Sippican Corporation Sippican Corporation Questions: 1. Given some of the apparent problems with Sippican’s cost system‚ should executives abandon overhead assignment to products entirely and adopt a contribution margin approach in which manufacturing overhead is treated as a period expense? Why or why not? Answer: Consider Sippican is a manufacturer company with multiple products‚ using simple cost accounting system that directly allocate factory overhead to unit of product entirely through
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Port Sdn. Bhd. which ran port facilities. In the case‚ Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company need to decide whether to pursue the old performance measurement or follows the order of the Chairman of SURIA group of companies. PROTAGONIST The protagonist of this case is Hafiz Hashim who is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of MarineCorp Sdn. Bhd. He was appointed as CFO of MarineCorp since 2007. He was responsible for the financial management of MarineCorp and its two wholly-owned subsidiaries;
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Part A McDonald’s and Burger King are two famous fast food firms in the world. Both of them sell the same type of food‚ such as hamburger and fries. However‚ the operating systems of them are different. 1. The Differences in Processes (1) Process Maps of McDonald’s and Burger King BunHeels Bun Crownsns Patties Put in Toaster Put in Toaster Put on Grill Dress Turn Remove‚ Lay on Crown Clean Grill Add Heels Remove Remove Sear Burgers Up
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Análisis Caso Marriott Corporation: Costo de Capital En el caso se plantea que Marriott utiliza cuatro elementos en su Estrategia Financiera las cuales apuntan a un crecimiento objetivo. Por lo que‚ se pregunta‚ ¿Son consistentes estos elementos con su crecimiento objetivo?‚ y para ello se realiza el siguiente análisis. I. Análisis de los Elementos de Estrategia Financiera: Primero debemos identificar que el alto crecimiento que busca Marriott es igual a maximizar el valor de la empresa y para
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developing or emerging economies‚ and constantly improving on product development. The case states that AES believes their competitive advantage is a result of its "agility or speed and its ability to commit to corporate equity and to arrange complex financial transactions." Structure AES is operating in a network structure. In this structure‚ employees form groups to solve problems and achieve common objectives. Employees may volunteer for task forces‚ without any formal credentials‚ because they
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v. Alza Corp.‚ the court found independent standing as the licensee had completely unrestricted rights to sue for infringement. The licensor‚ University of California‚ gave an exclusive license to Ciba-Geigy. Alza claimed that Ciba-Geigy lacked standing‚ but this
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Teletech Corporation‚ 2005 Kyle Fortin My recommendation for Teletech Corporation is to change from a constant hurdle rate to the use of two risk-adjusted hurdle rates‚ one for each segment. Teletech’s performance is evaluated based on economic profit calculations. Through this measure‚ the risk-adjusted hurdle rates return a higher amount of profit compared to a single corporate hurdle rate. Currently‚ the firm has been using 9.30% as their hurdle rate‚ and as a result the firm’s share prices
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University of Phoenix Material Lee Corporation Equity Scenario Lee Corporation is an American company that began operations on January 1‚ 2004. It has just completed its fourth full year of operations on December 31‚ 2007. Ending Year Balances for the prior year that ended on December 2006 were as follows: Retained Earnings: $ 225‚000 Common Stock at par: $ 500‚000 Additional Paid-in Capital: $1‚000‚000 Treasury Stock: $ 200‚000 Income before taxes for 2007 totaled $240
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InterActiveCorp Based on the article about InterActiveCorp‚ the corporate level strategy is gaining acquisitions in travel‚ finance‚ and classified ads. This sounds like a horizontal merger and acquisition strategy because of the range of services that IAC has been acquiring. Their focus seems to be mostly travel and entertainment companies. These include companies like Match.com‚ Expedia‚ and Hotels.com. As for the restructuring strategies for IAC‚ Barry Diller is trying to focus on businesses
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1. What was Harry Wiley’s message? Did he relate it properly? How would you have received it? Harry’s message to Terry was that he has to make more of a concerted effort to get to know his customers‚ particularly Blandings Consolidated‚ a customer accounting for 30 percent of the territory’s business. There is a longstanding relationship between the two organizations and Harry wants to nurture and further develop that relationship. The pertinent questions posed by Harry while having cocktails and
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