Polluter Corp. Polluter Corp. is a company that operates three plants in the United States. They make different cleaning products which are sold to customers. The U.S. government sells or gives out emissions allowances to companies‚ including Polluter Corp.‚ which determines a set amount of pollutants and greenhouse gases a company can let into the environment. These are given out to help discourage pollution by companies. “EA’s” are assigned a year that a company can use in‚ and they also
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The Merits of Environmental Uncertainty People are creatures of habit and have a need to know what the world has in store for us. We plan every aspect of our lives from what we will eat later in the day to what we will be doing 40 years from now when we retire. The business community is no different and seeks to plan and predict what the future will hold in terms of their success. We are at a point in time in which there is a great amount of uncertainty in the business community. Investors
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Case 10-8 Ellie Enterprises An investment that is not one of the three traditional asset types such as stocks‚ bond and cash are considered as an alternative investment. “These types of investments include hedge funds‚ managed futures‚ real estate‚ commodities and derivative contracts.” (www.investopedia.com). These are subject to less regulation and use leverage and derivative instruments to optimize their returns. “In spite of many pensions and private endowments beginning to invest in these
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DATE: December 7‚ 2012 TO: Polluter Corp. FROM: SUBJECT: Emissions Allowances Facts: Polluter Corp‚ has recently spent $3 million to purchase emission allowances‚ with a vintage year of 2012‚ in order to meet the need for additional EAs in the fiscal years 2010-2014. They will also need to sell EAs‚ with a vintage year of 2016‚ in order to offset the costs of the purchase. It is to my understanding that the need for EAs arose because of the significant amount of greenhouse gases emitted by
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large-scale ‘managerial enterprise’ as put forward by the famous business historian Alfred Chandler has not been followed completely by all of the world’s leading economies. This essay will therefore be structured as follows: first I will briefly explain Chandler’s theory of the large-scale managerial enterprise‚ putting it into context of time and place and pointing out the major flaws of his theory. Then‚ I will attempt to justify my opinion by using the Japanese enterprise system‚ paying attention
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Polluter Corp. (the “Company”)‚ an SEC registrant‚ operates three manufacturing facilities in the United States. The Company manufactures various household cleaning products at each facility‚ which are sold to retail customers. The U.S. government granted the Company emission allowances (“EAs”) of varying vintage years (i.e.‚ the years in which the allowance may be used) to be used between 2010 and 2030. Upon receipt of the EAs‚ the Company recorded the EAs as intangible assets with a cost basis
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Enterprise Governance Enterprise Governance involves both corporate governance and the business managements inside an organization. There are huge challenges and opportunities under enterprise governance that it actually links with the performance of good corporate governance that move the business forward. Enterprise governance considers the big picture that guides good management to align with good strategic goals‚ more about achievement at the end. Same as corporate governance‚ enterprise governance
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MOOKETSI MAIKETSO | [ENTERPRISE STRATEGY] | Student no. 100231231 Lecture; Mr. Aubrey Mbewe | table of contents Introduction 2 background 3 1.0 The entrepreneur 4 1.1 The motivation for starting the business 4 1.2 Forejustin Passman’s character traits 5 1.3 MR Passman’s personality type 5 1.4 Decision making and leadership style 6 1.5 Leadership style 6 1.6 Mr Forejustin Passman’s role within the business 7 1.7 Entrepreneurial networking 8 1.8 Innovation 9 2.0 The enterprise 11 2.1 Business strategy
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Enterprise Systems Enterprise systems (ES) are large-scale organizational systems built around packaged enterprise system software. Enterprise system software (ESS) • is a set of packaged application software modules with an integrated architecture‚ which can be used by organizations as their primary engine for integrating data‚ processes and information technology‚ in real time‚ across internal and external value chains; • contains deep knowledge of business practices accumulated from vendor
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Case 4 THE BATTLE FOR VALUE‚ 2004: FEDEX CORP. VS. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE‚ INC. Set in June 2004‚ this case invites the student to assess the financial performance of FedEx Corp. and United Parcel Service‚ Inc (UPS). The two firms have competed intensely for dominance of the overnight express package industry. This case is intended for use in an introductory discussion of corporate value creation and its sources. Questions for Students 1. Contrast between Corporate excellence and Financial
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