The history of the Carnival Corporation begins in 1972‚ when Ted Arison set up Carnival Cruise Lines as a subsidiary of the American International Travel Service. The first ship ran aground‚ but Arison remained steadfast in achieving his vision of a cruise line offering affordable vacation packages to middle-income consumers. By 1977‚ Carnival had three ships‚ and ten years later‚ as the industry leader‚ the company went public. In the early 1990s‚ Carnival began to diversify into land-based entertainment
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Target Corporation Patrick Cunningham M03619570 Professor John Phelps‚ Ph.D. February 6‚ 2014 Executive Summary: This case study analyzed five different projects Target Corporation had to decide on capital spent for which project created the most value and the most growth for the company and its shareholders. By analyzing the financial statements and exhibits of each project‚ I was able to determine the positives and negatives of each of these alternatives. The alternatives were Gopher
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03/15/2010 Carnival Corporation-2007 Carnival Corporation is the largest cruise and most profitable cruise ship operator in the world. Carnival is headquartered in Miami‚ Florida and London England and employs 80‚000 employees. “Carnival operates a fleet of 95 ships‚ with another 11 ships scheduled for delivery between 2010 and 2012 (Carnival Corporation‚ 2010).” Carnival cruises to Alaska‚ the Caribbean‚ Panama‚ South America‚ Mediterranean‚ New England‚ Bermuda‚ South Pacific‚ and the Bahamas
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Index Executive Summary pg. 3 Carnival Corporation Mission Statement pg. 4 Evaluation of Mission Statement pg. 4 Company Objectives‚ Strategies and Core Competencies pg. 6 Business Scope pg. 9 Financial Ratios - 2002 pg. 12 Company Strengths pg. 14 Company Weaknesses pg. 15 Value‚ Rareness‚ Imitability & Organization (VRIO) pg. 15 Value Chain pg. 16 Opportunities pg. 17 Threats pg. 17 Strategic Objectives & Relative Evaluations pg. 18 Strategy Implementation pg. 21 Balanced Scorecard
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Lei Shi Company Research Paper (The Target Corporation) FINA 3301 November 21‚ 2013 Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) is one of the top ten largest retailers in the U.S. by sales. In its most recent year in 2012‚ Target who has proclaimed itself as “cheap chic” produced over $70 billion in revenue through the sales of apparel‚ house wares‚ electronics and other products (Exhibit 5). At Target‚ corporate governance practices have been in place for more than 50 years‚ and continue to evolve to balance
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Case 3 :Maytag Corporation 2002:Focus on North America Questions: Does Maytag Corporation have what it takes to succeed in this increasingly competitive industry? Is this a good time to buy or to sell Maytag stock? Answer: I would like to start the answer of this question through a small summary which will show how and why these questions are appeared? and since‚ giving precise answer to the questions need a detailed environmental analysis ‚so I try to explain internal and external
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Insurance Fraud A gang of Russian crooks ran a record-setting‚ $279 million fraud that exploited New York’s “no-fault” auto –accident law‚ authorities said 2/29/12. The gang worked with corrupt doctors to set up more than 100 phony medical clinics across the city. There‚ they generated fake bills for the treatment of “injuries” that “ranged from wild exaggerations to outright fabrications‚” Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara said. The fraudsters took advantage of the “patient-friendly provisions”
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activity of Multi-national corporation support economic globalization. The impact of developing economies is not positive every time. How do you explain this issues? Give Examples. Globalization has placed new demands on statistical agencies to provide the information necessary to inform policy in today’s increasingly interdependent world economy. This globalization has manifested itself in the interdependence of financial markets‚ the increasing role of multinational corporations (MNC’s)‚ the transfer
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Exhibit 2: Ratio analysis 11 Exhibit 3: Common-Size Income Statements 12 Exhibit 4: Summary of the internal environment analysis 13 Exhibit 5: Strategic factors summary 13 Exhibit 6: SWOT Matrix for Maytag Corporation 14 Exhibit 7: Action plan 15 I. INTRODUCTION Maytag Corporation is an US based company dedicated to designing‚ building‚ marketing‚ and servicing the best appliances in the world. Initially founded in 1893 to manufacture farm equipment‚ the company converted its object to specialize
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