...Growth Commitment Results 20 13 Impact Partners DATA B OO K DuPont Investor Relations Contents 1 2 DuPont Overview Corporate Financial Data Consolidated Income Statements Consolidated Balance Sheets Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Selected Additional Data 6 DuPont Science & Technology 8 Business Segments Agriculture Electronics & Communications Industrial Biosciences Nutrition & Health Performance Materials Safety & Protection Performance Chemicals 22 Corporate Financial Data Segment Information Selected Additional Data Inside Back Cover Board of Directors and DuPont Leadership Individual Shareholder Relations: (302) 774-3033 Main Office Number: (302) 774-4994 Internet: www.dupont.com The DuPont DATA BOOK has been prepared to assist financial analysts, portfolio managers and others in understanding and evaluating the company. This book presents graphics, tabular and other statistical data about the consolidated company and its business segments. Forward-Looking Statements This DATA BOOK contains forward-looking statements which may be identified by their use of words like “plans,” “expects,” “will,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “intends,” “estimates” or other words of similar meaning. Although they reflect our current expectations, these statements are not guarantees of future performance, but involve a number of risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. Some of which include: fluctuations in energy and raw material prices; failure to develop and market new products...
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...CASE ANALYSIS: Eastman Kodak Company Sara Seed March 2, 2006 BUSA 499: Strategic Management Pacific Lutheran University Dr. Pham Seed, 2 CASE ANALYSIS: Eastman Kodak Company Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to analyze the strategic position of Eastman Kodak Company (Kodak) and discern any sustainable competitive advantages held by the company. Beginning with a discussion of Kodak’s industry and commentary on the political, economic, social, and technological environment in which the company operates, the report then narrows to focus on Michael Porter’s Five Forces: barriers to entry, threat of suppliers, threat of buyers, threat of substitutes, and rivals. Once a thorough analysis of the industry and its environment is complete, it is necessary to detail Kodak’s value chain and identify resources and capabilities specific to the firm. Finally, these core competencies are subjected to a VRIO analysis to determine if they are valuable, rare, and not easily imitable. If the Kodak has the organization in place to utilize these resources and capabilities, they have a sustainable competitive advantage. The Company Kodak Company was founded in 1880 in Rochester, New York and engages in the imaging technology industry. The company operates in four segments: Digital and Film Imaging Systems, Health, Commercial Imaging, and Graphic Communications. For most of its history, Kodak focused on film technology and became a world leader in film and film...
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...1. BMW differentiates with Mini BMW Group is a leading global provider of premium products and services for individual mobility. Revenues are generated through three business divisions: automobiles, financial services and motorcycles. BMW focuses on the premium segments of the global passenger car and motorcycle market. The automobiles division develops, manufactures, assembles and sells passenger cars and off-road vehicles under the brands BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce. BMW acquired the Mini brand in 2001. Since this acquisition sales grew from 25,000 units in 2001 to over 232,000 units in 2008. The Mini, which is sold in more than 70 countries, is even a hit in countries that have strong local auto industries. The top five markets are Britain, with around 45,000 cars sold in 2008; the United States with 41,000; Germany 29,000; Italy 22 000; and Japan 13, 000. BMW has consistently positioned its Mini line as more than just a car. Instead it is marketed as a lifestyle brand, with a range of driver accessories and other miscellaneous branded items such as key fobs and clothing lines giving the brand more meaning to customers than being simply a car. In addition, in Mini has its own online social network, or "urban initiative", called Mini Space. A host of other marketing initiatives, both on and offline, are all designed to play on the car's perky appeal. Mini buyers have a broad and in-depth choice for their car's specification, with 372 interior configurations, including...
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...Internal and external affects the four functions of management Sherron Morrison, Jose Garcia, Melton Horne, James Gatson, Marisa Doporto MGT/230 April 30, 2014 Professor Mario Madrid Internal and external affects the four functions of management Introduction How does the human body operate? That is a complex question, because the human body responds differently due to internal and external factors. These same rules apply to management. The factors that affect management are planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. There are many moving parts and all of these pieces must work cohesively together for an organization, or body to exist. Management ensures that each branch is functioning properly or making the necessary changes to increase productivity. Throughout history, many organizations had to adapt to these internal and external factors due to globalization, technology, innovations, diversity, and ethics. An idea starts as a seed and that seed grows into a tree. Just as a tree, the idea branches out as it ages. The same theory applies when it comes to globalization. One would hope that his or her idea would multiply and flourish. To do so, one must properly plan for the proposed growth that they hope to attain. This feat requires organization of the internal resources to ensure stabilization of future growth. Just as the tree grows taller, it also grows wider to support the addition weight. The internal leadership must oversee and forecast the addition...
