...owned by the government of Malaysia through Khazanah Nasional and was headed by its founder, Dr. Mahathir. Proton approached Mitsubishi Motors between 1983 and 1984 and brokered a joint venture between both companies for the production of the first Malaysian car. The result of the collaboration was the Proton Saga, which launched on 9 July 1985.[3] It was based on the second generation 1983 Mitsubishi Lancer Fiore 4-door saloon and powered by a 1.3-litre Mitsubishi Orion 4G13 engine. The first Proton Saga to roll off the production line in Shah Alam is preserved in the Muzium Negara as a symbol of the beginning of the Malaysian automotive industry. Sales of the new Saga outstripped supply and Proton struggled to meet the growing demand, but by mid-1986 it had captured a 64% majority domestic market share in the Below 1600cc segment.[4] Later in October 1987, a hatchback variant called the Proton Saga Aeroback was launched and featured a more powerful 1.5L Mitsubishi 4G15 engine and a redesigned rear-end. Proton entered the United Kingdom in March 1989 with the Saga saloon and hatchback duo, where the Malaysian company set the record for the Fastest Selling Make of New Car Ever to Enter the United Kingdom.[5] Nonetheless, Proton did experience an overall decline in sales during the...
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...Advanced Internship Research Paper, 1 ADVANCED INTERNSHIP RESEARCH PAPER Prepared by Beth Ellis A course paper presented to Programs for Business Administration In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Science Degree Advanced Internship Franklin Pierce College November, 2007 Advanced Internship Research Paper, 2 Table of Contents Organization.........................................................................................................................3 Description of Organization............................................................................................3 Description of Products...................................................................................................3 Organization Philosophy and Practices ..........................................................................5 Organizational Structure .................................................................................................6 Human Resource Management .......................................................................................7 Analysis of Target Markets.............................................................................................8 Analysis of Marketing Mix...........................................................................................10 Financial Statements and Analysis of Financial Data...................................................12 Summary of Firm’s Strengths and Weaknesses................
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...Chapter 7 Buying an Existing Business Part 1: Learning Objectives 1. Understand the advantages and disadvantages of buying an existing business. 2. Define the steps involved in the right way to buy a business. 3. Explain the process of evaluating an existing business. 4. Describe the various techniques for determining the value of a business. 5. Understand the seller's side of the buyout decision and how to structure the deal. 6. Understand how the negotiation process works and identify the factors that affect the negotiation process. Part 2: Class Instruction Introduction Some entrepreneurs choose to buy existing businesses rather than start their own. In a typical year, between 500,000 to one million businesses are bought and sold. Purchasing an established business can offer many advantages—if the entrepreneur knows what they are really buying and if the business is priced right. Buying an Existing Business LO 1 A prospective owner must ask several key questions before buying an existing business. • Is it the right type of business for the market? • What experience do I bring to the venture? • What is the success potential? • What changes are needed—and how extensive are they—to realize the full potential of the value of the business? People buy businesses for different reasons. As described in Figure 7.1: Types of Business Buyers, we can categorize buyers into four areas: 1. Main...
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...Chapter 7 Buying an Existing Business Part 1: Learning Objectives 1. Understand the advantages and disadvantages of buying an existing business. 2. Define the steps involved in the right way to buy a business. 3. Explain the process of evaluating an existing business. 4. Describe the various techniques for determining the value of a business. 5. Understand the seller's side of the buyout decision and how to structure the deal. 6. Understand how the negotiation process works and identify the factors that affect the negotiation process. Part 2: Class Instruction Introduction Some entrepreneurs choose to buy existing businesses rather than start their own. In a typical year, between 500,000 to one million businesses are bought and sold. Purchasing an established business can offer many advantages—if the entrepreneur knows what they are really buying and if the business is priced right. Buying an Existing Business LO 1 A prospective owner must ask several key questions before buying an existing business. • Is it the right type of business for the market? • What experience do I bring to the venture? • What is the success potential? • What changes are needed—and how extensive are they—to realize the full potential of the value of the business? People buy businesses for different reasons. As described in Figure 7.1: Types of Business Buyers, we can categorize buyers into four areas: 1. Main...
