Before filing for bankruptcy in 2001‚ Enron Corporation was one of the largest integrated natural gas and electricity companies in the world. It marketed natural gas liquids worldwide and operated one of the largest natural gas transmission systems in the world‚ totaling more than 36‚000 miles. It was also one of the largest independent developers and producers of electricity in the world‚ serving both industrial and emerging markets. Timeline Enron began as Northern Natural Gas Company‚ organized
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UVA-F-1606TN Rev. Sept. 1‚ 2011 CARDED GRAPHICS‚ LLC: SHEETER REPLACEMENT DECISION Teaching Note Synopsis and Objectives The owner of a midsize folding carton printer is considering the replacement of an old machine for cutting sheets of paper from rolls (a sheeter) with a new one. This standard capital budgeting analysis‚ which requires identification of both the relevant cash flows and the relevant discount rate‚ is enhanced by an alternative that is not explicitly stated but can be readily
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PRODUCTS 3 Designing and Delivering Services and Products 18 18 3.1 Service and product design at Asahi Breweries 3.2 Product research and development at Microsoft 3.3 Design and development at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) 3.4 Modular design at Sonoco 3.5 Capitalizing through volume at Assa Abloy 3.6 Increasing the freshness of bread in supermarket bakeries 4 Delivering Services 23 4.1 Tipping as a measure of customer service 4.2 Improving service delivery through use of the front
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The Americas Europe/Africa World Headquarters— Pittsburgh 412.257.0600 Düsseldorf 49.2159.91680 Recruitment and Selection London 44.1628.810800 Monterrey (Mexico) 52.8.368.0033 Toronto 416.675.2724 Other major offices in Atlanta‚ Buenos Aires‚ Chicago‚ Dallas‚ Denver‚ Detroit‚ Los Angeles‚ Montreal‚ New York‚ Ottawa‚ San Francisco‚ Santiago‚ São Paulo‚ St. Louis‚ and Vancouver Practices Paris 33.1.41.96.86.86 Survey Other major offices in Helsinki
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201 Corporate Governance: An International Review‚ 2013‚ 21(3): 201–224 Does “Good” Corporate Governance Help in a Crisis? The Impact of Country- and Firm-Level Governance Mechanisms in the European Financial Crisis Marc van Essen*‚ Peter-Jan Engelen‚ and Michael Carney ABSTRACT Manuscript Type: Empirical Research Question/Issue: We examine the effects of firm- and country-level “good” corporate governance prescriptions on firm performance before and during the recent financial crisis
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404 Marie-Victorin Blvd‚ P.O. Box 30 | Phone | +1 819 3635100 | Revenue | 3‚625 (million CAD) | Kingsey Falls‚ QC | Fax | +1 819 3635155 | Net Profit | 99 (million CAD) | J0A 1B0 | Website | www.cascades.com | Employees | 12‚150 (Estimated) | Canada | Exchange | CAS [Toronto Stock Exchange] | Industry | Paper and Packaging | Company Overview Cascades Inc. (Cascades) is a Canada based packaging company‚ carries out operations in production‚ conversion and marketing of packaging and tissue
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scc SM Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR®) model Overview - Version 10.0 supply chain council About Supply Chain Council Supply Chain Council (SCC‚ supply-chain.org) is a global nonprofit organization whose framework‚ improvement methodology‚ and benchmarking tools help member organizations make dramatic and rapid improvements in supply chain performance. SCC established and maintains the supply chain world’s most widely accepted framework for evaluating and comparing supply
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9-793-035 REV: JULY 26‚ 2005 STEPHEN P. BRADLEY Crown Cork & Seal in 1989 John F. Connelly‚ Crown Cork & Seal’s ailing octogenarian chairman‚ stepped down and appointed his long-time disciple‚ William J. Avery‚ chief executive officer of the Philadelphia can manufacturer in May 1989. Avery had been president of Crown Cork & Seal since 1981‚ but had spent the duration of his career in Connelly’s shadow. As Crown’s new CEO‚ Avery planned to review Connelly’s long-followed strategy in light
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Philip Morris USA Inc. & Corporate Social Responsibility - going up into flames? Katrine Brusvang Supervisor: Sandro Nielsen International Virksomhedskommunikation Handelshøjskolen‚ Aarhus Universitet May 2012 Number of Characters: 54812. Philip Morris USA Inc. & Corporate Social Responsibility - going up into to flames? Abstract Today businesses should do more than just generate maximum financial returns. It has become important that businesses operate in a socially responsible way
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Creating a more delicious world Our 2010 repOrt Message from Our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer a 2 b Ever since my first “job” selling girl scout cookies‚ i believed that business could be a force for good. today‚ i know it is. irene B. rosenfeld Chairman and Chief Executive Officer as a global food company‚ we can help raise people up—out of hunger‚ out of poverty‚ toward healthier lifestyles—through what we make and how we make it. Millions of times a day … in ways big and
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