Ethics of Penn Square and Dow Corning Ethics of Penn Square Bank and the Dow Corning Bankruptcy Penn Square Bank: What were the ethical pressures on the firm concerning documentation‚ credit extension‚ and revenue recognition that lead to the final collapse? What should have been done to reduce or offset these pressures? Penn Square Bank was a small commercial bank in Oklahoma City which made high-risk financial loans during the late 1970s in the oil boom. The bank ultimately collapsed
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Christopher Frank at Georgia Institute of Technology. Please do not copy or redistribute. Contact permissions@dardenbusinesspublishing.com for questions or additional permissions. CORNING INCORPORATED: ACCELERATING 160 YEARS OF INNOVATION Less than six months into his new role as innovation officer for Corning Incorporated‚ Marty Curran was worried. His previous role‚ as manager of Corning’s global optical-fiber business‚ had been simple in comparison. He had taken the job well aware of the broad scope
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Mars Incorporated: On-line procurement Shelly Rungta Li Zhang Chih-Chang Chen (josh) Team Datamonsters Executive Summary: Mars is one of the world’s largest privately owned businesses with annual purchasing of $4 billion. The company is now running an online auction to induce competition and reduce the sourcing cost. In this case‚ the objective is to buy packages from multiple suppliers at the minimum possible cost. There are 12 different SKUs to be fulfilled from 7 different suppliers
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® My M&M’S An Internal Corporate Venture MY M&M’S® is a customizable version of the familiar M&M’S® product found at almost every supermarket checkout counter and convenience store. It emerged from innovations in process technology that enabled the printing of personalized images or expressions on every tiny candy piece. These customized candies are now a popular item at birthday parties‚ weddings‚ and other special occasions. The case underscores the challenges faced by managers innovating
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Mars Inc. 1 - COMPANY BACKGROUND Mars‚ Incorporated (Mars or “the company”) is a privately-held company‚ primarily engaged in the manufacture and sale of confectionary products‚ pet food products‚ drinks and staple foods. The company operates in about 68 countries worldwide. It is headquartered in McLean‚ Virginia and employs about 65‚000 people. The company’s net sales are estimated to be around $30‚000 million. Mars is a private company and has not released its annual report. Therefore‚ its
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Case Study: Sunflower Incorporated Spalding University Case Study: Sunflower Incorporated In preparation for Workshop 2 of the course MSBC-660 – Change Acceleration in Organizational Culture‚ we were asked as a group to complete a Project Team Assignment‚ using the case study method. As part of this exercise‚ we were to read the case study Sunflower Incorporated and then critically analyze the case using the guidelines provided. In our answers outlined in the paragraphs below
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Harvard Business School Case Study Corning Glass Works: The Z-Glass Project Claude Barnett Jason Fishner Jillian Ozkara Frankie Quarles Empire State College – Operations Management Instructor Betul Lus October 17‚ 2010 Problem Statement The Corning Glass Company many product developments throughout the 1950s‚ 1960s‚ and 1970s. During that time they always had been a leader in the arena of glass and ceramic products. Corning Glass Company
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Founder of the American candy company “Mars‚ Incorporated”‚ son of Forrest Mars Sr.‚ Forrest Mars Jr was born in Oak park‚ Illinois and is one of the most wealth man in nowadays America. As the eldest child in the family‚ Mars got his MBA in New York University and inherited this huge business of chocolate‚ pet food and other products‚ which enabled him to enter this huge market at a very high starting point. Whether it was acquisition of world’s famous gum company “Wrigley” or opposition of coal
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November 27th 2005. “Introducing Incred-Able .. “Inventor of the Week: Mars.” INVENTION dimension. Mar. 2005. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. November 27th‚ 2005. “JBz Chocolate Candies.” Jelly Belly Website M&M’s Website. 2005. Mars Incorporated. October 30th‚ 2005. “More Holiday Gifts.” Hershey Gifts. 2005. The Hershey Company. November 27th‚ 2005 “New Product Updates.” Candy USA “Product Timeline.” Hershey Museum. 2003. Hershey Museum. November 27th‚ 2005. Schlosser‚ Julie Sutter‚
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DISCRIPTION DISCRIPTION: Corning is leading glass and ceramic manufacturer. Different types of glass they produce are used in high-technologies such as Display Technologies‚ Environmental Technologies‚ Life Sciences‚ Telecommunications and Specialty Materials. COMPETITORS: Corning competes across all of its product lines with a lot of large and different manufacturers‚ either domestic or foreign. In Display Technologies Segment the main competitors of Corning are Asahi Glass‚ Nippon Electric
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