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...Acknowledgement [pic] Alhamdulillah, first of all I would like to thank Allah S.W.T as finally i was able to finish our assignment that has been given by our Integrated Case Study lecturer which is Dr. Maheran Zakaria. I have given my best to ensure the assignment can be finished and submit on time although I have to face few problems during the process finishing the case study. Hope that all of the effort during of the case study will be giving a lot of benefits to me for now or in the future. Table of Contents | |CONTENTS |NO. OF PAGES | |No | | | |1 | |3 | | |INTRODUCTION | | |2 | |5 | | |SWOT ANALYSIS | | |3 | ...
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...MBA 6070X – Ethics & Law Essay 2 February 2015 Enron - Ethics & Law Essay Introduction: Enron Corporation was an American energy company based in Houston, Texas. Before its bankruptcy in late 2001, Enron employed approximately 22,000 employees and was one of the largest electricity, natural gas, paper, and communication companies, with overall revenues of nearly $101 billion in 2000. The company developed, built and operated power plants and pipelines while dealing with rules of law and various infrastructures worldwide. In just 15 years, Enron grew into one of America’s largest companies and leading magazine “Fortune†named Enron “America’s Most Innovative Company†for six consecutive years. Enron divided its business into three main areas: (I) Enron Wholesale, (II) Enron Energy Service, and (III) Enron’s Global Asset. Enron wasn’t focusing to specific industry strategies. Rather, it has an overall strategy that calls for creating an environment and culture of creativity and idea generation. “Enron is a laboratory of innovation. Enron’s entrepreneurial approach calls for new insights, new ways of looking at problems and opportunities. Enron has an exceptional ability to leverage its intellectual capital. Individuals are empowered to do what they think is best. Enron’s philosophy is not to stand in the way of our employees. This environment spurs the innovation that enables Enron to revolutionize traditional energy markets and successfully enter...
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...Section 8: Summary of Topics Not Chosen 11 Bibliography 12 Revision History 14 ABSTRACT This paper is about how SuperTraining Corporation can best utilize various IT resources to gain a competitive adavanted in the area of on-line training and eduction. Some topics sucha as e-commerce, network security and social media adaptations will be discused. Assumptions I have a few assumptions regarding SuperTraing Coporataion and they are: * Students are required to work @ home and attend classes on-site. * SuperTraining Corporation is experienced at long distance learning. * SuperTraining Corporation is an extablished, profitable business. * SuperTraining Corporation has an extablished infrastruture. Section 1: Overview | | My six topics are important to SuperTraining because SuperTraining Coporations business model revolves around customer service. They provide technical training much like the ITT Technical Intitute who trains civilians and veterans alike across the country (ITT Technical Institute, 2012). SuperTraining focus is for current technical skills learned in the class and at home and to provide internships that lead to job placement. Manufacturing Information Systems are key to SuperTraining to help provide top tier learning evironments around the world. User Communication Sytems are relevant to assist in the long distance learning process. This aids in establishing a world wide market by having...
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...MBA 6070X – Ethics & Law Essay 2 February 2015 Enron - Ethics & Law Essay Introduction: Enron Corporation was an American energy company based in Houston, Texas. Before its bankruptcy in late 2001, Enron employed approximately 22,000 employees and was one of the largest electricity, natural gas, paper, and communication companies, with overall revenues of nearly $101 billion in 2000. The company developed, built and operated power plants and pipelines while dealing with rules of law and various infrastructures worldwide. In just 15 years, Enron grew into one of America’s largest companies and leading magazine “Fortune†named Enron “America’s Most Innovative Company†for six consecutive years. Enron divided its business into three main areas: (I) Enron Wholesale, (II) Enron Energy Service, and (III) Enron’s Global Asset. Enron wasn’t focusing to specific industry strategies. Rather, it has an overall strategy that calls for creating an environment and culture of creativity and idea generation. “Enron is a laboratory of innovation. Enron’s entrepreneurial approach calls for new insights, new ways of looking at problems and opportunities. Enron has an exceptional ability to leverage its intellectual capital. Individuals are empowered to do what they think is best. Enron’s philosophy is not to stand in the way of our employees. This environment spurs the innovation that enables Enron to revolutionize traditional energy markets and successfully enter...
