International Review of Business Research Papers Vol. 4 No.5 October-November 2008 Pp.20-33 The Strategic Issues, Business Plan and Implementation from Situational and Industry Analysis: A Discussion on a Specific Case Moha Asri Abdullah A business strategy is the focal point of the business practices and competitive strategies in the operational management. It is used to strike out a market position, conduct operations, attract customers, compete and achieve organizational objective. Thus,
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Ukraine resistance proves problem for Russia The mood is changing in Crimea. On Friday the Russians took over, largely unopposed by their Ukrainian counterparts. Perhaps in the confused aftermath of events in Kiev, the Ukrainians were still wondering whose orders they were supposed to follow. But today there are large groups of Ukrainian soldiers who resist the new authority in Crimea, who refuse to surrender their bases and their ships, and who are slowly starting to create problems for the Russians
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and London Stock Exchanges and offers discounted (and per my research, free in some cases) travel to shareholders. Construction of the tunnel begins in November of 1987 and it is completed in April 1994. At this point, Eurotunnel has a whopping £8.1 billion in debt and only £1.7 billion in equity. To be honest, this is the part of the paper when my jaw first dropped. I have not been this appalled since I read a case on Enron for one of my undergraduate classes. GESA’s initial cost and revenue projections
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customers to abandon the company overnight. That’s not easy in a tech services business where the operations of the client and service provider are so interwoven. On the other hand, it’s possible that the company may collapse financially, in which case clients will have no choice but to flee. Which brings us to a bigger shock: This betrayal of trust could have a major impact on the entire Indian tech services industry. The industry has spent 20 years building up credibility with Western clients
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Enron - Were they the Crookedest Guys in the Room? The Rise of the Big "E" In May 1985, InterNorth Incorporated and Houston Natural Gas announced that they would merge. Their combined value was an estimated $2.3 billion. These firms were two of the largest gas pipeline companies in the United States. As part of the negotiations, the chairman and CEO of InterNorth, Sam Segnar, would be the head of the new entity until January 1, 1987, when the chairman and CEO of Houston Natural Gas, Kenneth
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ACTG 493, Accounting Cases, Research and Analysis Group Case 1 Memorandum To: Professor Siyi Li From: Group 4 Date: July 5, 2016 Subject: eVade Pays Up (Deloitte Trueblood Case 14-07) I. Case Description and Key Facts eVade is an online retailer that fulfills its orders by shipping its products directly to customers across all 50 states in the U.S. eVade does not have a brick-and-mortar store presence in any state, but does operate distribution centers in various
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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Its Effect on the Accounting Profession Robin M. Holdgate BA-507 Advanced Business Law and Ethics Upper Iowa University Richard Healy, A.B., J.D. October 14, 2012 Abstract Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was hailed as “the most far-reaching reforms since the time of Franklin D. Roosevelt” by President George W. Bush when he signed it into law. The act contains 11 titles, or sections, ranging from additional corporate board responsibilities to criminal penalties
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PAETAC Communications is a privately owned broadband telecommunications company that provides local, long distance, and Internet services in 27 markets across the U.S. In the face of its troubled industry, PAETAC has experienced a phenomenal growth rate. This earned the company the number two spot on Deloitte Technology’s Fast 100 list, which ranks the technology industry’s top 500 fastest growing companies in North America. PAETAC’s growth and ongoing success are a tribute to the values of
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Journal of Accounting and Economics 55 (2013) 66–90 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Journal of Accounting and Economics journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jae Towards an understanding of the role of standard setters in standard setting$ Abigail Allen, Karthik Ramanna n Harvard Business School, USA a r t i c l e in f o abstract Article history: Received 15 September 2010 Received in revised form 24 May 2012 Accepted 25 May 2012 Available online
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The Role of Accounting in the Financial Crisis: Lessons for the Future S.P. Kothari kothari@mit.edu 617-253-0994 and Rebecca Lester rlester@mit.edu MIT Sloan School of Management E60-382, 30 Memorial Drive Cambridge, MA 02421 December 14, 2011 ABSTRACT: The advent of the Great Recession in 2008 was the culmination of a perfect storm of lax regulation, a growing housing bubble, rising popularity of derivatives instruments, and questionable banking practices. In addition to these causes
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