the failures of Newell Company by the lack of due diligence and decision making by the executive staff. Figure 1 "Using a single or dominant business corporate level strategy may be preferable to seeking a more diversified strategy‚ unless a corporation can develop economies of scope or financial economies between businesses‚ or unless it can obtain market power through additional levels of diversification. These economies and market power are the main sources of value creation when the firm diversifies
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Executive Summary First Farms Corporation started as a small animal feeds manufacturing in 1950s. The company has expanded to other agribusiness products and set up nationwide facilities. Though the company has performed well‚ it has a dilemma – a huge deficit in the operating cash flows of Php 719 million despite increasing revenues. Also‚ return on equity (ROE) is decreasing. In analyzing the case‚ the group is taking the point of view of the Vice President for Finance – addressing the
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Restructurings‚ and Corporate Governance Eskimo Pie Corporation Copyright © 1992 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Harvard Business School case 293-084. In early 1991‚ Reynolds Metals‚ the makers of Aluminum Foil and other aluminum products‚ decided to sell its holding of Eskimo Pie‚ a marketer of branded frozen novelties. Reynolds had few interests outside its aluminum and packaging business‚ and the Eskimo Pie Corporation‚ with roughly $47 million in sales‚ accounted for less
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WEYMOUTH STEEL CORPORATION Weymouth Steel Corporation is currently in the sort of dilemma which may turn into a disaster for the company. However‚ given the situation if the top management is able to inspire its employees (who survive this downsizing) with a vision and hope for the rejuvenation of the company; this dilemma can easily become a pivotal time for its success. Once the bad news is broken and the downsizing process starts‚ stress is inevitable; for both the employees who will be terminated
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Case 1: Corwin Corporation Table of Contents Summary of Findings…………………………………………………………… 3 Background Information……………………………………………………….. 3 Problem Statement……………………………………………………………… 5 Analysis of Alternatives………………………………………………………… 5 Detailed Recommendations……………………………………………………. 6 Implementation and Evaluation……………………………………………….. 7 References……………………………………………………………………….. 9 Case 1: Corwin Corporation Summary of findings This case is about a reputed rubber component manufacturing
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Social Responsibility 1. If you were the manager of “Bally’s Grand Casino”‚ would you treat Elaine Cohen any differently? What would Friedman (“Increase Profits”) and Allen (“Schizophrenic Conception”) advise the manager to do? Use ethical methods and legal concepts to support your position. Elaine Cohen‚ a 73 year old widow‚ is a consistent gambler who spends her retirement savings on casino gambling. The Bally Grand casino‚ where Elaine spends her money‚ is treated very well. The casino “comps”
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‘The Role of Multinational Corporations in Enhancing Human Rights in Africa: The Illusion of Empiricism’ Abstract Literature and discourse relating to Multinational Corporations (MNCs) and human rights is ubiquitous with theoretical contestation on the merits and demerits of the potential harmonious existence of the two. Some argue that by virtue of the consequential results of their business operations‚ MNC’s have the potential to alleviate human suffering. For others‚ they are the cause of
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not justify making the IFC’s largest investment yet. Summary of facts The Mozal project‚ a $1.4b aluminum smelter in Mozambique‚ is a joint venture between Alusaf‚ the aluminum subsidiary of the Gencor group‚ and the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) of South-Africa‚ a government owned development bank. Mozambique is one of the poorest countries in the world and only recently emerged from a 17-year civil war that had destroyed the country’s infrastructure. Both parties would each own 25%
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checks and balances to ensure that such corruption and/or errors do not significantly disrupt the living situation amongst the majority of people. The case that I will be discussing in my project is based on Flight Transportation Corporation. Flight Transportation Corporation (FTC)‚ an aviation company based in Eden Prairie‚ Minnesota. FTC’s principal line of business was executive and group air charters. In 1980 and 1981‚ the rapidly growing company reported revenues of $8 million and $24.8 million
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Smith Financial Corporation Smith Financial Corporation Case Study On February 10th 1997‚ Frank Miller assumed the position as the director of data management in Smith’s Information Services department. He was hired to fill a vacancy that was available for more than one year as well as help restructure and reorganize Smith’s Information Services department (Hattersley and Mcjannet‚ 54). The primary function of the Data Management Group at Smith Financial was to manage the distribution‚ storage
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