Introduction Creativity & innovation is important for enterprises‚ especially high-tech corporations. In the trend of extensive globalization‚ it is almost impossible for any enterprise to survive in the business world without seeking help from creative innovations. The paper focuses on significance of creativity & innovation in the operation of a famous company----3M. 3M is a manufacturing company that has a long history‚ it has a series of well-known products and brands. The first part of the
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CORNING INCORPORATED: THE GROWTH AND STRATEGY COUNCIL Company Background : Corning Glass Works was founded in 1851 by Amory Houghton‚ in Somerville‚ Massachusetts. The company was known as Corning Glass Works until 1989‚ when it changed its name to Corning Incorporated. Corning Incorporated is an American manufacturer of glass‚ ceramics‚ and related materials‚ primarily for industrial and scientific applications. In 1998 Corning divested itself of its consumer lines of Corning Ware and Corelle
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Q1. What are the built-in tensions with a public private equity firm? How does Blackstone ’s structure attempt to reconcile them? 1. Transparency (disclosures of financial statements) The reason why investors are willing to let the required rate of return decrease is the lower concerns about asymmetric information due to the disclosures of financial statements. In the past‚ in order not to be subjected to Investment Company Act of 1940‚ Blackstone once analyzed its operations and concluded that
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these questions‚ note also that the questions below are merely a guide. Creativity is encouraged and you can go in other directions that you think are interesting or in more detail in certain areas of interest. Questions to Consider as you Write Up your Case: What are the risks and merits of the proposed transaction? What are the relevant industry dynamics affecting the firm? What due diligence questions would you want to ask the firm? If you were conducting a private equity investment‚ would
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automobile maker as well as from the brand itself.This means that in case New Beetle is anywhere below the expectation of the consumers‚ even the original brand equity will suffer. Given the current situation that Volkswagen of America is in and considering the limitation of finances that the management is facing‚ such a loss of brand equity is utterly unacceptable. Through five main questions‚ this case analysis will be presenting different dimensions of the New Beetle case with the purpose of
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ASSIGNMENT 2: PRADA Refer to the HBS case "Prada: To IPO or Not to IPO" and answer the questions below. Note: Complete the related textbook chapters (RWJJ Chapters 14‚ 15 & 19) before attempting this case. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM SAID TO BE FACING PRADA? Prada got some financial trouble. First‚ Prada failed for several times to IPO due to various reasons like SARS‚ financial crisis‚ etc. Second‚ because of the long-term debt maturing in one year‚ Prada needed to raise more than 1 billion euros
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Integrated marketing communication The Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) approach is becoming so popular among marketers. But why is the IMC so welcomed by most marketers? There are many reasons. The most fundamental reason is that marketers are recognizing the value of strategically integrating the various communication functions rather than having them operate autonomously. By coordinating their marketing communication efforts‚ companies can avoid duplication‚ take advantage of synergy
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Intercompany Eliminations Introduction In addition to the basic elimination entries that are needed to eliminate the equity in subsidiary companies during consolidation‚ there are specific types of events that must also be eliminated. The intercompany transactions−such as sales of inventory or other assets‚ subsidiary stock transactions‚ or intercompany bond transactions−that require special attention during the consolidating process are overviewed in this module. Elimination Entries When
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in this case where Blackman believed that Ferris was preventing him from attaining his expectations of more responsibility which is one of the outputs to balance inputs of an employee in Adam’s Equity theory‚ named after John Stacey Adams when he developed this job motivation theory in 1963. Adam’s Equity theory argues that people derive job satisfaction and motivation by comparing their efforts (inputs) and outputs with those of the other people in the same or other firms. If the employee perceives
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