER

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    Executive Summary The General Appliance Corporation (GAC)‚ specializing on manufacturing various kinds of home appliances. The GAC was decentralized and it divided into 4 main product divisions‚ 4 manufacturing divisions as well as 6 staff offices. GAC manufactured few component parts and usually bought them from outside vendors. Transfer prices of the parts were negotiated between departments based on outside suppliers’ price. While the purchasing staff had the power to settle disputes when there

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    "Controllable costs are costs which can be influenced by the action of a specified member of an organization. For example‚ the foreman of a production department can control the utilization of power or raw materials in his department and these are‚ therefore‚ controllable costs as far as he is concerned. Uncontrollable costs are costs which cannot be influenced by the action of a specified member of an undertaking. For example‚ the foreman of a production department can control the wastage of

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    | | | |Assignment : Managing Cost and making financial interpretations for decision | | | |Tutor:

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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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    Case 1 Atlantic Corporation Maastricht University School of Business and Economics Corporate Governance and Restructuring 1. Is the acquisition of Royal’s linerboard mill and box plants a sound strategic move? Consider the short- as well as long-term outlook for linerboard prices and the profitability of the linerboard industry. Furthermore‚ what basis‚ if any‚ is there for expecting AtlanticRoyal’s combined linerboard and box mill operations to do better/worse than the industry overall?

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    The evolution of the modern corporation: Coursework Assignment According to Bengt Holmstrom and Steven N. Kaplan in their article published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives‚ corporations during the 1980’s went through a period of merger‚ takeovers and restructuring activity. The use of leverage became a common practice as corporations financed takeovers and were made private by leveraged buyouts. These activities were characterized by the use of hostility and the emergence of raiders

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