November 1998, following her retirement, she filed a lawsuit against Goodyear alleging wage discrimination due to her sex under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, claiming that those early poor evaluations were discrimination against her based on her sex, not a fair assessment of her work performance. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama ruled in favor of Ledbetter and awarded her back pay and damages. Goodyear appealed on the argument that even if the pay decisions had been
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COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY IN 2014: COMPETING IN A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE MARKET FOR REPLACEMENT TIRES CASE SUMMARY Tahun 2014, Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, sebuah perusahaan independen di industri ban, menduduki rangking ke 11 produsen terbesar di dunia dan di Amerika Utara menduduki peringkat ke 4 produsen ban terbesar. Meski begitu, dengan kapasitas 97.000 konsumsi ban per hari, jumlah tersebut masih 20% lebih kecil dibandingkan 4 tahun sebelum ia menutup pabrik di Albany, Georgia
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg had a strong opinion on was Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in 2007. This case was about Lilly Ledbetter who sued her employer of 19 years, Goodyear Tire & Company, due to gender discrimination. The company had been paying the male employees more than Ledbetter because she was female and that violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Supreme Court voted 5-4 in favor of Goodyear though, because Goodyear countered that same clause stating that discrimination complaints
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Harvard Business School 9-292-040 September 13, 1991 The All American Pipeline In late 1984, The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company faced the likely prospect that within several months it would receive some of the crucial permits it needed to begin construction on the All American Pipeline, which was projected to be the longest crude oil pipeline in the United States. Goodyear needed to place orders with pipe manufacturers immediately so it could begin construction as soon as the permits were
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Lilly Ledbetter worked at Goodyear; her and other employees were given or denied raises based on job performance. After Ledbetter retired Ledbetter filled suit on Goodyear stated she was given poor evaluations because of her sex; when this happened her pay never increased like it would have if she would have been fairly evaluated. Once her employment ended her pay was much less than her male co-workers. “Goodyear maintained that the evaluations had been nondiscriminatory
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Budgeting and Valuation with Leverage 18-4. Suppose Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company is considering divesting one of its manufacturing plants. The plant is expected to generate free cash flows of $1.5 million per year, growing at a rate of 2.5% per year. Goodyear has an equity cost of capital of 8.5%, a debt cost of capital of 7%, a marginal corporate tax rate of 35%, and a debt-equity ratio of 2.6. If the plant has average risk and Goodyear plans to maintain a constant debt-equity ratio, what after-tax
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Improvements Today, the development of public transportation is extremely prospective in terms of the community development. The development of public transportation can improve the community environment, its socioeconomic development. Goodyear (2010) states the following public transportation has a great potentially, when the use of cars as the main means of transportation threatens to the environment. With that being stated it provides inefficiency with the potential positive effects
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Harvard Business School 9-292-040 September 13, 1991 The All American Pipeline In late 1984, The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company faced the likely prospect that within several months it would receive some of the crucial permits it needed to begin construction on the All American Pipeline, which was projected to be the longest crude oil pipeline in the United States. Goodyear needed to place orders with pipe manufacturers immediately so it could begin construction as soon as the permits
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le monde. Dès lors, les économies d’échelles sont conséquentes dans cette industrie. De surcroît, les trois grands leaders de l’industrie pneumatique que sont Michelin, Goodyear et Bridgestone ont opté pour une politique d’acquisition à la fin des années 1980 (Bridgestone a racheté Firestone, Michelin Uniroyal-Goodrich et Goodyear Dunlop). Ils forment également des alliances stratégiques et des joint-ventures ce qui leur permet de réaliser d’importantes économies d’échelle. * L’intensité capitalistique :
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negative publicity. Alternatives a) Single sourcing from Goodyear b) Single sourcing from Hsu & Hsu c) Assuming there is not restriction on having more than one supplier, dual sourcing with Hsu & Hsu as primary supplier and Goodyear as secondary supplier Recommendation I recommend that American Pride Molded Plastics should go with the dual sourcing with Hsu & Hsu as primary supplier (75% of total volume) and Goodyear as secondary supplier (25% of total volume). Benefits of
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