Wenyan Liu Individual Assignment #1 4/5/2015 MBC619 Corporate Strategy Boeing Corporate-level Strategies Analysis and Recommendation Modified parts are underlined Two main business units of Boeing are “Boeing commercial airplanes and Boeing defence‚ space & security‚ in which the products and modified services are based on providing commercial and military aircrafts‚ satellites‚ weapons‚ electronic and defence systems‚ launch systems‚ advanced information and communication systems‚ and performance-based
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Introduction It is believed that being socially responsible helps to achieve an organizational success. Based on journal reading‚ developing a model of theory and modern examples‚ we can found out clearly that corporate social responsibility (CSR) does help enhance organization’s competitive advantage so as to achieve an organizational success. Model of thinking Corporate Social Responsibility Positive Social Change Employee Commitment Competitive Advantage Organizational Success Corporate
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year. In addition‚ ZARA has more designers than competitors in order to create sophisticated and attractive products. b. Production ZARA prepares very limited volumes of new items to analyze customer’s reaction‚ lowering failure rates‚ approximately 1%‚ on new products. c. Marketing and Sales Central distribution centers control all of merchandise and ship twice a week to each retail store‚ which gives customer impressions of freshness of ZARA’s offering. In addition‚ ZARA limits production runs
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Zara’s financial performance? Since only Inditex historical financials are shown in the case‚ we took the financials of Inditex to describe Zara’s financial performance. It is reasonable to take Inditex financial data because Zara made up 76% of Inditex’s sales in 2001. Zara (Inditex) Financial Performance in 1996-2001 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Liquidity Ratio (current ratio) 0.81 1.00 0.88 0.87 0.90 1.02 Leverage Ratio (debt/ equity) 1.98 1.84 1.97 1.98 1.80 0.75 Profitability
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1 | Sunset Boards | | 2010 Income Statements | | $ (Thousands) | | | | | Net Sales | $321‚437.00 | | COGS | $(163‚849.00) | | S&A | $(32‚223.00) | | Depreciation | $(46‚255.00) | | EBIT | $79‚110.00 | | Interest | $(10‚056.00) | | Taxable Income | $69‚054.00 | | Tax (20%) = 13‚810.2 | $(13‚810.80) | | Net Income | $55‚243.20 | | | | | Retained Earnings | $27‚621.60 | | Dividents | $27‚621.60 | | | | | Sunset Boards
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Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate social responsibility (CSR) can be defined as the "economic‚ legal‚ ethical‚ and discretionary expectations that society has of organizations at a given point in time" (Carroll and Buchholtz 2003‚ p. 36). The concept of corporate social responsibility means that organizations have moral‚ ethical‚ and philanthropic responsibilities in addition to their responsibilities to earn a fair return for investors and comply
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assurances by contract with Zara. The vendor also informed Zara that they are the vendor’s only customer still running DOS based applications. Store managers at Zara also utilize handheld PDA for inventory purposes and for ordering new inventory‚ the use of which are not necessarily as effective as alternate technologies. There is a risk that the terminal vendor will make changes in the future and as such‚ they will no longer make terminals that are DOC compatible‚ leaving Zara to face obsolescence in
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Design As the flagship brand of Inditex‚ Zara possesses a large amount of capital for investment in product design. Moreover‚ the young but capable designers in Zara have the sensitivity to capture the newest trendy style. They are the typical air traveler busy shuttle back and forth all kinds of fashion shows and trade fairs in Paris‚ New York‚ London‚ and Milan‚ from which they can get inspiration and recognize the fashion trend accurately. Therefore‚ Zara could rapidly design and release fashion-sensitive
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Corporate governance broadly refers to the mechanisms‚ processes and relations by which corporations are controlled and directed.[1] Governance structures identify the distribution of rights and responsibilities among different participants in the corporation (such as the board of directors‚ managers‚ shareholders‚ creditors‚ auditors‚ regulators‚ and otherstakeholders) and includes the rules and procedures for making decisions in corporate affairs. Corporate governance includes the processes through
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CG 601 PROJECT PAPER [pic] STUDENT NAME: MARK MISOMALI STUDENT ID NO: 24ELI-11765 INTAKE AND VENUE: EVENING 24‚ LILONGWE LECTURER’s NAME: GAW KACHALI DATE SUBMITTED: DECEMBER 01‚ 2011 PREFACE Many organizations of private or public nature are not spared from the risks of fraud and corruption. The complex business processes make it impossible to find a common solution for combating fraud and corruption. Even in similar business processes the nature of fraud and
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