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Adelphia Case Study
FRAUD CASE ANALYSIS Adelphia Communications, Inc. In 2005, founder of cable giant Adelphia Communications, John Rigas, along with two of his sons who served as CFO and EVP of the company were sentenced to prison terms for a list of crimes related to internal corruption. The company, one of the largest cable providers in the nation, was delisted from the NASDAQ in 2002, forced to file bankruptcy, and eventually sell off all its assets to
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Cellular Communication Services
ERIC PETERSON WRITTEN ANALYSIS OF CASE (WAC) BACKGROUND: Cellular Communication Services Inc. (CelluCom) was a cellular based corporation founded by Ric Jenkins that had a number of subsidiaries. Originally founded as a small California based system, CelluCom with the promising leadership of Ric Jenkins had now grown up to a $200 million company that was amongst the top 20 companies of the Cellular Industry. Green Mountain Cellular Telephone Company (GMCT), one of its subsidiaries,
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Toyota Motor Corporation: Launching Prius
This was a classic game theory within the car industry. As it had a long development time of the technology, the first mover had a huge advantage in being the first on the market. It would set up the first company on the market with an imagine of being an environmentally friendly car company, which could have explicit benefits to the company into the future. There was a lot of imperfect information within the case
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Asset Revaluation and Current Cost Accounting: Uk Corporate Disclosure
Accountants have long disputed whether financial statements should report current values and the effects of price changes. Indeed, the two kinds of adjustment are often confused. This study examines the asset revaluation and Current Cost Accounting (CCA) disclosure decisions of UK firms in 1983, using a costly contracting framework. We find the two decisions appear to have been taken for very different reasons and to be largely unrelated, even though the resultant measures overlapped to
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Cmgt 554 - Patton-Fuller Community Hospital Networking Project
Patton-Fuller Community Hospital Networking Project CMGT/554 Patton-Fuller Community Hospital, like thousands of hospitals across the country, delivers medical treatment to its community by offering the most advanced medical treatment available. PFCH has served the city of Kelsey and the surrounding area since 19 offering treatment and recovery services for young and aged alike. As a hospital of 600 beds, PFCH relies on technology to provide support to its staff and flexible tools for managing the
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Ethics and Corporate Responsibility
What is Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility? When it comes to ethics and corporate social responsibility, unfortunately there are only basic laws and regulations to help guide companies actions. Therefore, it is up to a company to decide what levels of ethical and corporate social responsibility it wants to abide by. As more and more companies are starting to emerge, and customers are becoming the driving force of businesses, ethics and corporate social responsibility have
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Marriott Corporation
We are conducting an analysis of Marriott Corporation for calculating the hurdle rates at each of the firm’s three divisions--lodging division, restaurant division and contract service division. Marriott uses Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) as the hurdle rate, and use it to discount the appropriate cash flows when evaluate an investment project. Our goal is to determine the WACC at every division base on the information that the case has provided. First of all,
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Communication and Teamwork - How It Affects a Multicultural Workplace
Communication and Teamwork, how it affects a multicultural workplace To begin Webster (1994) defines communication as an act of transmitting or an exchange of information or opinions. In any environment where teams are involved; communication is key. It's imperative that the main point or subject is being done in a manner commensurate with the team members involved. In everyday life communication with friends and love ones is accomplished openly, most of the time this is
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Finding the Causes of Communism
Finding the causes of communism The ideas of communism can be traced back to the beginning of time, when man still lived in small, primitive communities. In these communities the members needed to rely on each other for survival. They shared everything they had, and each member provided protection for the whole. Nobody was wealthy or poor; everybody was equal. These social systems, as time went on, completely changed and became a lot more complex.
