NCSU - College of Management Industry Case Write-Up Close examination of Wal-Mart Yanlong Li 2/8/2009 Yanlong Li BUS 340 – 001 2/8/2009 Industry Case Write-Up The retail industry has always been in the frontline of utilizing information technology infrastructures and information systems. Many major businesses within the industry quickly adopt and adapt the new way of doing business‚ tracking shipments‚ and monitoring inventories – all through the utilization of new technologies and electronic
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Professor Coyle Auditing-Case Write Up 30 September 2014 The Leslie Fay Companies Case Summary The Leslie Fay Companies is a women’s apparel manufacturer headquartered in New York‚ but with its accounting offices located in Pennsylvania. The company performed business in a way that did not utilize modern computerized systems to track sales and growth‚ but in an old-fashioned way that yet‚ still let them perform well in their revenues and earnings. The major names in this case include the CEO of Leslie
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Case: Land Securities Group (A): Choosing Cost or Fair Value on Adoption of IFRS Case Number: 9-105-014 Topic: Financial Reporting and Control Description: A U.K. real estate firm‚ required to adopt international accounting standards (IAS) by 2005‚ must change the reporting of its primary asset (investment property) from the revaluation model under U.K. GAAP to either the cost or fair-value model under IAS. This would have a number of effects on European investment property firms‚ including
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SWECO‚ Inc. Case Write-Up SWECO is in the precision machinery industry‚ products include Process Equipments‚ such as separator(sold internationally to many industries)‚ replacement parts and screens‚ grinding mills‚ finishing equipments‚ and centrifugal wastewater concentrator. SWECO’s success factors are: technology lead‚ dominating the fine-screen manufacturing market(other suppliers cannot provide with the same high quality); Good reputation‚ with many existing customers worldwide; follow-on
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Alin NIRAMORN Case Study Methods Lori Ostlund 09/019/2012 Case Write-Up Summary of Case Situation In the case‚ Raleigh & Rosse‚ Simons and Mahoney (2011) report that in the beginning of year 2010‚ R&R is being sued by its sales associates. The Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) states that R&R has continued breaking the state law by encouraging employee to work “off the clock”. R&R is a U.S. luxury good retailer run by family member. The company mission is to serve their costumers
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Executive Summary Yale’s endowment is currently targeting its investment portfolio at a target investment is 33% in private equity‚ 28% in real assets‚ 19% in absolute return‚ 9% in foreign equity‚ 7% in domestic equity‚ and 4% in bonds. In the changing global economy‚ Yale is looking to modify its investment strategy to effectively take advantage of new opportunities as they present themselves. Yale takes proper precautions to mitigate risks and to find the best available investments by
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Google Case Write Up Google has long been seen as a phenomenal company to invest in. Year after year the company continually performs well and gets returns for it investors. This also results in a very high stock price for the company which in recent years has become more volatile. The reason for this was because it periodically missed analyst’s forecasts when it came to items such as EPS. Some believe that because they have a no guidance policy that missing the analyst’s forecasts has the possibility
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Write up—Hill Country Snack Foods Co. Hill Country Snack Foods Co‚ located in Austin‚ Texas‚ mainly manufactured‚ marketed‚ and distributed a variety of snacks. The company’s efficient operations‚ quality products‚ and comprehensive network of distribution promote stable growth and enduring success. Investors owe the achievement of Hill Country to Howard Keener，the company’s CEO for over fifteen years‚ who strongly believed that management’s job was to maximize shareholder value. Keener himself
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classroom assessment to support learning. However‚ the ‘accountability’ juggernaut was not for turning‚ even though the Blair dynasty’s clarion call of “Education! Education! Education!” had not yet begun to ring hollow. It was the day we decided to up the ante and make it our target to resurrect assessment by teachers‚ not to abandon testing‚ but to refocus assessment activities where they should be‚ on pupil learning. The King’s College pair had been long-term advocates of formative assessment
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Case 2: Zara 1. What are the essential elements of Zara’s business model? The business idea of Zara is to link customer demand to manufacturing‚ and to link manufacturing to distribution. And based on this general idea‚ Zara has several essential elements for its business model. First‚ speed and decision making‚ which means that in the external level‚ Zara need to respond very quickly to demands of target customers‚ and always keep in style. While for the inside‚ Zara treasure intelligence
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