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... or form part of, any offer or invitation to sell or issue, or any solicitation of any offer, to purchase or subscribe for any ordinary shares in Syngenta AG, or Syngenta ADSs, nor shall it form the basis of, or be relied on in connection with, any contract there for. 2 First half 2012 highlights ● Sales up 10% at constant exchange rates - strong volume growth in northern hemisphere season - targeted price increases achieved ● Europe: sales up 9% despite economic uncertainty, weather ● North America: sales up 24% reflecting portfolio strength - insect and weed resistance management - royalty income from distinctive trait technology ● EBITDA up 15% at constant exchange rates 3 First half 2012: integrated business update by region North America: +24% ● Early season ● Record corn planting ● Increased need for resistance management Europe, Africa & Middle East: +9% ● Winter kill in the East favors spring crops ● France: increased corn, sunflower acres ● Iberia weaker Latin America: +2% ● Drought affecting CP consumption ● Strong second season corn in Brazil ● Enhanced corn seed portfolio Growth at...
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...INTRODUCTION Bangladesh is a country with a population of about 150 million; population density being the highest in the world. Agriculture still remains the mainstay in national economy despite rapid industrialization. It plays a significant role in the overall economic development of Bangladesh in terms of contribution to GDP (19.79%), employment (63%), export (15%), food security and poverty reduction. Over the past 50 years, per capita arable land dropped to 0.06 ha. Growing enough food for such a large and growing population with shrinking land is a daunting task. The country has only 8.20 million hectares of agricultural land. In the last two decades, Bangladesh made a significant progress in cereal production. The cereal production has increased from 11.00 million tons in 1971 to almost 30.00 million tons in 2006. Ninety eight per cent of food comes from agriculture. In spite, the food grain production in Bangladesh is facing great challenges due to increasing population, decreasing agricultural land, depleting natural resource base, climate change etc. Rice is the main crop that covers nearly 75% of cropped area contributing over 95% of total food grain production. It provides about 65 percent of direct human calorie intake. It is considered as the center of food security and socio-political stability. Major challenges in agriculture are to overcome the stress like pest and diseases or climatic hazards like submergence, salinity, drought, heat, cold, soil toxicity...
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...I Du Pont Nemours Principles of Management MGT 212 Nathan Butterbaugh December 2011 I. Purpose/Objective Through an in depth analysis of DuPont I plan on utilizing the principles and concepts studied throughout the textbook to break down the structure and provide a tangible valuation on how management works to stimulate the future growth of the company. With a tough several years embroiled in a downturned economy, a focus will be put on how DuPont has responded and adapted through its management style and implementation of strategies to maintain profitability and realign themselves with the market. II. Introduction/ History E. I. Du Pont De Nemours was founded in 1805 and was incorporated in Wilmington Delaware in 1915. The company first produced high-grade powder used in explosives. However, by the early 1900’s, the company shifted their focus to chemicals and energy to meet escalating needs by consumers and businesses. Today, DuPont is a world leader in science and innovation across a range of disciplines, including agriculture and industrial biotechnology, chemistry, biology, materials science and manufacturing. As of December 2010, according to the annual 10-K, DuPont employs over 60,000 people, amassed revenue of 322.7 billion with profits of just over 3 billion. The company has a diversified portfolio of business segments that range from seed production to auto paint-coatings...
