Essays on Corporations

Olin differentiates itself from competitors by focusing the merchant market. Sales and growth This is a cyclical industry. This cyclical arises because supply is limited by the physical capacity of manufacturing facilities and ability to sell the co-product. Given these are commodity products, prices are …

Wal-Mart is the largest retailer in the world, specializing in the operation of mass merchandising stores. It is an irresistible retail force that has yet to meet an immovable object. Bigger than Carrefour, Metro AG, and Royal Ahold combined, it is the world’s #1 retailer, …

Becoming an accountant there are many guidelines and regulations that one must become aware of. The FASB assists in establishing these guidelines through generally accepted accounting principles, GAAP. As an accountant one must follow GAAP while producing any reports for a business. Consequently, the author …

Daily Mirror, New York Post, Sun, Times, XX Century Fox Films, HarperCollins… – is there anybody, who doesn’t know these names nowadays? But not everybody knows that all of them are the names of great Empire News Corporation, which belongs to Rupert Murdoch. (more…)

The objective of the marketing strategy is to capture and retain a share of the children’s healthy beverage market. The goal of the project is to achieve $10 million in sales the first year after introduction of the product, and ultimately achieve $40 million in …

Adoption of buying beans has become problematic due to low capacity of market value. This obviously is more of a corporate trick to reduce the coffee price equity and force a stifled price on the seller while in the export market the price is favourable. …

I chose this court case because the decision will have effects on many businesses in the United States who own foreign companies. A holding for the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may subject taxpayers in PPL’s position to double taxation. However, a holding for PPL threatens …

The plant’s costs for the semiconductors are higher than the competitor’s market prices since its manufacturing costs are primarily fixed. This means that the cost per unit depends on how much is produced. The more semiconductors produced, the lower the cost per unit will be. …

Even with his ranking in the company, Ron still insisted on a first name basis relationship with his employees and encouraged them to be involved in decision-making. Empowering his employees increased their value in the company and gave them a sense that their outcomes and …

Shares can only be transferred of all shareholders agree, they cannot be sold to the public. This means the owners have direct control over the business. As the owners have limited liability they will never lose more that they have invested. Banks are more willing …

There several ways of being fair in the distribution of raises (or bonuses). It should be specific first that the 25,000 raise is a one time disbursement and not a continuing one. (more…)

Leading from a Global Perspective Module 1: Business in a Globalizing World Assignment 1. 1: Dialogue 1- The Impact of Globalization on Small and Large Corporations Cheryl Tomlin Nov 07, 2012 The Impact of IT and the Internet: Improves shipping and handling procedures and tracking; …

Market sensitive information is the kind of information that has the potential of influencing prices in the market. It is confidential and price sensitive information. (Duarte, 2008). Information involving sales is usually market sensitive given the fact that Foster’s agreed to purchase Fijian Holdings Limited …

Introduction The Financial Accounting Standards Board – FASB establishes standards of financial accounting which help accountants, companies, auditors and other users of financial statements. FASB issues Statements of Financial Accounting Standards-SFAS.  FASB has so far issued 163 statements of standards. This paper will cover SFAS …

Prohibited drugs have been one of the major concerns of the federal government for the past decades. Various negative effects of prohibited drugs not only on the user itself but also on the immediate community of the latter have been identified. Due to this, various …

David Mackenzie’s case is that of a typical entrepreneur who started and family run business that experiences success and outgrows its existing set-up. Hitherto, Mackenzie thrived on one-off contracts and other local businesses, and his two other companies ran more or less the way it …

Date: 19 Jan 1:30:27 From: Dennis Reese Subject: Revenue Cycle Problems I have looked over Bradley’s report and yes we do have some issues with the Sales, and Account Receivables. The fourth quarter deviations overstated are the worst because they can have the most effect …

Introduction and Aim of the Review This review of WorldCom is based on the Extraordinary Circumstances by Cynthia Cooper. The purpose of review report is to conclude whether WorldCom satisfied the Code of Ethics and the Attribute and Performance Standards set forth by the IIA. …

Selling price The selling price would equal to the sum of the potential profits realizable by the purchased asset. In order to present a proper amount with respect to the time value and including the market risk and risk premium, the profits have to be …

This section will identify the company’s competition in the clothing industry and show how the firm distinguishes its products from those of its competitors. ? Vanity Fair Corporation is a player in the Textile or Apparel and Clothing Industry. In this industry, Vanity Fair is …

Hormel Food Corporation was founded by George A. Hormel (Born in 1860) & company in Austin, Minnesota. It was a food company best known as producer of SPAM luncheon meat. George initially worked in Chicago slaughter house, became wool and hides buyer and later opened …

Black & Decker Corporation, incorporated in Maryland in 1910, is a leading manufacturer, of power tools and accessories, hardware and home improvement products, and technology-based fastening systems. Duncan Black and Alonzo Decker started the company, and in 1916 they developed the first handheld electric drill …

Sprint Nextel Corporation is the third largest wireless communications company in the United States offering a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications products and services that are designed to meet the needs of individual consumers, businesses, and government subscribers. Sprint Nextel Corporation has seen …

This is one of those picket and shovel companies in the Biotechnology sector. ABSC designs and develops drug discovery technologies and services. Aurora Biosciences is developing a system using fluorescent assay technologies and ultra-high-throughput screening systems (UHTSS) to allow researchers to overcome many limitations of …

Kimberly Clark Corporation was started in the year 1872. There were various founders who came up and decided to have Kimberly Corporation. They include John Kimberly, Frank Shattuck and Havilah Babcock. Initially the entire business was running paper mills. (Hanke, and Reitsch, 1992) Later on …

I want you to look at the Finnish company Seeks Corporation which Is ranked 91 In the Global Powers of Retelling Report, 201 2, (we are ranked at 25). We seem to be at least 3 times bigger than them, so acquisition might be something …

Apple, a Socially Responsible Corporation It is no mystery that companies exist and desire to make a profit from their product or service being offered. However, it is becoming increasing popular that companies desire to achieve social responsibility in order to increase their public image, …

Introduction There is a high level of interaction and interdependence between the business, the government and the society. As business organizations draw their resources from the society and as their actions have a considerable impact on the environment there is a feeling that they should …

Datalink Industrial Corporation (DIC), a fast growing dynamic ISO 9001:2000 certified organisation onto manufacturing of DMP ribbons, assembling of printer cartridges (Inkjet/ Laser jet) and computer accessories under our registered brand name ‘ProDot’. The company was founded by Mr. Pramod Rajpal and Mrs. Rashmi Rajpal …

Bad debt is a serious financial problem affecting the United States. When people do not pay their debts, the economy suffers because the banks, credit card companies, doctors, utility companies, and other businesses lose money. The same applies to when businesses fail to pay their …