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...Group Assurance of Learning Exercise 4 October 5, 2014 Business 400_B06 Group Members: Juan Valdez Lopez Tram Trinh Brandon Weadon David Welborn Micah Whitley Heather Younger Ex. 7C (1 business) Southwest Airlines chart Southwest Airlines is a company using the divisional structure by units based on their role; there are four shortcomings for this type of structure that affect Southwest Airlines. * Lack of Teamwork: Southwest Airlines areas may have difficulties working with other functional areas. There is often a perception that they are competing with other functional areas for resources and a lack of understanding of what other areas do for the company. * Difficult Management Control: As Southwest Airlines grows larger; the functional areas can become difficult to manage due to their size. * Ignorance of Organizational Objectives: Functional areas may become distracted by their own goals and focus on them, rather than on overall company objectives. * Hurdle in Complete Development: As Southwest Airlines using divisional structure; this system is a hurdle in the way of the complete development of the employees. Each employee specializes only in a small part of the whole job. Microsoft Shortcomings * Selfish Attitude: Microsoft has many divisions. Every division tries to display a better performance, sometimes even at the cost of other divisions; this shows their selfish attitude. Consequently, it hits the interest of the concern...
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...This case study provides a glimpse at Research in Motion’s (RIM’s) entry into the Chinese market during a time when many distractions—principally a patent dispute with NTP—occupied management’s attention. Norm Lo had been in charge of the Asia Pacific region for eight months, though he had been with RIM for five years. Lo was successful in signing new partners throughout Asia, but China remained a difficult market to crack. One holdup was an impasse with regard to RIM’s use of encryption technology and the Chinese authorities’ desire to monitor e-mail traffic and content. Here the technical and political concerns were entangled. Even calling in Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty to pay the Chinese federal authorities a visit (during a trade mission) provided no resolution. To further complicate things, the entirety of RIM had until recently been preoccupied with the legal settlement with NTP in the United States. There was much concern that NTP’s patent infringement claims could sink or substantially stymie RIM’s economic progress. Even as the NTP matters were settled, additional distracting infringement suits arose. Those holding patents thought they could get rich just by having a lawyer knock on RIM’s door. The study shadows Norm Lo trying to bring BlackBerry’s entry into mainland China to fruition. Should he “play hardball?” Is slow and steady going to do it? Is RIM getting walked all over in China, or is this what an outside firm should expect? Wishful...
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...CASE STUDY 129 BlackBerry in Red China: Research in Motion Navigates Institutional Barriers in an Emerging Market By Prescott C. Ensign Nicholas P. Robinson Research in Motion’s (RIM’s) entry into the Chinese market during a time when many distractions—principally a patent dispute with NTP—occupied management’s attention was not a foregone conclusion. China remained a difficult market to crack. One holdup was an impasse with regard to RIM’s use of encryption technology and the Chinese authorities’ desire to monitor e-mail traffic and content. Here the technical and political concerns were entangled. To further complicate things, the entirety of RIM had until recently been preoccupied with the legal settlement with NTP in the United States. Issues in this study highlight real-world dilemmas in a thriving firm. The founders are still in charge, and new markets present themselves regularly. A very real challenge is divided attentions. The standstill over market entry calls for integrative thinking—bringing together disparate and contradictory elements for resolution. RIM’s way out will invariably involve embracing complex relationships in order to find a resolution to the various conflicting institutional forces. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Correspondence to: Prescott C. Ensign, University of Ottawa, Telfer School of Management, 55 Laurier Avenue East, Ottawa ON, K1N 6N5, Canada, 613.562.5800 x4925 (phone), ensign@telfer.uOttawa.ca. Published online in Wiley InterScience...
