| Case 5: P&G | | ————————————————- Company Background Porter and Gamble (P&G), founded in 1837, is one of the biggest consumer goods company over the world. P&G sells shampoos, baby care products, medicine and food etc. It not only diversified the product range but also the product width. Therefore, P&G has several brands under one single category but aimed with different customer segments. P&G […]

When Sharron Watkins, the former UP of Corporate Development offered to show the problems in counting decisions, Ken Lay, the Chair of the Board refused and said “He rather not see it”. 2. Regulatory Agencies, SEC and BAS Enron was able to hide their losses behind their ESP. or Special Purpose Entities by omitting an Spec’s assets and liabilities from its consolidated financial statements and […]

Pizza Hut dominated the fast food market in the world both in sales and number of restaurants before 1986. In 1986, the company announced to start the home delivery market, which would especially target the children, two-career families, and parents with small children, etc. Segmentation of the children by age (a group of the same age who will respond to a marketing mix in a […]

Dear Fred and Grady, Greetings! The agreement that the two of you, both partners of FG Partnership,  would be able to allocate the $100, 000 recourse debt equally between yourselves is valid.  However, further provision of the agreement requiring Fred to make up any deficit balance within 90 days of liquidation of the partnership is questionable. According to the Internal Revenue Code (IRS),  in order […]

Abstract Sunshine Food Inc. is one of the leading food processing companies in the U.S. Since inception 127 years ago, Sunshine Food, Inc., has sought to market its products by customer satisfaction. With over 30 food processing plants, Sunshine Food, Inc. has been specializing in canned and frozen foods of all kinds. With a multiproduct line policy, Sunshine Food, Inc, prepares, packages and sells canned […]

Water is indispensable to adult male, animate beings and workss and without H2O, life on Earth would non be. It is the 2nd resource, which is really of import and abundant apart from air Wagner and Lanoix ( 1961:9 ) . From the really beginning of human civilisation, people have chose to settle near to H2O beginnings, along rivers, beside lakes or near natural springs. […]

Project Case International Business SECTION D – GROUP Ashutosh Singh Khushwaha (GL) Amul: “The Taste of India” to “The Taste of World” With a presence in over 40 countries in 2012, Amul has done more than testing its products in the overseas markets. Since its venture into the International markets in late 80s, it has steadily grown in sales and today it has more than […]

Executive Summary      As a result of the case analysis, it has been determined that Kingsford has seen diminishing sales from 1996 to 2000 due to several factors, including a shrinking charcoal grilling industry, competition on the part of major rivals like Royal Oak and private label brands, insufficient price increases in comparison to competitors, increasing popularity of gas grilling as opposed to charcoal and […]

Kinder Morgan – MOB Richard Kinder and Bill Morgan purchased a master Limited partnership pipeline company from Enron for $40 million in 1997, founding Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KIM) 1 . The primary benefit of an ML comes in the form of tax savings. While shareholders In a corporation face double taxation, owners of a partnership are taxed only once (when receiving distributions). Corporate Income tax […]

ZARA Case Introduction This paper will define Zara’s key strengths and competencies in reference of its business model. Role of information system is also evaluated within its business operations, strategies and processes. In the end, consideration of upgrading the information system of Zara will be addressed. Strengths and Core Competencies of Zara With an increase of competition, companies started the assessment of core products, technologies […]