Case: The USS Florida The atmosphere in a Trident nuclear submarine is generally calm and quiet. Even pipe joints are cushioned to prevent noise that might tip off a pursuer. The Trident ranks among the world’s most dangerous weaponsCswift‚ silent‚ armed with 24 long‑range missiles carrying 192 nuclear warheads. Trident crews are the cream of the Navy crop‚ and even the sailors who fix the plumbing exhibit a white‑collar decorum. The culture aboard ship is a low‑key‚ collegial one in which sailors
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Health Cruises‚ Inc.‚ packages cruises to Caribbean islands such as Martinique and the Bahamas. Like conventional cruises‚ the packages are designed to be fun. But the cruise is structured to help participants become healthier by breaking old habits‚ such as smoking or overeating. The Miami-based firm was conceived by Susan Isom‚ 30‚ a self-styled innovator and entrepreneur. Prior to this venture‚ she spent several years in North Carolina promoting a behavior-modification clinic. Isom determined
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Abstract Electronic Arts or better known yet as (EA) is known as one of the biggest gaming development companies still around today. Electronic Arts is the organization in which develops markets and distributes the so called EA games. The man behind Electronic Arts Inc is Trip Hawkins who hired designers and programmers to develop EA games as early as 1982. During that time‚ the company developed only home computing games that laid the foundation of today’s EA games which include the Battlefield
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The Human Aspect of Project Management Introduction Project Definition This begins once the project has received formal approval to proceed. Its purpose is to formally document the objectives of the project and decide how the work will be undertaken. The Project Manager will carry out this work‚ in consultation with the Project Sponsor‚ and Sub-Project Manager where there are sub-projects. Project manager A project manager is a professional in the field of project management. Project
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HYPERLINK l _Toc401352836 General theory about the auditor and auditor independence PAGEREF _Toc401352836 h 4 HYPERLINK l _Toc401352837 1.1. General theory about independent external auditor PAGEREF _Toc401352837 h 4 HYPERLINK l _Toc401352838 1.1.1. Definition of independent external auditor PAGEREF _Toc401352838 h 4 HYPERLINK l _Toc401352839 1.1.2. The work of independent external auditor PAGEREF _Toc401352839 h 5 HYPERLINK l _Toc401352840 1.1.3. The role of independent external auditor
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industry (see Exhibit 1 for the definition of ratios used). Balance sheets and income statements for the most recent three years are provided for 10 compa- nies from 10 different industries. Common-sized balance sheets (all items scaled by total assets)‚ com- mon-sized income statements (all items scaled by net sales)‚ and selected financial ratios for the most recent three years are also provided. Since unusual deviation from target values may occur in any given year‚ the values for the items were averaged
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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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Wal-Mart Case Study Introduction 1. Brief History of Wal-Mart Wal-Mart is “the giant chain of discount stores‚ the second largest company in the world‚ with over $400 billion in revenue and 2.1 million associates.” (Philip and Kevin‚ p94) Wal-Mart began its business in 1962 when Sam Walton‚ the owner of Wal-Mart‚ opened up his first discount store in Rogers‚ Arkansas (Philip and Kevin‚ p94). In the next two decades‚ Wal-Mart expanding its scale rapidly. Since 1990s‚ Wal-Mart started to opened
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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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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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