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...and rigorous teamwork. We have tried to integrate the knowledge that you have imparted upon us into various topics in the report. This report consists of the overview of our venture capital firm “SEED”.. We hope that you would be kind enough to have your insight in our paper .We will be glad to answer any of your queries regarding the study and report. Sincerely Yours Acknowledgement At first we would like to express our gratitude to Almighty Allah who makes us able to prepare this project paper with good health and sound mind. Then we would like to express our deepest gratitude and warmest appreciation to our research supervisor Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed, whose assistance and guidance was outstanding for the successful completion of this project paper. Without his help, it was impossible for us to complete this project paper. His excellent method of guiding helped us to understand this critical title easily. We also thanked him for kindly assigning us such a nice and significant title which we are always supposed to remember gratefully. Table of Content Section | Page No. | 1. Background and justification of the project | | 2. Objectives of the project | | 3. Expected results of the project | | 4. Project implementation and management | | 5. Project budget | | 1. Background and Justification Venture capital investment refers to the investment of funds or partnerships in emerging companies and promising start ups....
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...Internal and External Factors on Management Functions MGT/230 Internal and External Factors on Management Functions The four functions of management are generally described in this order; 1. Planning 2. Organizing 3. Leading 4. Controlling These functions are affected by factors from inside an organization as well as outside of the organization (Bateman, 2011). Some of these external factors include globalization, competitors, suppliers, technology, customers, the government, and economic conditions. Factors inside a company can be production issues, personnel problems, finances, ethics, lack of innovation, and cultural diversity can be either internal or external (Bateman, 2011). The corporate model that Google has demonstrated in the modern era is one that is worth further study. Google’s management style starts with strong leadership and their record of innovation is certainly one of their strengths. Examination of these factors and how they can affect the functions of management will be explored in this paper. The first function of management is planning. When the management of Google was ready to begin planning this meant that they were fully aware of their overall objective. An internal factor to Google was their strength of really understanding their objective because they were internet users and understood how convenient a web-based search engine would be successful. External factor of planning was this opportunity to create Google effectively...
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...Innovation in Entrepreneurial Organizations The nature of entrepreneurial organizations is that they have the capabilities and competencies to create a culture of embedded behaviors that support the constant focus on identifying and subsequently taking advantage of profitable opportunities. In other words, they exist to find and take advantage of opportunities that have the highest potential return. Bateman (2010) states that, “…an entrepreneurial venture has growth and high profitability as primary objectives. Entrepreneurs manage aggressively and develop innovative strategies, practices, and products” (p. 238). Entrepreneurial organizations do this by being willing to try new things, challenge the status quo, and test out new processes. They encourage creativity, risk taking, and continuous learning and improvement. However creativity must then be harnessed and developed by innovation and it takes innovation to turn great ideas into something of value. Thus innovation should be considered fundamental to an entrepreneurial organization’s success. What then is innovation? Bruton (2012) says it well when he concludes that innovation is, “…a process of intentional change made to create value by meeting opportunity and seeking advantage.” (Innovation, para. 1). And although product innovation is a very important aspect of their business, it is only one area that entrepreneurs are interested and excited about. Rasmussen (2013) explains, “The very nature of innovation is changing...
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...Introduction The products include Pioneer and other brands of seeds, insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, insect control products, and plant growth regulators. Acquisition and Selling of Conoco Our recommendation: Our recommendation is based on the performance of the division called Conoco which was the chief operating division adopted by the company in 1980s. As per our recommendation DuPont should divest in Conoco in a phased manner so that company can be free of non performing unit. Between 1940 and 1980, DuPont developed and marketed technologies such as Dacron, Mylar, Lycra, Kevlar, Tyvek, and Nomex. The company also expanded its pharmaceuticals and medical products business. The company acquired Conoco, an energy supplier, in 1981. In 1991, DuPont's pharmaceutical business entered into a joint venture (JV) with Merck, to focus on non-US markets. During the 1990s, the company acquired Protein Technologies International, a producer of soy protein products and Imperial Chemical's polyester-resins, a company with intermediates and polyester-films operations. In 1998, the company bought Merck's share of the pharmaceutical JV and renamed the company, DuPont Pharmaceuticals. Later that year, DuPont started selling its interests in Conoco which was completed in 1999. Conoco facility can be classified as cost center. It is one of the main cost centers of the company and hence the most resources are hogged up at this center. One needs to identify resources properly at this...
