Harnischfeger Corporation Teaching Note INTRODUCTION The purpose of the "Harnischfeger Corporation" case is to expose students to the managerial motives for making major financial reporting policy changes. Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) allow companies wide latitude in the choice of accounting policies. After a firm chooses a set of accounting policies‚ current accounting rules permit changes from one alternative policy to another at the discretion of the management
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MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION • Multinational entities have played a role in international trade for several centuries. • Multinational operations can be traced back several centuries to the British and Dutch trading companies. • After the above declined‚ the European overseas investments‚ mainly in the extractive industries dominated international trade. • The phenomenon as it is known today is the result of the lead taken by U.S. based companies in the post World War II period. Western
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JVA Corporation To: Katelyn Van Michelson‚ CEO Subject: Compensation Restructuring Dear Ms. Michelson‚ During the last fiscal year‚ JVA Corporation had a devastating net loss of $53 billion and suggestions have been made that we close a couple of the international factories to help stabilize the corporation and remain in business. As the Director of HR‚ I feel that these closures would have a negative impact on the employees and JVA Corp. The proposed closures would move the production
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MODULE M6 Financial Management of Corporate Projects and Programmes Case: TARGET CORPORATION 1. Executive Summary Target corporation has a growth strategy of opening 100 new stores per year. Doug Scovanner‚ the CFO of Target Corporation is preparing for the November meeting of the Capital Expenditure Committee (CEC). He is one of the executive officers who are members of the CEC. With the fiscal year’s
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Week 4 Assignment: Altex Corporation David C. Webster BUS 697: Project Management Strategy Professor: Dr. Jaclyn Krause July 22‚ 2013 Risk is inherent in any project today‚ and project managers need to constantly assess risks and continually develop contingency plans to address them. In project management risk management plans are an essential part of project planning‚ and can often time occur well into the execution phase of a project. In the case of Altex Corporation the project manager is
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Cott Corporation – Case Analysis 1- Mission Statement To produce‚ sell‚ and distribute high quality carbonated soft-drinks; creating value for our partners by providing customized services to meet each retailer and customer needs. 2- Core Values Cott corporation’s purpose is to be the best provider of carbonated soft-drinks. -Innovation: find new concepts and new ways to sustain our growth -Cost-efficiency -Customer-focused: our customer satisfaction remains our main priority
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Drypers Corporation National Television Advertising Campaign 1. Problem definition What are the questions to be decided? Drypers Corporation’s senior executives were discussing about spending 10 million dollars which will increase 33% in the company’s combined advertising and promotion budget on national television advertising in 1998. What are the objectives/goals? 1) Increase penetration of grocery outlets 2) Increase grocery penetration will help increase mass merchants see us in
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Case Study Wal-Mart Stores in 2003 The Wal-Mart Discount Inc. was founded in the year 1962 by Sam Walton. The concept behind his retail-stores was to transfer the discount store model from bigger cities to small towns. This was at that time a bold move which resulted in virtually no discount-store competition near the newly founded markets. Another advantage of Walton’s stores was the idea of volume. The strategy lies in purchasing the goods at lower prices and selling the goods to customer
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how Apple uses the four functions of management to work with the global market and the four functions are used in creating the products. Apple has a few Internal factors within the Apple Corporation that can affect the four functions of management. The first of which is planning of the corporation; the preliminary business plan was conceived in the garage of Steve Jobs in 1976. Apple had the future goal of the company in mind making the prototype of the operating systems‚ virus protection
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Marriott Corporation (A) Introduction In 1927 J.W. Marriott Sr. founded the Marriott Corporation (MC) and during the 1980s experienced a huge growth. Marriott’s main strategy in those days was developing hotel properties around the world and selling these properties to outside investors while retaining lucrative long-term management contracts. MC was a conservative company and it stressed the themes of careful attention on the details‚ the organization and its employees. Quality was the one of the
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