Case 1 Atlantic Corporation Maastricht University School of Business and Economics Corporate Governance and Restructuring 1. Is the acquisition of Royal’s linerboard mill and box plants a sound strategic move? Consider the short- as well as long-term outlook for linerboard prices and the profitability of the linerboard industry. Furthermore‚ what basis‚ if any‚ is there for expecting AtlanticRoyal’s combined linerboard and box mill operations to do better/worse than the industry overall?
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To: Executive‚ Zoecon Corporation From: Date: Thursday‚ February 17‚ 2005 Subject: Strike Roach Ender Introduction Projected Industry Consumers Professional Projected Growth Rate of 10% annually Projected growth rate of 8% annually Projected sales of $4.4 million Projected sales of $2.7 billion Flea IGR Introduction Similar Scenario Great success of introduction of flea IGR PRECOR into PCO‚ veterinary and pet store markets. In 1980 Zoecon broke into the supermarket
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SHOE CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS GROUP 8; SECTION B By IMPORTANT ISSUE * Incorporation of the rapidly changing styles in the production and the procedure to do the same * Problem between the Manager of styling and the Assistant to the superintendent of the Centerville plant‚ i.e. Lack of understanding and communication between the styling Department and the production Department. * Delay and ambiguity in the process of maintaining historical statistics on shipments (Bypassing
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“Hershey Foods Corporation” History: Milton Hershey’s love for candy making began with a childhood apprenticeship under candy maker Joe Royer of Lancaster‚ Pennsylvania. Mr. Hershey was eager to own a candy-making business. By 1901‚ the chocolate Industry in America was growing rapidly. Hershey’s sales reached $662‚000 that year‚ creating the need for a new factory. Mr. Hershey moved his company to Derry Church‚ Pennsylvania‚ a town that was renamed Hershey in 1906. The new Hershey factory provided
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BACKGROUND Global Financial Corporation (GF) offers financing services for customers purchasing heavy construction equipment from its parent company Global Equipment Company (GEC). GF’s Bakersfield‚ California office is setup to process the loan applications for the western United States. A recently appointed Vice President of GF‚ Nancy Rodriquez‚ is also in charge of managing the Bakersfield office. She has received a memo from the Director of Marketing at GEC with a complaint stating that the
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Journal of Business Case Studies – January/February 2010 Volume 6‚ Number 1 Sunbeam Corporation: A Forensic Analysis Patricia Hatfield‚ Ph.D.‚ Bradley University‚ USA Shelly Webb‚ Ph. D.‚ Xavier University‚ USA ABSTRACT The members of the Board of Directors at Sunbeam were completely bewildered. Al Dunlap‚ Sunbeam’s highly successful but controversial CEO was threatening to resign after almost two years of leading Sunbeam successfully out of a slump that had threatened the long-term
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Rochester Manufacturing Corporation (RMC) is considering moving some of its production from traditionally numerically control machines to a flexible machining system (FMS). Its numerical control machines have Machine utilization‚ as near as it can be determine‚ and are about 10%. The machine tool sales persons and a consulting firm want to put the machines together in a FMS. They believe that a $3‚000‚000.00 expenditure on machinery and the transfer machines will handle about 30% of RMC s work. There
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Consider the following simplified financial statements for the Phillips Corporation (assuming no income taxes): | Income Statement | Balance Sheet | Sales | $17‚000 | Assets | $13‚127 | Debt | $7‚541 | Costs | 11‚730 | | | Equity | 5‚586 | Net income | ------------------------------------------------- $5‚270 | Total | ------------------------------------------------- $13‚127 | Total | ------------------------------------------------- $13‚127
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1.0 Background of the company Telstra Corporation Limited is a telecommunications and media company‚ which is a leading provider of mobile phones‚ mobile devices‚ home phones‚ broadband internet and operating telecommunications networks in Australia. Telstra’s goal is to be one of the most admire‚ respected and trusted telecommunication companies in the world with their four strategic priorities of improving customer satisfaction‚ retaining and growing our customer numbers‚ simplifying the business
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Case Circuit Board Corporation Background/Introduction Circuit Board Corporation creates and manufactures printed circuit boards. The founder‚ the late Dieter Adams had started Circuit Board Corporation in 1961‚ were the computer industry was in its introductory stages. The company started by designing and manufacturing PCB’s for minicomputer companies. Maggie Adams which was Dieter Adams beloved wife was employed as a part time employee and secretary of the board to CEO after her husband died
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