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...blame here? The promoters? The promoters are primary culprits, although it is almost impossible to misrepresent such facts without the connivance of the auditors and some executive board members. Independent directors, it seems, were kept in the dark about the actual books of accounts. What about the auditors? The role of external third party auditors, who were tasked to ensure that no financial bungling is undertaken to carry out promoters’ interest or hide facts, have also been brought to question. Anatomy of a fraud 1. Maintaining records · Raju maintained thorough details of the Satyam's accounts and minutes of meetings since 2002. · Raju stored records of accounts for the latest year (2008-09) in a computer server called "My Home Hub." 2. Fake invoices and bills · Details of accounts from 2002...
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...Assignments for Tuesday: 1. Read the article on Xerox and the Management Fiasco. Bring a write-up of the following: (Typed; proper grammar, sentence structure and punctuation.) * Describe the behaviors of Xerox management noted in the article. * How do you believe the behaviors of the management team contributed to the issues the company faced in 2000? 2. Find/print a news article on a topic you believe is relevant to Organizational Behavior. Provide a brief summary of the key points of the article and how you believe this content is relevant to OB. (Concept Application #1) | | | | | | | | COVER STORY | | | | | | Xerox: The Downfall The Inside Story of the Management Fiasco at Xerox One morning last May, G. Richard Thoman arrived for work to find an urgent summons from Paul A. Allaire, the man he had replaced as chief executive of Xerox Corp. (XRX) just 13 months earlier. Allaire, who had remained as chairman, was waiting next door in his office at Xerox headquarters. A man of few words even on happy occasions, Allaire delivered the bad news without preamble. He said that Thoman's colleagues had lost confidence in him and that the next afternoon the board would announce his resignation. In other words, Thoman, who had left IBM in 1997 to join Xerox as heir apparent to Allaire, would be out of a job in about 30 hours. Thoman was livid, but obligingly fell on the sword Allaire handed him. Late the next day, after the board had announced Allaire's...
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...or sustainable responsible business/ Responsible Business) is a form of corporate self-regulation integrated into a business model. CSR policy functions as a built-in, self-regulating mechanism whereby a business monitors and ensures its active compliance with the spirit of the law, ethical standards, and international norms. The goal of CSR is to embrace responsibility for the company's actions and encourage a positive impact through its activities on the environment, consumers, employees, communities, stakeholders and all other members of the public sphere who may also be considered as stakeholders. The term "corporate social responsibility" came into common use in the late 1960s and early 1970s after many multinational corporations formed the term stakeholder, meaning those on whom an organization's activities have an impact. It was used to describe corporate owners beyond shareholders as a result of an influential book by R. Edward Freeman, Strategic management: a stakeholder approach in 1984. Proponents argue that corporations make more long term profits by operating with a perspective, while critics argue that CSR distracts from the economic role of businesses. Others argue CSR is merely window-dressing, or an attempt to pre-empt the role of governments as a watchdog over powerful multinational corporations. CSR is titled to aid an organization's mission as well as a guide to what the company stands for and will uphold to its consumers. Development business ethics is one of the...
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...Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative University of New Mexico http://danielsethics.mgt.unm.edu Coping with Financial and Ethical Risks at American International Group (AIG) INTRODUCTION When American International Group (AIG) collapsed in September 2008 and was subsequently saved by a government bailout, it became one of the most controversial players in the 2008–2009 financial crisis. The corporate culture at AIG had been involved in a high-stakes risk-taking scheme supported by managers and employees that appeared entirely focused on short-term financial gain. Out of a firm of 116,000 employees, one unit with around 500 employees, AIG Financial Products, was chiefly to blame for bringing down the company, and former CEO Ed Liddy, who was summoned by former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, estimates that of that number only twenty to thirty people were directly involved. The AIG Financial Products unit specialized in derivatives and other complex financial contracts that were tied to subprime mortgages or commodities. While its dealings were risky, the unit generated billions of dollars in profits for AIG. Even so, during his long tenure as CEO of AIG, Maurice “Hank” Greenberg had been open about his suspicions of the AIG Financial Products unit. After Greenberg resigned as chief executive of AIG in 2005, the Financial Products unit became even more speculative in its activities. Immediately before its collapse, AIG had exposure to $64 billion in potential subprime mortgage losses...
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