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...Everett Rogers wrote the book Diffusion of Innovations in 1962. There would be five editions of the book through 2003 - during which time the statistical study of how people adopt new ideas and technology would be documented over 5000 times. The scientific study of hybrid corn seed adoption led to the commonly known groupings of types of people: Innovators, Early Adopters, Early Majority, Late Majority and Laggards. In 1969, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross wrote the book On Death and Dying, which addressed the various stages of grief. In 1974, Daryl Conner founded Conner Partners and in 1993, he wrote the book, Managing at the Speed of Change. In this seminal work, Conner penned the analogy "burning platform" based on the 1988 Piper off shore oil rig fire (North Sea off the coast of Scotland).[3] Conner Partners influenced the large Management Consulting firms over the 80s and 90s as firms needed to understand the human performance and adoption techniques to help ensure technology innovations were absorbed and adopted as best as possible. Linda Ackerman Anderson states in Beyond Change Management that in the late 1980s and early 1990s, top leaders, growing dissatisfied with the failures of creating and implementing changes in a top-down fashion, created the role of the change leader to take responsibility for the human side of the change.[4] The first "State of the Change Management Industry" report in the Consultants News was published in February 1995.[5] McKinsey consultant Julien...
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...Community Rights and Geographical Indications Introduction The Concept of Community. The first step in considering the meaning of community is to understand that, fundamentally, it is a fluid concept. What one person calls a community may not match another person’s definition. A person may be a member of a community by choice, as with voluntary associations, or by virtue of their innate personal characteristics, such as age, gender, race, or ethnicity. As a result, individuals may belong to multiple communities at any one time. When initiating community engagement efforts, one must be aware of these complex associations in deciding which individuals to work within the targeted community. A community is a group of two or more people who have been able to accept and transcend their differences regardless of the diversity of their backgrounds (social, spiritual, educational, ethnic, economic, political, etc.) This enables them to communicate effectively and openly and to work together toward goals identified as being for their common good. The word community can refer to a specific group of people or it can describe a quality of relationship based on certain values and principles. A community is a group of all leaders who share equal responsibility for and commitment to maintaining its spirit. Community is reflective, contemplative and introspective. Communities may be viewed as systems composed of individual members and sectors that have a variety of distinct characteristics...
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...Case Studies Radical innovation at Philips Lighting 1.0 Introduction To state the obvious, radical innovation isn’t easy. It involves taking a leap into the unknown – and is particularly difficult for established organizations who have a track record of success which they don’t want to put at risk. So how does an organization jump the tracks? How can it switch off its immune system and open itself up to new – and potentially dangerous – inputs? How can it reframe, let go of its old ways of looking at the world and take on something which is very new – but by definition untried and risky? These are not academic challenges but the very stuff of innovation management – the essence of what it means to lead strategically. Put very simply, innovation is a survival imperative. If organizations don’t change what they offer the world – products and services – and the ways in which they create and deliver those offerings (processes) then they risk being left behind and at the limit disappearing. History shows us an almost Darwinian pattern of the rise of new entrepreneurial and agile organizations which mature, become comfortable and then fat and gradually lose their edge. Middle age gives way to a kind of sclerosis where change is reduced to smaller and smaller increments until one day the organization is upstaged by external events and unable to move fast enough to cope. It is the new kids on the block who exploit the new technology, pick up on the new market...
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...paragraph. Monsanto Company is the world’s largest seed company specializing in biotechnology or genetic manipulations or organisms (Ferrell, Gatewood, Gatewood, & Taylor, 2010). Scientist of Monsanto spend numerous hours modifying crops, inserting new genes or adapting existing genes within plant seeds, to meet certain aims; for example, higher crop yields or insect resistance. Their seeds have increased quantity and availability of crops, and help all farmers worldwide increase food production and revenues. Monsanto was started in 1901 by John F. Queeny, selling food additives, food extracts, and artificial sweeteners to different companies. Times changed and in the seventies, Monsanto marketed its first roundup herbicide that would propel the company even more into the public’s consciousness. However, it did do that, but within a few years after the introduction of Agent Orange which contained carcinogenic chemical dioxin, Monsanto had legal problems and a lawsuit was filed in 1979 by veterans who claimed they had been harmed by the chemical. Monsanto and other manufacturers agreed to settle for $180 million. The leaders of Monsanto decided a new focus was needed and in 1981 the company made a change focusing on biotechnology. With this new quest, the company began selling soybeans, cotton, and canola seeds if they could tolerate the roundup herbicide; using the herbicide allowed farmers to take control of weed growth while sparing their crop. In 2000, Monsanto...
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