Impact of Corporate Governance on Firm Performance—an Empirical investigation from the Insurance Industry of Pakistan Hafiz Muhammad Raheel Arif* Raheel_prince23@hotmail.com 00923216190575 *COMSATS Institute of Information Technology and Science Lahore‚ Pakistan Abstract The study is devoted to check the impact of corporate governance (CG) on the firm performance (FP) of the insurance industry of Pakistan. Four measures have been used in the paper to check the firm performance being affected
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Olang BUAD 6300 Case 6-16 Cowgirl Chocolates 10/6/2010 Before spending an additional $3‚000 on an advertising campaign in the March/April edition of Chile Pepper Magazine‚ Marilyn Lysohir needs to consider how to reach her goal of becoming a profitable company. She needs to analyze consumer perceptions‚ pricing strategies‚ identify and gain access to effective distribution channels and the effective use of the company web site. Since the inception of a revolutionary spicy chocolate recipe‚ Marilyn
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CONSUMER MARKETS The chocolate of tomorrow What today’s market can tell us about the future June 2012 kpmg.com R evenues from the chocolate industry continue to prove rewarding‚ with 2011 figures from IBISWorld predicting annualized growth of around 2% over the next five years‚ after dampened expectations during the dark days of 2007-09. But behind the encouraging headlines‚ many companies are battling to stay on top of a rapidly shifting marketplace. Taste is diverging‚ as fast-growing
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INDIVIDUAL WRITTEN CASE ANALYSIS You have been assigned to a strategic planning committee where your charge is to analyze the search industry and Google’s competitive position. Your report should include a 3 to 5 page executive summary of recommendations necessary to allow Google to strengthen its lead in the search industry and to make a success of its smartphone business‚ cloud computing‚ entry into emerging markets‚ and other recent ventures. Your recommendations should be specific and supported
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revolutionary spicy chocolate recipe‚ Marilyn Lysohir and Ross Coates have been striving to grow a profitable business in the chocolate industry. Each year Marilyn has loaned the company money to keep it running. Cowgirl Chocolates‚ primarily run by Marilyn‚ with help from family and art associates is branded based on the concept that chocolate lovers are fun and adventuress in spirit and whimsical. Cowgirl chocolates caters to both Chocolate lovers and spicy food fans. Cowgirl chocolates are manufactured
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Case 4: Distortions Caused By Inappropriate Allocation Base Chocolate Bars‚ Inc. Case Background. Chocolate Bars‚ inc. (CBI) manufactures chocolate candy bars with three variants – Almond Dream‚ Krispy Krackle‚ and Creamy Crunch. There are 2 distinct production processes for each product of CBI. Process 1 is labor intensive using a high proportion of direct materials and labor. Process 2 uses special packing equipment that wraps individual candy bars and packs it into a box of 24 bars. After which
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Andrea Torres is the director of new product development at Montreaux Chocolate USA. She is in charge of delivering a comprehensive presentation to the Board of the company regarding her and her team’s research and findings about the purchase of the rights to distribute Monteaux’s European chocolate in the US‚ as a way to increase the company’s market share in pursuit of the upscale market segments. There are three main options she is considering and needs to be able to make recommendation as to
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Case: Montreaux Chocolate USA 1. Discuss the key challenges and marketing issues Andrea Torres must address at this time. There are many challenges and marketing issues that are standing ahead of Torres that she must address. Andrea Torres has four options to choose from: 1) perform further product testing‚ 2) launch in selected test market‚ 3) stage a regional rollout‚ or 4) launch nationally. Along with that‚ she also needs to decide how to market the product‚ weather if they should use
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artist‚ started Cowgirl Chocolates to provide some funding support for a yearly published arts magazine‚ High Ground‚ which she and her husband‚ Ross Coates‚ started in 1995. Her love of chocolates and hot and spicy foods spurred the idea of making hot and spicy chocolates to be sold in creative‚ artistic tins and packaging‚ which she labeled Cowgirl Chocolates. Her small business‚ begun in 1997‚ won a number of awards in fiery food competitions. While Cowgirl Chocolates grew steadily over its four
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Marketing Research Project on AMUL Chocolate Submitted by: Nabanita Kalita (15) Priyanka Mahanta (33) Acknowledgement As we know research work needs hard work‚ keen insight and long patience with scholarly vision based on content operation hence it becomes a humble duty to express our sincere gratitude to Mrs. Rinalini Pathak Kakati‚ our Project In-charge for her ideas and help. However‚ we accept
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