Ferguson v Wilson (1866) LR 2 Ch App 77 ‘The company itself cannot act in its own person… it can only act through directors’‚ Cairns LJ‚ pp 89-90. Ernest v Nicholls (1857) 6 HL Cas 401 ‘[The shareholders] can only act through the directors‚ and the acts of the individual shareholders have no effect whatever on the company at large’‚ Lrd Wensleydale‚ p 419. Bushell v Faith 1969 1 All ER 1002 Where directors were empowered by the articles to increased voting rights on any resolution to remove
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of ratios to be calculated are: Liquidity Ratios: 1. Current Ratio 2. Quick Ratio 3. Cash Ratio Solvency Ratios: 1. Interest Coverage Ratio 2. Debt Equity Ratio 3. Proprietary Ratio Profitability Ratios: 1. Gross Profit Ratio 2. Operating Profit Ratio 3. Net Profit Ratio 4. Earnings Per Share (EPS) Return Ratios: 1. Return on capital employed 2. Return on equity 3. Return on total assets Turnover Ratios: 1. Asset turnover 2. Fixed asset turnover 3. Working capital turnover 4
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The Medicines Company - Case Analysis The Medicines Company is ready to launch a recent drug acquisition‚ Angiomax‚ into the market‚ however its CEO Clive Meanwell is uncertain as to the appropriate price to charge for the drug. Angiomax serves as an alternative drug to heparin‚ a low-priced anticoagulant commonly used for patients undergoing angioplasty. While Angiomax has proven to be a more effective drug for both high-risk and very high-risk patients‚ the Medicines Company is challenged
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public‚ along with director Hallie Flanagan establishing the Federal Theater Project (FTP). With high expectations for the FTP to help the arts‚ it failed. With there being constant conflict between the commercial theater advocates and independent non-profit theater supports about funding‚ theaters began to slowly rise. “Hard hit by both the Depression and the rise of the cinema‚ the commercial theater had been trying unsuccessfully to gain government backing for a financially devastated Broadway as early
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Company Overview In developed countries‚ car rental companies such as Enterprise‚ Hertz‚ or Avis are everywhere‚ but which company is number one in this industry? Certainly‚ the answer is Enterprise. “Enterprise Rent-A-Car (Enterprise) is a privately held car rental company. It is engaged in vehicle leasing‚ fleet management services and sale of used cars. The company operates in the US and Canada. It is headquartered in St. Louis‚ Missouri and employs 65‚000 people. The company recorded revenues
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Freeman‚ R. E. (1997). A Stakeholder Theory of the Modern Corporation. In T. L. Beauchamp‚ & N. E. Bowie‚ Ethicall Theory and Business (p. 66). New Jersey: Prentice Hall. Friedman‚ M. (1997). The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profit. In T. L. Beauchamp‚ & N. E. Bowie‚ Ethical Theory and Business (p. 56). New Jersey: Pentice hall. Kant‚ I. (1997). Normative Ethical Theory. In T. L. Beauchamp‚ & N. E. Bowie‚ Ethical Theory and Business (pp. 28-29). New Jersey: Prentice Hall. Simon
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Managing a Family Business The Vega Food Company March 16‚ 2014 The Vega Food Company case is about the Valle family. Franciso Valle Sr. was the entrepreneur-owner of Industrias La Vega‚ he was married to Isabel and had they had six kids. Five of their kids are girls Rosa‚ 47; Ana‚ 42; Maria‚ 38; Tere‚ 33; and Mari‚ 27 one son Franciso Jr.‚ 45. Franciso Sr. died in 1994 and left Franciso Jr.‚ as his successor. Before Franciso Sr. passed‚ Franciso Jr. was the President
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Morrissey Forgings‚ Inc. This heavily disguised case is set in the "mature" woodstoves business in 1986. It is not based on The Vermont Castings Company. The issue is product line strategy based on product line profitability. In early 1986‚ Tim Morrissey was reviewing the disappointing 1985 results of operations for his company (see Exhibit 1). The business had been founded in 1938 by Tim’s grandfather as a modernization of an older iron forge company which Tim’s great-great-grandfather had
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10th September 2013 Company Case Topic Target: From “Expect more” to “Pay Less” ANSAI SONY Group 10 Section: A‚ 1st Semester Bachelor of Business Management (2013-2016) Q.1: What micro environmental factors have affected Target’s performance over the past few years? The factors that have affected Target’s performance: Micro environmental factors that affected them would include Company‚ competitors‚ media‚ and intermediaries. Target itself‚ is a discount
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Paraguay‚ Uruguay‚ and Argentine. The economic volatility in the region requires extraordinary focus on resource utilization and profit measurement. The highlights issues about D’Aqiono are dealing with marketing unit performance‚ product line profitability‚ profit impact of marketing programs‚ and sales strategy. In addition‚ by linking events to the Mercosur context‚ the case offers an opportunity to explore the economic and political circumstances that surround the customs union. Journey of D’
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