UV5319 May 10‚ 2010 B CORPORATION: A NEW SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODEL “We envision a new sector of the economy which harnesses the power of private enterprise to create public benefit.” —B Lab‚ “Declaration of Interdependence‚” 2010 Introduction Jay Coen Gilbert and Bart Houlahan were friends as undergraduates at Stanford University. In 1993‚ a few years after graduation‚ they helped start the basketball shoe and apparel company AND1. As the company grew‚ cofounder Gilbert and president
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NAME OF THE ADOPTED COMPANY : Valve Corporation THE BUSINESS THE COMPANY IS INTO : Valve Corporation‚ (also known as Valve Software or simply as Valve)‚ is an American video game development and digital distribution company based in Bellevue‚ Washington‚ United States. It is also well known for its social-distribution network steam; and for developing the Source engine‚ which has been used in every Valve game since its introduction in 2004. A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF THE COMPANY :
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Case Studies C-1 INTRODUCTION Preparing an effective case analysis C-3 CASE 1 CASE 2 CASE 3 CASE 4 CASE 5 CASE 6 CASE 7 ABB in China‚ 1998 C-16 Ansett Airlines and Air New Zealand: A flight to oblivion? C-31 BP–Mobil and the restructuring of the oil refining industry C-44 Compaq in crisis C-67 Gillette and the men’s wet-shaving market C-76 Incat Tasmania’s race for international success: Blue Riband strategies C-95 Kiwi Travel International Airlines Ltd C-105 CASE 8 Beefing up the beefless
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The case preparation questions are intended to help you identify and address the key issues in the case while preparing the case analysis note for each case before the discussion in the class. | Session No & Date | Case: Preparation Questions | 1&2 | PV Technologies Inc: Were they asleep at the Switch? 1. What could be the reasons for the unfavorable evaluation of PV technologies by Greg Morgan? 2. Evaluate alternative course of action available to PVT to gain favorable evaluation
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signed by Nick Galli and Pia Galli (e) By being signed by Mario Galli and his friend Ryan Booker (Ryan does not work for FWPL). See 23-200 – 23-400‚ 25-390 and ss127 and 129 Corporations Act Overview: * Contracting with a company requires both formal authority and substantive authority. * Section 127(1) Corporations Act‚ * Section 127 gives formal authority to sign documents. * To establish substantive authority (in the absence of a board resolution) the party to the contract
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CONNECT – The student will be provided feedback (once) on cases submitted by the due date. It is the student’s responsibility to send the Instructor an email – shayes@vbgov.com informing them that their chapter cases are ready for review (worth 3 pts.) (All cases in the chapter must be completed before the Instructor will review the cases) are ready for review. No cases will be reviewed past the required submission date. Communication Case 3–1 A first-year accounting student is confused by a statement
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1. Paulson Company uses a predetermined overhead rate based on machine hours to apply manufacturing overhead to jobs. The company has provided the following estimated costs for next year: Paulson estimated that 40‚000 direct labor hours and 20‚000 machine hours would be worked during the year. The predetermined overhead rate per machine hour will be: A) $1.60. B) $2.10. C) $1.00. D) $1.05. Answer: B) $2.10. Manufacturing OH = Rent + Depreciation + Indirect materials + Insurance
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independence of the regions‚ a “market-driven” HR approach was developed. In this approach‚ corporate HR identified ways it could assist regional operations‚ and then developed programs and services that met regional needs. However‚ unlike in many other corporations where corporate HR programs would be “mandated” to operating units‚ SYSCO took a different approach. Key to market-driven HR is that managers in the regional operations must be convinced to “buy” the corporate HR services. For example‚ if a supervisory
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3. Cecilio K. Pedro – Lamoiyan Corporation “Fighting multinationals was very tough. At first‚ everyone thought I was crazy. They told me‚ how will I survive this? True enough‚ it’s by the grace of God that I’m still here in the toothpaste industry after 20 years. God is good‚” – Cecilio K. Pedro Cecilio K. Pedro is another Filipino businessman of Chinese descent but his story is not the typical rags-to-riches tale but about turning adversity into triumph. He earned his business management
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ALPHA CORPORATION (Computer assembler) Operation management Group members NAME ID Parvez Kaisar 12-20783-1 Islam Md. Redwanul 12-20795-1 Shaneowaz‚ Md 12-20830-1 Hassan Mehdi 12-20166-1
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