LIVENT‚ INC.: An Instructional Case Michael C. Knapp Professor University of Oklahoma Price College of Business 307 W. Brooks Norman‚ Oklahoma 73019 Office phone: 405-325-5784 mknapp@ou.edu Carol A. Knapp Visiting Associate Professor University of Oklahoma Price College of Business 307 W. Brooks Norman‚ Oklahoma 73019 ABSTRACT: Like many financial frauds‚ the Livent‚ Inc. fraud was masterminded by a few individuals‚ primarily Garth Drabinsky‚ a Broadway “impresario” who had received
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Matthews‚ Ph.D. February 10‚ 2004 Applying Ethics to the Merck Case The purpose of my essay is to show whether the business decisions made by the management team of Merck pharmaceutical are ethical. Using corporate assets for charitable purposes‚ the company manufactures and distributes a drug called Mectizan at no charge to impoverished nations and their inhabitants. I will expound on three ethical theories and then analyze the Merck case according to each theory‚ summarizing how the authors and proponents
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Part A: Satisfying Service Incident A1: Service Incident Description Name of Firm/Organization: DiGi Telecommunications Sdn. Bhd. Type of Service or Industry: Telecommunication Service Provider Date and Time of Incident: 11/08/2010‚ 3:28 P.M. Circumstances Leading to Incident This incident happened in Berjaya Times Square‚ Kuala Lumpur. I came across an advertisement on DiGi website regarding “What Berry Are You?” promoting the latest mobile data plan package; DiGi Smart Plan Lite. This
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Posing to be a successful division of the organization‚ the Big Eats Deli sandwiches at 7-Eleven‚ Inc. were pleased with the continued progress this sector offered (Bell & Hagan‚ 2012). Utilizing a strategy determined in a cross-cultural market‚ 7-Eleven CEO James Keyes found it to be intriguing and challenging to implement such a plan in the United States. However due to strong competition amongst convenience stores in the United States and different eating habits of consumers‚ this proved to
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Giordano Holdings Limited‚ Inc. Case SITUATION Jimmy Lai was born into poverty in Guandong‚ China. He was exposed to many western retail businesses that encouraged him to join the retail market himself. He thought of using a pizza parlor name to open his clothing chain. Lai founded Giordano in Hong kong in 1981. Giordano’s success is measured by the company’s relentless focus on its five corporate business values of quality‚ knowledge‚ innovation‚ simplicity and service. The company has its own
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Commercial Fixtures Inc. Case a) What does Commercial Fixtures do? What is their competitive position in the market place? CFI manufactures custom-engineered fluorescent lighting fixtures used for commercial and institutional applications Strive on designing products that are specific to the customer’s/lighting Goals in the company are to find the right product for the customer’s particular needs and build a relationship with the customers Their prices aren’t as sensitive as other commonplace
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PGA TOUR‚ INC v. MARTIN Facts of the Case In 2001‚ a case called PGA Tour‚ Inc v. Martin was opened due to a disabled golfer‚ Casey Martin (respondent)‚ who proclaimed that the PGA Tour (petitioner) could not legally deny him the choice to ride in a golf cart in between shots. Preceding this case‚ the PGA Tour required that all golfers should walk in between shots after the third stage‚ and reasoned that this policy represented an important characteristic of the game of golf. The case was presented
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Case Study - Salesforce.Com: Cloud Services Go Mainstream Salesforce.com provides customer relationship management and other software applications using the software-as-a-service business model over the Internet. Cloud computing‚ also known as on-demand computing‚ eliminates the need for a business to make large up-front hardware and software investments and reduces the time to implement new programs. Subscribers to Salesforce.com don’t have to purchase or maintain maintain any an hardware
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Sandwich Blitz‚ Inc. After reading the scenario about the Sandwhich Blitz Inc Case I learned about their strengths‚ weaknesses‚ Opportunities and threats that the business faces if Dalman and Lei expand their business. Dalman and Lei strengths are their attitude towards their business‚ and team cooperation. I chose attitude as one of their strengths because you should have a positive attitude about everything you do or try to do. When managing your business there are many challenges that employees
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restructuring of debt. The analysis examines issues faced by a company experiencing financial distress such as a conflict of interest among debt holders‚ management and stockholders and corporate responsibility in practice. Dice‚ Inc‚ a provider of online recruiting services for technology professionals faced a series of challenges which included a troubled economy‚ undesirable balance sheets and heartless debt holders following the crash of the dot.com bubble. The company earned revenue from customer
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