Propped during the industrial revolution‚ Bethlehem Steel dominated the steel landscape for almost a century. From roads to bridges to ships to steel skyscrapers to laying down railroad tracks‚ Bethlehem Steel became a household name across the country. But with its guns and glory came the unfortunate downfall due to strategic management. Below is the picture of a late 1800s watercolor depicting Bethlehem: In Good-to-Great‚ what differentiated good-to-great companies from comparison companies is
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spare time allowed them to do was to develop steel. Having steel allowed them to develop amazing new technologies‚ like strong and flexible tools‚ weapons and armor‚ steel railways and steel trains‚ and steel reinforced tall buildings that could tower over their old brick dwellings. These technologies can and did give civilizations like Spain the power to decimate other civilizations‚ and appropriate their resources. The reason they were able to develop steel was because of people known as specialists
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1. How does Ben’s age affect his decision to get an MBA? This document is the property of Management Development Institute‚ Gurgaon. Ben passed out from college six years ago with a finance undergraduate degree. He is 28 years of age and his goal I to become an investment banker. Ben’s age can affect his decision to get an MBA due to the following reasons: o His age determines the time period wherein he can be productively employed. The time window available to Ben keeps on reducing with age
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The MBA Decision NPV Options for Ben: 1. Keep Working Salary = $60‚000‚ tax rate = 26%‚ because of tax rate‚ c = $44‚400 R (discount rate) = 6.5% G (growth rate) = 3% T (the number of period working) = 40 So : Present Value (PV) of Growing Annuity. PVW = C ((1 – ( (1+g)/(1+r))t)/ r – g ) PVW= $44 400 ((1 – ((1+3%)/(1+6.5%))40)/ 6.5% - 3%) PVW = $44 400 ((1 – (1.03/1.065)40)/ 0.035) PVW = $ 44 400 ((1 – 0.2627) / 0.035) PVW = $44
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associated with the solution of LPP. In this class‚ these aspects will be discussed with the help of an example. However‚ this visualization is possible for a maximum of two decision variables. Thus‚ a LPP with two decision variables is opted for discussion. However‚ the basic principle remains the same for more than two decision variables also‚ even though the visualization beyond twodimensional case is not easily possible. Let us consider the same LPP (general form) discussed in previous class‚ stated
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Making Ethical Decisions Ethics is a philosophical characteristic that relates to the moralities of human beings and the moral principles that govern one ’s behavior. Ethics are a person’s morals that govern their behavior‚ while the morals are the specific standards that cause them to (re)act. For example‚ being ethical could mean following certain laws of a society‚ or religious beliefs. The definition of what being ethical may be is subjective to what culture or society somebody is from.
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(2007) stated‚ “Professional accountants owe their primary loyalty to the public interest‚ not just to their own financial interests‚ company directors or management‚ or current shareholders at the expense of future shareholders.” (Chap. 1‚ p. 22). Decisions made by executives should reflect their corporation’s ethical values. In knowing this information‚ the case of Daniel Potter and his employer Baker Greenleaf raises some concern. I will address the dilemmas of the case‚ the stakeholders involved
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1. Pricing decisions Factors to consider when setting prices All profit organizations and many non profit organizations must set prices on their products or services. Simply defined‚ price is the amount of money charged for a product or service. More broadly‚ price is the sum of the values consumers exchange for the benefits of having or using the product or service. A company ’s pricing decisions are affected both by internal company factors and by external environmental factors. These factors
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Major Themes of Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel As Jared Diamond examines the major factors of a great civilization after being posed by Yali’s question‚ he comes to an astounding realization. It is that Asians and Europeans came to be powerful not because they were smarter or better than other civilizations‚ but because they were luckier in terms of geography. Diamond focuses on the idea that the success of a society is not catalyzed by genetics or natural superiority‚ but instead by these two major
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compare theclinical efficacy and patient perception of steel bur‚ polymer and ceramic bur in caries excavation. Study design 40 children in the age group of 8-14 years with at least three occlusal carious lesions in any of the maxillary/mandibular first permanent molars were included in this study. The selected carious first permanent molar teeth in each patient were randomly assigned to receive restoration after cariousdentin removal withthe Steel bur group‚ Polymer bur group and the Ceramic bur group
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