marketplace for books to providing web services to online retailers‚ storage solutions and a dramatically expanded product line. Nevertheless‚ despite massive sales the company failed to produce a profit for shareholders and Amazon was on the brink of bankruptcy at the beginning of 2001. If I were a shareholder who received the company’s 2000 annual report‚ I would have strongly agreed with CEO Jeff Bezos that the company must achieve profitability by year-end 2001. I would recommend that the company
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Ethics of Penn Square Bank & the Dow Corning Bankruptcy According to Norm Bowie‚ “sometimes being moral enhances the bottom line rather than reduces it” (Hartman‚ 2005‚ p108). Unfortunately‚ in the instances of Penn Square Bank and the Dow Corning bankruptcy‚ that may not have been the case. The following will examine the particulars of these situations and discuss the ethical issues present for each. Penn Square Bank Penn Square Bank was a small bank that played a large role in the Oklahoma
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Amazon.com: The Brink of Bankruptcy Jeffrey Bezos‚ formerly a senior vice president for D. E. Shaw & Company‚ founded Amazon.com in 1994. D. E. Shaw is a Wall Street-based investment bank‚ and Mr. Bezoswas assigned to find good Internet companies in which to invest. During the summer of 1994‚ he stumbled across a Web site that showed the number of Internet users was growing by 2‚300 percent per month. He quickly realized the vast potential of the Internet‚ and began putting together a list of
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for bankruptcy. Bankruptcy is a process in which consumers and businesses can eliminate or repay some or all of their debts under the protection of the federal bankruptcy court. For the most part‚ bankruptcies can be divided into two types -- liquidation and reorganization. When a business liquidates its asset they sale their assets and the proceeds go to pay their debts. When a business reorganizes they find a way to remind open to try to make a profit. A business filing for bankruptcy only
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Case Study: Marvel What does Marvel’s current Success look like? Marvel’s current success is largely thanks to a three-pronged approach. It utilizes its characters fame to promote revenue in comic book publishing‚ toys‚ and licensing. After successfully navigating a near collapse‚ the company has re-invented itself by truly focusing on its library of characters. By redeveloping its products – like focusing on quality of publishing‚ modernizing for younger generations‚ changing structure to four
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Enterprise Bankruptcy Law of China December‚ 1st‚ 2013 Contents A. Introduction "PRC Enterprise Bankruptcy Law" by the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People ’s Congress of the PRC on the twenty-third meeting of 27 August 2006‚ adopted in order to regulate bankruptcy process‚ fairness clearing debts‚ protection the legitimate rights and interests of creditors and debtors‚ safeguard the socialist market economic order‚ so
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Management Spring 2013 Case #1 – The ‘Comic’ Book is Always Better Marvel Comic Books – Printed Edition Strengths | Weaknesses | Strong Brand Equity Strong Financial PositionCore UsersLeadership | Distribution PointsFocus on Digital Growth | Opportunities | Threats | Foreign MarketsPromotion PointPlacement Opportunities | Digital Comic Books Competing Media | Strengths. a. Strong Brand Equity – Marvel Comics has strong name recognition in the United States and in most developed
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Background It all began with the financial crisis of 2007-2008‚ a crisis which was of a scale that had never been seen before. Many economists called it even worse than the Great Depression. Whether it was or not‚ that’s something that could be argued. But everyone was of the view that the crisis is really very serious. As a result of it large financial institutions collapsed‚ banks were being bailed out by the national governments and stock markets tanked to their new lows. This caused the collapse
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Strategic Restructuring and Organizational Developments Introduction This discussion is directed toward company restructuring and repositioning‚ specifically my personal experiences in a project dependant industry‚ and the evolution of a business structure and organizational culture of flexibility and adaptability. Many companies operating in a project specific and contract dependant industry are required to align employees with processes and strategies to ensure smooth transition in an often
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Case Reading: Marvel Enterprises‚ Inc. 1. In your view‚ what strategic direction should Marvel Enterprises’ Vice Chairman Peter Cuneo and his colleagues pursue? Why? How? • I believe the company should focus on developing their lesser-known characters and making them known to their audiences. Granted they now have the resources to expand beyond the current business model to take on more capital-intensive activities‚ their efforts may be in vein if they don’t have well-developed characters
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