Case study: Business Process Reengineering General Motors Corporation “General Motors is one of three leading automotive manufacturing companies in the United States. Based in Michigan in 1903 by Henry ford and grew to reach revenue of $150 billion and more than 370‚000 employees by 1996. In the 1970’s‚ the automobile market for the major auto makers - General Motors (GM)‚ Ford‚ and Chrysler- was crunched by competition from foreign manufactures such as Toyota and Honda. In 1999‚ Ford acquired
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03/15/2010 Carnival Corporation-2007 Carnival Corporation is the largest cruise and most profitable cruise ship operator in the world. Carnival is headquartered in Miami‚ Florida and London England and employs 80‚000 employees. “Carnival operates a fleet of 95 ships‚ with another 11 ships scheduled for delivery between 2010 and 2012 (Carnival Corporation‚ 2010).” Carnival cruises to Alaska‚ the Caribbean‚ Panama‚ South America‚ Mediterranean‚ New England‚ Bermuda‚ South Pacific‚ and the Bahamas
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Store and Pacific Hypermarket The Store Corporation Berhad and Pacific Hypermarket & Departmental Store Sdn. Bhd are a leading operator of supermarkets‚ departmental stores and hypermarkets in the country. Not only is The Store Corporation Berhad recognised as the largest supermarket and departmental chain by The Malaysia Book of Records (since 2001)‚ it is also the oldest existing supermarket cum departmental chain in Malaysia. In 2008‚ The Store Corporation Berhad is celebrating its 43rd anniversary
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Executive Summary Purinex is a drug discovery and development company based in Syracuse‚ New York. The company sought to commercialize therapeutic compounds based on Purine‚ which is useful in numerous biochemical processes and its intellectual portfolio of Purinex consists of more than 35 patents‚ pending and issued in the purine field. The company has a headcount of 14 and maintains a chemistry laboratory a few miles from its main office. The company’s target is to develop products that act
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Credit rating agencies take a wide range of factors – debt raising purpose‚ industry outlook‚ corporate profile and financial measures into account when performing corporate bond rating service. Debt is raised to repurchase shares rather than the normal case of capturing expansion opportunities to strengthen cash flow. This is not going to be regarded favorable to debt holders since the debt coverage ability in terms of cash or collateral is not strengthened. UST is characterized positively by commanding
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ABRAMS COMAPANY CASE 5-4 ABRAMS COMPANY Que. 1: Evaluate each of the concerns expressed by top management‚ and if necessary‚ make recommendation appropriate to the circumtences described in the case The Abrams case is about using profitability measures to evaluate profit centers. The case also reflects a long academic debate in the US-literature about ROI problems. In EU companies it is more common to evaluate PCs with Income measures like RI and EVA. This case covers the tree main problems
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"anthropology" is from the Greek anthrōpos (ἄνθρωπος)‚ "man"‚ understood to mean humankind or humanity‚ and -logia (-λογία)‚ "discourse" or "study." The essence of anthropology has been‚ since its tradition‚ cross-cultural comparison‚[3] and cultural relativism has become the canon of anthropological inquiry.[4][5][6] What is Anthropology? Anthropology is the study of humans‚ past and present. To understand the full sweep and complexity of cultures across all of human history‚ anthropology draws and
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TAYAG v BENGUET CONSOLIDATED‚ INC. Facts: In this case there was an order issued by the CFI of Manila compelling the domiciliary administrator of the Trust Company of New York to surrender to the ancillary administrator in the Philippines the stock certificates owned by the deceased Idonah Perkins to satisfy the legitimate claims of local creditors. However‚ such company challenged the said order invoking some provisions of its by-laws concerning procedures to be followed in surrendering a stock
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Summary This case explores the possibility of a brand extension for Revital‚ the bestselling vitamin and mineral supplement and number-one nutraceutical brand in India and a top Ranbaxy Global Consumer Healthcare product. The case examines Revital’s shift from a prescription product to a popular over-the-counter (OTC) brand and explores Ranbaxy’s strategies to position Revital as the brand with the highest recall. It assesses Revital’s competitors in India’s booming nutraceutical market in a scenario
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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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