Case Summary Digital Semiconductor was a business unit of Digital Equipment Corporation. John Gavin‚ the DS group controller‚ wanted the finance department to find ways to add value and better support the division because the DS business strategy had many changes over the past five years and the division was still operating at a loss. History: The semiconductor division which was a part of Digital Equipment Corporation expanded rapidly in the 1970s. Digital was financially very successful in 1988
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Introduction Microsoft Corporation is a multinational company based in Redmond Washington. The company manufactures computer products and offer computer services. The company also licenses and supports various types of computer products and services. Microsoft Corporation was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. The company is the largest software manufacturer globally in terms of revenue. It is also the most valuable organization in the world. Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded the company
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Meredith Corporation Video Case Study #1 About Meredith Corporation Meredith Corporation is a marketing company that deals with many well known brands‚ including magazines such as Better Homes and Gardens‚ Family Circle and Ladies Home Journal. Their publications reach about 30 million readers in 8 out of 10 homes. They serve the media as well‚ with brands on television and other markets. Meredith Corporation is popular in marketing items that serve the home and family‚ health and wellness
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Knowing little about toothpaste‚ he had technical tie-up with a Japanese company and Lamoiyan Corporation was formally launched in 1988 and produced the first tube of Hapee. Sales have been thwarted by three significant barriers: consumer fears that locally produced goods were inferior‚ their preference for Colgate’s taste and the lack of awareness of the Hapee brand. Pedro and Lamoiyan Corporation counteracted these obstacles by capitalizing on their tie-up with a Japanese company‚ imitating
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Case Study: Enron Corporation Accounting Scandal 1. What is Enron Scandal? Formed in 1985 from a merger of Houston Natural Gas and Internorth‚ Enron Corp. was the first nationwide natural gas pipeline network. Over time‚ the firm’s business focus shifted from the regulated transportation of natural gas to unregulated energy trading markets. The guiding principle seems to have been that there was more money to be made in buying and selling financial contracts linked to the value of energy
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Case Summary for Capital Mortgage Insurance Corporation Overview The president and senior vice president of Capital Mortgage Insurance Corporation (CMI) hope to acquire Corporate Transfer Services (CTS). Currently‚ CMI is a business that sells mortgage insurance to banks and other mortgage lenders. However‚ executives at CMI desire to expand their business into the real estate relocation industry. Essentially‚ this industry works to assist employees who have been transferred to a new city as
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1 Carnival Corporation Content: -Company overview -Statement from Chairman and CEO -Early history - Company Environmental consideration -Company income statement -Company culture -Final conclusion -Reference page
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1) What were the major mistakes made by Corwin Corporation? Inappropriate handling of the Peters project and improper project selection process. They went for a new product development project that does not fit within Corwin’s conservative business perspective. Even though Corwin Corporation had a product selection policy defined‚ they did not evaluate the request from Peters‚ in line with the policy. If Corwin Corporation had followed its policy guidelines‚ the project might never been accepted
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Situation Analysis Introduction This case study is concerned with HTC Corporation‚ an international Smartphone and technology manufacturer. Though HTC is a recent player in the technology market‚ its ability to produce highly technical and innovative solutions to real world technology problems‚ primarily through the design and introduction of the Smartphone‚ has made the company a global leader in the Smartphone market. Problematically‚ the highly volatile nature of this market has seen HTC’s
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commonly referred to as Sony‚ is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Kōnan Minato‚ Tokyo‚ Japan. Its diversified business is primarily focused on the electronics‚ game‚ entertainment and financial services sectors. The company is one of the leading manufacturers of electronic products for the consumer and professional markets. Sony is ranked 87th on the 2012 list of Fortune Global 500. Sony Corporation is the electronics business unit and the parent company of the Sony
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