Business: The Ford Pinto Fires In early 1968‚ the Ford Motor Company decided to take on the foreign car competition by introducing a compact‚ affordable vehicle they named the Pinto. What began as the decision to enter the race for the top small car ultimately led to an unprecedented court case wherein the Ford Motor Company found itself charged with reckless homicide and was the first corporation charged with criminal conduct. In this paper‚ the authors delve into the tragedy of the Ford Pinto fires
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Introduction: BP has been operating in Russia since the early 1990s. In 1997‚ it purchased a 10 per cent stake in Sidanco‚ the Russia’s 4th largest oil company. The stake was subsequently increased to 25 per cent plus one share in 2002. In 2003‚ BP merged its interests in Russia with those of TNK to create TNK-BP‚ a hugely successful joint venture employing around 50‚000 people and operating in nearly all of Russia’s major hydrocarbon regions. Since its formation‚ TNK-BP went on to become Russia’s
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Case Study: British Telecom: Searching for a winning strategy Tuomo Summanen Michael Pollitt Judge Institute of Management November 2002 1. Introduction The development of the telecommunications market in the United Kingdom and the corporate strategy and development of the incumbent‚ British Telecom‚ represents an interesting object of analysis for several reasons. First‚ the UK telecommunications market was - along with the U.S. market - among the first telecommunications market that
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*Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy 1. What are the factors that likely explain the difference between Microsoft’s market value of equity and its reported book value of equity? The most obvious reason for the difference between the market value of equity and the book value of equity is the inability to record certain intangible assets such as brand value‚ customer loyalty‚ and perhaps most importantly‚ human capital. These intangible assets are likely to provide tremendous earnings
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Answer 1. SWOT analysis of The Fashion Channel The Fashion Channel (TFC) is a 24*7 cable TV network which is exclusively dedicated to fashion. It was found in 1996 and since then it has been witnessing continuous upswing. According to an annual demographic survey‚ TFC is having approximately 110 million subscribers of cable & satellite television. But‚ due to increasing competition with other fashion channels‚ it is in the need for developing a modern and updated brand strategy. SWOT analysis
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Units Unit Cost Total Cost From the Beginning Inventory 1840.00 20.00 36800.00 From the first purchase 600.00 20.25 12150.00 From the second purchase 380.00 21.00 7980.00 2820.00 56930.00 From the Second purchase 420.00 21.00 8820.00 From the third purchase 400.00 21.25 8500.00 From the second purchase 200.00 21.50 4300.00 1020.00 21.20 21620.00 Units Unit Cost Total Cost From the Beginning Inventory 1020.00 21.20 21624.00 From the first purchase 700.00 21.50 15050.00 From the second
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1. The process flow diagram of the production system at Donner. Preparation Stage Imagine Transfer Fabrication 2. What size orders would you schedule on the CNC drill? On the CNC router? Time taken to process the orders depends on the selected drilling method either a) Manual drilling or CNC OR b) Using CNC Drill Assumption 1: Manual Drilling is not done on all the available Manual Drill Presses in parallel. Calculating time taken for Manual drilling and CNC Drilling: = Setup
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Ford vs Chevrolet Ford and Chevrolet (Chevy) are in the automotive industry and have been in completion for many years start back in 1908‚ both companies started in the state of Michigan and have been battling it out for profits‚ market share and hometown bragging rights. Ford was founded in the suburb of Dearborn‚ Michigan and Chevy was founded in Flint‚ Michigan. Ford and Chevy both are good-producing sectors‚ they both manufacture automobiles that are similar but different. They each have
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The MCI’s source of funds has been emission of stocks. Common stocks as IPO of 6M shares and $27.070.000‚00. An issue of 9.600.000‚00 common stock 5 years warrant attached. What have been MCI sources of funds in the past (1972-1983)? What’s your opinion? Around 1972 MCI issued equity and later on time when the company started going well they issued debentures and convertible debentures. The main raison to do that is because equity cost use to be higher. First of all they issued debentures
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History of Ford in India: 1907 India begins selling the Model A 1926 Ford India is established by Ford of Canada 1935 Indian government officials ask Henry Ford to consider building a car manufacturing plant in Bombay 1941 Mahatma Gandhi sends spinning wheel‚ the symbol of India’s economic independence‚ to Henry Ford. 1954 Ford India operations cease. 1969 Ford re-enters India in a joint venture with Escorts Ltd. to produce tractors. 1991 Ford ceases tractor operations. Ford establishes Climate
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