since its founding as a motorcycle manufacturer on July 1‚ 1955‚ Yamaha Motor Company has worked to build products which stand among the very best in the world through its constant pursuit of quality; and at the same time‚ through these products‚ it has sought to contribute to the quality of life of people all over the world. Following on the success of our motorcycles‚ Yamaha began manufacturing powerboats and outboard motors in 1960. Since then‚ we have used our engine and FRP technology as a base
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The Bribery Scandal at Siemens AG Analysis This case discusses the bribery scandals that were unearthed at Siemens AG in 2006 and 2007. There were a series of scandals that involved some of the company’s employees bribing foreign officials to gain contracts and creating slush funds for this purpose. Siemens agreed to pay €1 billion towards settlement of corruption charges $800 million of which was a fine imposed by U.S. in addition to the billions of euro paid in fines‚ back taxes and late interest
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ACCOUNTING-BASED EARNINGS MANAGEMENT AND REAL ACTIVITIES MANIPULATION A Dissertation Presented to The Academic Faculty by Wei Yu In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the School of Management Georgia Institute of Technology August 2008 Copyright 2008 by Wei Yu 3327682 Copyright 2008 by Yu‚ Wei All rights reserved 2008 3327682 ACCONTING-BASED EARNINGS MANAGEMENT AND REAL ACTIVITIES MANIPULATION Approved by: Dr
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Waltham Motors Case Individual Analysis Measurement I Kofi Opoku October 11‚ 2010 Professor Brett Hunkins Company Background: Waltham Motors Division is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marco Corporation. The company manufactures electric motors of a single design which are usually purchased by household appliance manufacturers. The company was later acquired in 2003 by Marco Corporation. Prior to the acquisition‚ it was a family business. Problem: Sharon Michaels‚ who happened to be appointed
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States government have assumed control of General Motors? If you were to read a story in the news that a government had assumed control of a private company‚ what country might come to your mind? Possibly Russia‚ Cuba‚ China‚ maybe even Vietnam? Probably the United States would be the furthest from your mind. Not everything the United States government does should be considered socialistic‚ but obtaining control of the private company General Motors was an act of socialistic behavior. As Lake Land
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Sakib Khan Electric Eels – Physics The animal that is usually known as electric eel is in fact not really an eel but a freshwater species related more to the carp family or catfish family. These unique freshwater predators got their name from the immense electrical charge that they can easily generate to stun or even kill their preys and dissuade predators. Electric eels can grow extremely large which usually can reach as high as 8 foot long and weigh a great amount of 45lbs. In addition to this
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Case 2 Tata Motors 1. Describe the economic characteristics of the global motor vehicle industry. The 2008 financial crisis began in the American subprime mortgage crisis‚ eventually evolved into a global financial crisis. Most countries because of the impact of the financial crisis‚ leading to a sharp slowdown in consumer’s vehicle demand. Also‚ because of the financial crisis‚ the global motor vehicle industry experienced a full-scale market competition. Some small car companies to be phased
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and a motor in a circuit with two jumpers. 4. The theory was applied. The jumpers were connected to the alternate voltage supply. 5. The direction of DC motor was tested and determined. 6. All switches were in closed position at initial condition. 7. Only switch 1 and 4 was closed at the first condition as in figure 2(a). The direction of DC motor and the RPM of DC motor was recorded 8. Switch 1 was opened and switch 2 was closed as in figure 2(b) after the first reading was recorded. The motor was
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Application Report SPRA420A - February 2000 Switched Reluctance Motor Control – Basic Operation and Example Using the TMS320F240 Michael T. DiRenzo Digital Signal Processing Solutions ABSTRACT This report describes the basic operation of switched reluctance motors (SRMs) and demonstrates how a TMS320F240 DSP-based SRM drive from Texas Instruments (TI™) can be used to achieve a wide variety of control objectives. The first part of the report offers a detailed review of the operation
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General Motors was founded in September of 1908 by William Durant during a time that there were less than 8‚000 in the United States. Durant was already known in Flint‚ Michigan for his horse drawn vehicles. “At its inception GM held only the Buick Motor Company‚ but in a matter of years would acquire more than 20 companies including Oldsmobile‚ Cadillac‚ and Oakland‚ today known as Pontiac.”(History & Heritage-Creation‚” 2014) General Motors set the tone in the automobile industry with design
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