THE FORD PINTO CASE: THE VALUATION OF LIFE AS IT APPLIES TO THE NEGLIGENCE-EFFICIENCY ARGUMENT Christopher Leggett Law & Valuation Professor Palmiter Spring‚ 1999 Abstract Text of Paper -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract The cases involving the explosion of Ford Pinto’s due to a defective fuel system design led to the debate of many issues‚ most centering around the use by Ford of a cost-benefit analysis and the
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Andrew Martin COMM 336 Informative Paper 4/4/2013 Tesla Motors Tesla Motors is a car company that designs‚ manufactures and sells electric vehicles. This public company was founded in 2003 by Ian Wright‚ JB Straubel‚ Marc Tarpenning‚ Martin Eberhard and most notably Elon Musk. Its headquarters is located in Palo Alto‚ California‚ with its main production plant in Fremont‚ California. The company was named after Nikola Tesla‚ a renowned electrical engineer and physicist. Its goal is to
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General Motors Analysis I. Executive Summary II. Company Overview and History III. Analysis of External Environment a. Analysis of the General Environment b. Analysis of the Competitive Environment i. Dominant Economic Characteristics of the Industry Environment 1. Market size and growth rate 2. Number and sizes of competitors 3. Stage in the industry life cycle ii. Strategic Group Analysis
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Contents Tata motors 3 1 3 . Microeconomic Environment 3 1.1 Introduction 3 1.2 Market Structure: 4 1.3 Role of Government: 4 1.4 Fixed Cost and Variable Cost 5 1.5 Substitutes and Elasticity of Demand 6 1.6 Economies of Scale 7 2. MACROECONOMIC environment 8 2.1 INDIA 8 2.2 Microeconomic Environment 8 2.3 Economic growth 9 2.3 Employability 10 2.5 Market value in the economy 11 2.6 Revenue and profits 11 2.7 Political environment 11 2.8 Inflation 12 CONCLUSION 12 References 12 Tata motors 1. Microeconomic
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A Biography of Henry Ford Henry Ford was an American industrialist‚ best known for his pioneering achievements in the automobile industry. From humble beginnings he was able to create a company that would rank as one of the giants of American and World industry long after his death. There is no doubt that Henry Ford was a successful business man. The Ford Motor Company‚ Henry Ford’s legacy‚ has left its mark on every continent in the world. However‚ Ford didn’t gain his success solely on his
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Title: Is Self-Enhancement A Universal Phenomenon? Name: Choo Min Matric No.: A0073550L Tutorial Group: E1 Self-enhancement can be defined as the unrealistic‚ inaccurate over-projection of the self in a positive light. Is this a universal phenomenon? The universal view asserts that both westerners and easterners self-enhance tactically on personally important dimensions to attain positive self-regard (Sedikides‚ Gaertner & Toguchi
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 PROJECT MOTOR INSURANCE December 2004 Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Merchandise insurance- cargo insurance introduction types object insured amount insurance premium liability‚compensation risk coverage exclusions Chapter 3 Carrier’s liability insurance general presentation and provisions carrier liability insurance- CMR- Romania types object insured amount insurance
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Evaluation of the financial stability Balance sheet Period Ending Dec 31‚ 2012 Dec 31‚ 2011 Dec 31‚ 2010 Assets Current Assets Cash And Cash Equivalents 15‚659‚000 17‚148‚000 14‚805‚000 Short Term Investments 20‚284‚000 18‚618‚000 20‚765‚000 Net Receivables 82‚338‚000 78‚541‚000 8‚381‚000 Inventory 7‚362‚000 5‚901‚000 5‚917‚000 Other Current Assets - - - Total Current Assets 125‚643‚000 120‚208‚000 49‚868‚000 Long
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Introduction The Toyota Motor Company Limited was established in 1937 by Kiichiro Toyoda. Kiichiro’s father was Sakichi Toyoda who established the Toyoda Automatic Loom Works. Initial capital for development and test building first automobiles was received by selling the patent rights of one of Sakichi Toyoda’s machines to Platt brothers from United Kingdom. In the history of the Toyota Motors was only one strike in 1950. However this strike brought together the managers and labour to have principles
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Ford & General Motors in Russia In July 2002‚ Ford Motor Company officially opened its first Russian car factory near St. Petersburg. The factory‚ which cost some S150 million to build‚ is 100% owned by Ford and represents the first wholly owned investment by a foreign carmaker in Russia. The factory is tiny by international standards; it will employ 800 people and initially will produce 10‚000 Ford Focus cars a year. By comparison‚ a typical auto plant in the developed world produces 200‚000
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