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Itt Corporation Case
ITT CORPORATION 5/25/12 ITT Corporation is a manufacturing company with its headquarters in White Plains, New York. ITT Corporation is broken down into four divisions’ water and fluid management as well as defense and security. As I stated previously ITT is based out of NY they have branches in Colorado, Fort Wayne, New Jersey, California, SC, and Saudi Arabia. ITT supplies equipment to a wide variety of industries such as the U.S. and UK military,
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Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate Social Responsibility The million dollar question; is a company responsible to society or are they in fact only focused on making money? In today’s society, I hypothesize that it’s both. Focusing on Professor’s social responsibility strategies of the obstructionist, defensive, accommodative, and proactive mindset, I personally feel that a majority of companies fall into the accommodative region. These companies focus a little on each of the identified types of responsibility of Economic, legal, and
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Corporate Social Responsibility-Drivers and Consequences
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY-DRIVERS AND CONSEQUENCES 1.1. INTRODUCTION Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is one of the most commonly used phrase in international business arena specially considering the increased concern of negligence by large multinational companies in regards to social and ethical impact they bear on society where they operate (Onishi, 2002). Such intensifying social attention towards consequences such as global environmental disasters and globalization pressures has necessitated the firms to create a corporate policies and agenda
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Dvb-H - the Emerging Standard for Mobile Data Communication
DVB-H - The emerging standard for mobile data communication Michael Komfeld Abstract - DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting - Transmission .$stem./& Handheld Terminals) is U new digital hroadcasr standard developed by the international D VB Project which aims at reception o f broadcast conteril with handheld ternrinal devices. Based on the DVB-T standard,/br digital terrestrial Irlevision. the DVB-ll standard takes into uccoiint the special reqiiirernents oJthis class qfdevices. This paper presents an overview ?f the en?erging
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Aus Community Services Manager - Cover Page
AUS Community Services Manager Office of Student Affairs American University of Sharjah Box 26666 January 6, 2013 Mr. Abdulla Salem Box 23678 Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Dear Mr. Salem, We are delighted to hear that you and your family are interested in our university. Students such as your children that are interested in giving back to the society are the very kind of students we would love to fill our university with. Their are lots
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Corporate Finance
1. INTRODUCTION The main purposes of a business report are to explain something that the reader did not know or understand before and/or to persuade them to take a particular action. There are many kinds of reports. Some reports are produced regularly, such as a monthly report on the budget. Alternatively, reports may be written for a single purpose, such as a proposal for purchase of a property. It is important to ask yourself who
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Corporate Finance and Risk
The Core of Value A business’s value is driven by its growth and return on capital, and resulting cash flows. Many evidences have proved that value always increases with the rise of ROIC. That means if other conditions are the same, the higher ROIC the better. But it is not the same case for growth. When ROIC is high, high growth can boost the increase of value. However, when ROIC is low, high growth will
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Effective Communication in the Workplace
Effective Communication in the Workplace The topic of my paper is how to utilize the various methods of communication in the workplace in order to ensure that there is an understanding among all employees. The organization that I am targeting is my current employer. I am interested in this topic because on several occasions, issues have occurred because of lack of communication. I have experienced this first hand. I feel that in order to improve
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Aggressive Current Ratio Policy and Corporate Profitability in Bangladesh
Aggressive Current Ratio Policy and Corporate Profitability in Bangladesh Sharif N. Ahkam Associate Professor, School of Business, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh Nimita Farzeen Azam, Lecturer, School of Business, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh Paper to be presented at the Twenty Fourth International Conference of Association for Global Business to be held November 15-17, 2012 at Key Bridge Marriott, Washington, D.C. Aggressive Current Ratio Policy and Corporate Profitability in Bangladesh Sharif N. Ahkam Associate Professor,
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The Community Problem-Solving Era
In the beginning policing was considered the civic duty of members of a community. These “drafted” officers were not paid or trained. Appointed Sheriffs were motivated by money, and lost focus on enforcing the law. This began to change as did society, and industrialism. Urbanization brought with it a rise in crime, causing police to shift towards a more proactive approach to law enforcement. Police agencies have evolved since the early 1600’s to become a
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Training and Development of the General Electric Corporation
Session 5 Paper: Training and Development of the General Electric Corporation Marti Ewy Leading the Learning Organization Dr. Kirby Scheer University of Mary Training and Development of the General Electric Corporation Abstract The General Electric Corporation’s training and development practices are examples that other organizations can use as a model for their own organizational culture. Employee training and development is becoming an important facet of any company that wants to be more successful. There are
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Demonstrative Communication Paper
Demonstrative Communication Paper Demonstrative Communication is a type of communication that observes nonverbal cues. Examples of non-verbal cues include tone of voice, facial expressions, and body language. We use demonstrative communication everyday professionally and personally when we have conversations with our family and coworkers. It is important that we are communicating effectively, with our family members and co-workers. The way we communicate with our face is very important we can send mixed messages with our
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How Do Olympic Games Influence the World Communication
How do Olympic Games influence the world communication? Liu Hao( Bert ) Tu Chen ( Peter ) Abstract The Olympic Games are the biggest sports events in the world. It supplies a stage for athletes all over the world to participate and compete together. As the biggest sports event hold by IOC, it also has some responsibilities to improve the communication around the world. This paper is a research about how the Olympic Games affect
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Communication and Collaboration Strategy Paper
Communication and Collaboration Strategy Paper Upon completing the Multiple Pathways to Learning, I discovered which learning styles are a precise fit of who I am in the way that I learn. The learning styles that describe me the most are the logical-mathematical and interpersonal. I was pleasantly surprised at how well a simple assessment accurately describes who I am in a snapshot. I always had an idea about what my learning style would be but
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Dell Computer Corporation Case
Dell Computer Corporation Article Review Dell Computer Corporation is an American computer technology corporation based in Round Rock, Texas. They develop, sell, repair and support computers and related products and services for both enterprise customers and general consumers. Dell has experienced growth, liquidity and profitability in the past by both increasing its customer base and through acquisitions since its inception. The company is well known for its innovations in supply chain management and electronic commerce.
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China's Geely Acquisition of Volvo Car Corporation
After more than a year of talks, Zhejiang Geely Automotive Group finally acquired Volvo Car Corporation from Ford Motor Company in August 2010. The acquisition was transacted at USD 1.8 billion, by far the most ambitious act that a Chinese vehicle manufacturer has attempted in its pursuit to penetrate the global automotive market. Out of the USD 1.8 billion payment, USD 200 million was a note with the remaining balance paid in cash. Funding for
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