Caterpillar Inc.: Corporate Social Responsibility Some argue that the role of business is simply to make money. Others argue that this statement is wrong and that the components of corporate social responsibility are just as important to a business as it is to create shareholder value. (Davis, 2005, 105) The components of corporate social responsibility include looking after the community and environment as well as other things such as the helping out the stakeholders of the company. As you will
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Midland Energy Resource Case Analysis 1. Describe Midland, its capital planning model and Janet Mortensen's role in the case. Midland Energy Resource, Inc. has three major divisions: Exploration & Production (E&P), Refining and Market (R&M), and Petrochemicals. E&P division provides the most profit for Midland. R&M is the largest division in Midland by revenue. Petrochemicals is the smallest division in Midland. Midland’s financial strategy in 2007 consisted of four principals:
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ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS ASSIGNMENT-4: CASE STUDY 2 I DON’T HAVE ENOUGH TIME Abhishek Gopi Krishna Chittilla UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI 1. What is Joan's problem? Ans. Joan problem is managing with due to improper training. Due to lack of training she is unable to write reports which is causing her to do extra work, where she is unable to finish the task in time. Joan’s main problem is she can’t able to manage her schedules and appointments due to heavy work. Another main problem is
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Megan LeBaron Sunday, July 15, 2012 Pacioli’s Heirarchy AC 502: Regulation Professor Lerner Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 1 LIABILITY TO CLIENTS 1 LIABILITY TO THIRD PARTIES 2 LIABILITY TO THE GOVERNMENT 2 SEC v. KEMPISTY and COMPANY 3 SEC v. DELPHI CORPORATION, et al., (PAUL FREE, CPA) 5 SEC v. JASPER 6 LIMITED ACCOUNTING-CLIENT PRIVILEGE 7 CONCLUSION 9 REFERENCES 11 INTRODUCTION Accountants have responsibilities to
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“The Omnivore’s Delusion: Against the Agri-Intellectuals” sees industrial farming as the more efficient way to go. The film, Food, Inc., however, shows how organic farming will benefit the consumers in many ways. These two groups can only criticize half of the consumer process because the other knows the other half is better than their way. Both Hurst and Food, Inc. want something to be done about the current food system but neither can agree on the perfect farmer characteristics. These groups
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quantity of cases that can be produced. The marketing manager has indicated that if the economy is strong then Motorking will sell 100,000 cases. If the economy is moderate Motorking will sell 70,000 cases, and if the economy is weak, then Motorking will only sell 40,000. The production manager must factor in all associated costs in making the product which in this case are the cost for producing the product at the Motorking’s manufacturing facility. Motorking can produce up to 50,000 cases at the cost
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Russel Metals Inc. Company Description Russel Metals is a wholesale distributor of metals and energy products such as: aluminum, brass, bronze and copper, fence products, stainless metals, pipes etc... PP&E Policies * Russel Metals is recording PP&E assets at cost using component accounting. * Depreciation: Russel Metals is using the straight line depreciation method. The depreciation for significant components is allocated separately from the underlying asset. The life estimates
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flash memory instead of a hard drive for storage. The benefits of flash memory are reliability, form factor, and energy consumption. Realizing the significant benefits of flash memory for portable media devices, Apple formed long-term relationships with Samsung, Intel, and Micron, and by mid-2007 commanded about 25% of worldwide flash production (Apple Inc., 2008, Harvard Business Case). As for the iPad and the tablet market, it turns out that Apple has secured about 60% of global touch panel capacity
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sales to markets in Europe, India, and China. 2.3.2 Diversification of Camero® brand. 2.3.3 Continued development of Camero® product lines. 2.4 Threats 2.4.1 Competition in military and law enforcement TWRI technology is AKELA Inc., and Eureka Aerospace, Inc. 2.4.2 Launch of high cost products are vulnerable to uncertainty within the parameters of current economic conditions. Course Project: Magic Eye Marketing Plan 3.0 Product Description The Magic Eye through the wall radar imaging
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Midland Energy Resources, Inc.: Cost of Capital Case Objectives This case gives you a chance to apply our ideas about cost of capital (WACC) to a real firm with separate divisions. Assignment You are a team of Finance Professionals with experience in analyzing the cost of capital for divisions of companies and companies overall. Janet Mortensen has been struggling with her calculations, wondering if her application is correct given the amount of grumbling she has heard. She has asked
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