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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STUDY QUESTIONS Eli‚ Lilly 1998 (A): Strategic Challenges 1. What were the strategic challenges for pharmaceutical companies in the 1990s? 2. How did Lilly respond to these challenges? How does globalization allow Lilly to better cope with them? 3. Suppose that you are a top manager of a Korean pharmaceutical company. How would you formulate your strategy in the face of pharma giants’ (like Lilly) aggressive strategic moves toward globalization? Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing
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rattles‚ bottles and eating utensils) was launched in 1960 and currently features some 300 products. This line is largely manufactured in Reedsburg‚ WI‚ and China. In 1994‚ Sandoz Ltd.‚ a pharmaceutical manufacturer‚ purchased Gerber. The 1996 merger of Sandoz and Ciba Geigy‚ also known for producing pharmaceuticals‚ established the Novartis company. Located in Basle‚ Switzerland‚ Novartis positions Gerber as a primary member of its consumer health division. The company began in the Gerber
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Case Write Up: Datril Bristol-Myers have been very successful in analgesic market for many years with Aspirin type pain relievers marketed as Bufferin and Excedrin. Together with Bayer Aspirin by Sterling Drug Company‚ three aforementioned aspirin type pain relievers comprised of 90% of Analgesic market. One other type of pain relievers‚ Acetaminophen‚ have emerged into the market and its growth in the market seemed quite significant compared to that of aspirin type pain relievers. Although acetaminophen
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rP os t HKU978 NIKHIL CELLY op yo HAIER IN INDIA: BUILDING PRESENCE IN A MASS MARKET BEYOND CHINA In a short 25 years‚ Haier Inc had emerged from being a small refrigerator factory in northeast China to becoming the world’s biggest appliance seller by retail volume. It had exported to developed markets in the 1990s‚ set up factories overseas and created a global retail chain that made it an unmatched success in China. This company that made its name by exporting refrigerators
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increased rate of unemployed and job dissatisfaction. As imply‚ many people engaged in direct selling because direct selling have the vast opportunities available to young and old alike to earn additional income to supplement their lifestyle‚ and in this case‚ their golden years. The context of this study will define what sales agent is‚ how they perform; what are the importance of rewards to the effectiveness performance of sales agents in selling products and how does distributors motivate their salespeople/sales
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Finance Case Study Dilemma of Asian Bags Asia Paper Bag has since 1990 operated as a manufacturer of plastic carrier bags supplying them on a contract-manufacturing basis to well-known supermarket chains‚ fast-food outlets‚ pharmacies and department stores. Lately‚ Asia Paper Bag exports customized plastic carrier bags to Marks n Spencer and Boots Pharmacy in the United Kingdom. During the Asian financial crisis‚ Asia Paper Bag had
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HKU833 STEPHEN KO AIRASIA: FLYING LOW-COST WITH HIGH HOPES AirAsia started out as a Malaysian government-controlled‚ full-service regional airline that offered slightly lower fares than its number-one competitor‚ Malaysia Airlines (“MAS”). In December 2001‚ private entrepreneur Tony Fernandes took over the debt-ridden airline for the symbolic sum of US$0.26. Despite the air-travel downturn following the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks‚ Fernandes believed that the timing for entering
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American Connector Company (A) Assignment Questions: 1.How serious is the threat of DJC to American Connector Company? 2.How bug are the cost differences between DJC’s plant and American Connector’s Sunnyvale plant? Consider both DJC’s performance in Kawasaki and its potential in the United States. 3.What accounts for these differences? How much of the differences is inherent in the way each of the two companies compete? How much is due strictly to differences in the efficiency of hte operations
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in auditing public audit firms and individual auditors. This was done through establishment of proper quality control measures on the work of auditors to minimize the audit risks that firms could face while conducting their work. The Ligand Pharmaceuticals case presents a perfect situation where the Sarbanes Oxley act was violated and required the enforcement of the law by the PCOAB. The questions that follow will therefore try to address the auditing provisions that were brought by the SOX‚ the role
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