The Pareto Principle (also known as the 80/20 Rule or the Law of the Vital Few) More than a century ago‚ an Italian economist by the name of Vilfredo Pareto observed that 80% of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the population. Subsequently‚ others observed a similar phenomenon in other situations‚ e.g. 80% of sales come from 20% of customers‚ 80% of the rise (or fall) in the value a stock portfolio comes from 20% of the stocks‚ 80% of complaints come from 20% of problems‚ 80% of results are
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* Relevant Facts 1. There are essentially three major categories of hog inventory—live hogs ready for sale‚ developing animals‚ and processed pork products. 2. Not all live hogs in other locations that cannot be easily transported and processed at the Company’s main processing plants. As a result‚ these live hogs must be sold to third parties at spot market prices. 3. There are several factors‚ including increased supply of pork due to the capture of the Big Bad Wolf‚ have lead to the declining
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What Valve does differently to manage and motivate people is basically by having no managers. Valve lets their employees pick their own projects they want to work on. Since Valve is a ‘Flatland’‚ employees pick which projects they want to help work on and can even be recruited by other employees to work on a project with them. You can even move your desk around to different places to work with different people on different projects. They motivate their employees by letting them be creative and
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1. An auditor’s independence is defined as an unbiased‚ free of conflict of interest and impartial reviewing of the results of a company’s financial activities and issuing an opinion on the financial statements. The auditor must remain independent in mind such that he or she may express an opinion on financial statements without being affected by any sort of influences that may distort his or her professional judgement. Moreover‚ the auditor must remain independent in appearance such that his integrity
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1. According to Section 101.01 of the AICPA‚ “A member in public practice shall be independent in the performance of professional services as required by standards promulgated by bodies designated by Council.” In order to avoid conflicts of interest an independent auditor cannot be affiliated with the company he/she is auditing in any way. It is the auditor’s responsibility to ensure that all financial statements are reviewed honestly and fairly and the only way to be able to do that is by being
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1. What is meant by the culture of the society ‚ and why it is important for international managers to understand it? Do you notice culture ifferences among your classmates? How do those differences afftect the class enivronment or your group projects? 2. Critically assess the types of operational conflicts that could occur in an international context because of differences in attitudes towards time ‚ change ‚ material factors and individualism.Give examples relative to specific countries.
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Rules of consideration 1. The consideration must not be past. Re McArdle (1951) Ch 669 Majorie McArdle carried out certain improvements and repairs on a bungalow. The bungalow formed part of the estate of her husband’s father who had died living the property to his wife for life and then on trust for Majorie’s husband and his four siblings. After the work had been carried out the brothers and sisters signed a document stating in consideration of you carrying out the repairs we agree that the executors
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Discussion Questions: 1. Sue Pansky‚ a retired grade-school teacher‚ is considering investing in Starting Right. She is very conservative and is a risk avoider. What do you recommend? Since Sue is a risk avoider and is very conservative‚ I would recommend investing in corporate Bonds. The reason is that her investment of $30‚000 is secure to the extent of $20‚000 as this amount has been guaranteed by Julia. On the other hand she gets a steady income at the rate of 13% per annum. 2. Ray Cahn
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Xerox was founded in 1906 as the Haloid Company‚ a photographic supply house that developed the world’s first xerographic copier. They had a positive people oriented culture and dedicated employees‚ who were the desire of the corporate world. With the passage of time many things become a hurdle in the success of the company. The biggest factor was that they couldn’t move beyond copiers to sustain growth in the market‚ they only focused on the copier because they were getting 70 percent profit
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FENGYUAN LIU 15929173 TAO WANG 16348171 XU HAN 15930331 1. What is going right with this business? Based on analysis in EXHIBIT1&2‚ the revenue of Horniman Horticulture grows steady and strong. Revenue growth ratio rose from2.9% in 2002 to 15.5% in 2005‚ which was much higher than the benchmark. Gross profit in 2005 was $545‚400 which was much higher than $470‚500 in 2004. In 2005‚ the return on assets was 5.1%‚ which was nearly twice higher than benchmark. The return on capital
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