By 1991‚ LL. Bean Inc was in the catalog business. LL Bean was a major cataloger manufacturer and retailer in the outdoor sporting specialty field. Their golden rule was: "Sell good merchandise at a reasonable profit‚ treat your customers like human beings‚ and they will always come back for more". They had six million active customers‚ and by 1991‚ twenty-two different catalogs ("books") were mailed. 80% of all their orders came in by telephone. They mainly reached the client using direct marketing
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Corporate-level Strategies and all particulars therein * Restructuring * Downscoping * Downsizing * Joint venture * Strategic Alliance * Blue Ocean * Retrenchment * Divestiture * Liquidation * Chapter 11 * Chapter 7 * Turnaround * Both steps‚ and what occurs in each step * Take a close look at Mergers and Acquisitions - objectives for‚ and problems with… * Diversification: * What
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FINAL 8.0 Joint Stock Company: Meaning-Characteristics-Types- Advantages and Disadvantages- Formation- Prospectus- MA and AA- Rights and Obligations of Shareholders and Directors- Different types of Share‚ Share Capital and Share Values- Liquidation of A company. 9.0 Cooperative
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A HISTORY OF COMPANY LAW IN COLONIAL AUSTRALIA: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND LEGAL EVOLUTION PHILLIP LIPTON∗ [The history of Australian company law has attracted remarkably little attention in academic literature‚ perhaps because it has mainly been seen as a copy of English law with few‚ if any‚ noteworthy features. This article points out several interesting and significant aspects of the evolution of Australian company law and considers this evolution in the context of the economic development of
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Start: Some value relevance research studies are motivated by standard setting and seek to draw some standard setting inferences from these studies. Their studies are based on theories of accounting‚ standard setting and valuation. Question: Are these theories that underlie value relevance studies descriptive of standards setting and valuation? If they are not‚ then the associations between accounting numbers and equity valuations are just mere associations and have limited standard setting
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or other assets that can reasonably be expected to be converted into cash‚ sold‚ or consumed in operations within a single operation cycle or within a year if more than one cycle is completed each year. Current liabilities are obligations whose liquidation is reasonably expected to require use of existing resources properly classified as current assets‚ or the creation of other liabilities. Accounts Payable or trade accounts payable‚ are balances owed to others for goods‚ supplies‚ or services purchased
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MICRO ENVIRONMENT includes the following factors. 1.SUPPLIERS : Suppliers are those people who are responsible for supplying necessary inputs to the organization and ensure the smooth flow of production. 2.COMPETITORS : Competitors can be called the close rivals and in order to survive the competition one has to keep a close look in the market and formulate its policies and strategies as such to face the competition. 3.MARKETING INTERMEDIARIES : Marketing intermediaries aid the company in promoting
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Types of Business Organisations When we start to define a company it can be defined as generally a form of business organisation. In the legal field‚ a company is specifically a corporation‚ or less commonly‚ an association‚ partnership or union that carries on a commercial or industrial enterprise. Generally a company may be a corporation‚ partnership‚ association‚ joint stock company‚ trust‚ fund or organised group of persons‚ whether incorporated or not and (in an official capacity) any
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plants‚ machinery and equipment changed. The economic life of these assets was increased‚ so the depreciation expense was lowered. -There was an improvement in the minimum pension benefit. This change produced a lower pension expense. -The was a liquidation of LIFO inventory quantities carried at lower cost compared with the current cost of their acquisitions. Because of this‚ COGS decreased. -The accounts receivable were net of allowances for doubtful accounts of $5.9 million and $6.4 million at
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Overview of the Chapter Current and Noncurrent Liabilities Lease Obligations Pension Liabilities Contingent Liabilities & Commitments Deferred credits or income Off-Balance-Sheet Financing Liabilities at the Edge of Equity Equity Financing Book Value per Share Analysis of Liabilities Areas of observations: We need to make sure that companies account for all of them with proper details as to their amounts‚ due dates including conditions‚ encumbrances and limitation Most
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