raising $68 million and making a landmark transition to a publicly traded company. However‚ the IPO also brought along a major class action lawsuit that would take 10 years and the Supreme Court of Canada to resolve. In fact‚ this became a landmark case on financial reporting and corporate disclosure responsibilities. Table 1 summarizes the key events surrounding the IPO. Table 1: Key events surrounding Danier’s prospectus and IPO Date May 6‚ 1998 May 16‚ 1998 May 20‚ 1998 June 4‚ 1998 June 27
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Case Study of Automobile Industry Research on General Motors Description of Automobile Industry: Automobile industry is the modern manufacturing industry including commercial vehicles (CVs)‚ cars‚ three-wheelers and two-wheelers segments. The automotive industry has been playing a leading role in spurring growth in economies throughout the world since the industrial revolution. It is a sector characterized by not only tremendous potential growth‚ but also very high profile trade disputes‚ and
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Exactostock/SuperStock 534 Analyzing Financial Statements: A Managerial Perspective Home and G arden Warehouse (HGW) is a large home i m p r o v e m e n t r e t a i l e r‚ m u c h l i k e H o m e D e p o t o r L o w e ’s . A number of managers are interested in its financial situation. For example‚ Barbara Wilson‚ president of HGW‚ wants to know whether the company has been able to obtain planned discounts from suppliers and reduce selling and operating expenses. Bob Watson‚ a manager at
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BRIARWOOD INDUSTRIES CASE STUDY Diane Williamson sat at her desk staring out of the office window. Today‚ she expected to be promoted to vice-president (VP) of marketing but she was writing her resignation. Welldressed‚ as always in her best navy blue suit‚ she looked successful but felt like a failure. She joined in 1999 as an experienced furniture sales rep‚ and the company was already one of the largest of its type. However‚ business was bad and sales were falling. She soon became one of
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conventional costing system for their production of valves. The conventional costing system is used to trace and as well as to accumulate all of the direct costs and then disseminates the indirect costs of a manufacturing process. And so in this case‚ it is known that Mahir Industrial’s conventional costing system is used firstly‚ in order to find out every manufacturing department’s product costs. Besides that‚ the company’s direct cost consists of valves‚ pumps and as well as flow controllers
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Responses will vary depending on which firms are used as examples. Some industries‚ such as the U.S. auto industry‚ have a long history and tradition of workforce furlough and recall to match production with demand. Generations of employees are accustomed to this cycle‚ and fairly smoothly transition between working in the plant during good times and finding other temporary careers when business is slow. Other industries‚ such as utilities‚ have a history of stable employment‚ but are now faced
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HOW ATTRACTIVE IS THE INDUSTRY ? An attractive industry with a high average return on investment will be difficult to enter because entry barriers are high‚ suppliers and buyers have only modest bargaining power‚ substitute products or services are few‚ and the rivalry among competitors is stable. An unattractive industry like steel will have structural flaws‚ including a plethora of substitute materials‚ powerful and price-sensitive buyers‚ and excessive rivalry caused by high fixed costs and a
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1. Drawing on the five forces model‚ explain why the pharmaceutical industry has historically been a very profitable? a. Rivalry among competing firms i. Patent protected medicine allows prating monopoly ii. In pharmaceutical industry they have several strong competition compete again few rather than more companies b. Threat of substitute product i. Very costly to introduce a new drugs ii. So many medicines protect by patent law‚ all competitors can make countertrend drugs who have almost
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The traditional chemical and process manufacturing (CPM) industry is at the cusp of a massive digital transformation. Companies and their industrial processes need to adapt to this rapid change if they are not to be left behind by developments in the industry and by their competitors. The focus during this transformation would be around Customer Engagement‚ Supplier Relationships and Business networks‚ Big Data Analytics‚ Cloud‚ Mobility‚ Internet of Things‚ etc. Customer centricity and engagement
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Case-14A: Social Networking Gone Wrong 14-14. The hospital administration did the right thing of taking appropriate action against the doctors and nurses for their behavior that occurred outside of the hospital environment. Speaking negative about clients in public and at the same time showing the place where they work at can have a sever effect on the reputation of the organization. It was in the best interest of the hospital to take action in order for the doctors and nurses to understand that
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