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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business‚ but he is debating whether to start a S corporation or a C corporation due to potential environmental factors associated with his business. He wants to maintain a limited liability and wants to avoid double taxation by paying himself a salary equal to his companies before tax earnings. He also would like to issue preferred stock to his son in the future to keep his interests in the business. He was advised by his friend to choose a C Corporation to maintain maximum flexibility in the business
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In order to recover from losses‚ Harnischfeger made several changes starting in1983. He restructured the top management by creating the position of chief operating officer. To deal with the short-term liquidity problem‚ he decided to cut costs by reducing staff from 6900 to 3800‚ reducing bonus to staff‚ liquidating the excess inventory‚ prolonging payment to creditors and permanent shutting down of an equipment plant at Escanaba. In 1984‚ there was a liquidation of last in first out (LIFO) inventory
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As per the CPHEEO norms‚ the water supply schemes are designed for 135 lpcd for Corporations and ULBs having UGSS. Provisions are also made for fire fighting demands as per CPHEEO Manual. Bulk‚ Industrial and other demands are considerd as per the TWAD Guidelines. The details of water demands considered for Madurai Corporation is as presented in Table IV.1. TABLE IV.1 WATER DEMAND NORMS CONSIDERED FOR MADURAI CORPORATION Sl No Description Units Demand Norms Remarks 1 Per Capita Water Supply lpcd 135
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at Target Corporation Chervonda Cowart Managerial Applications of Information Technology –MIS535 Keller Graduate School of Management July 13‚ 2013 Subject of Course Project I propose the implementation of centralized real time pricing through the use of cloud technology at Target Corporations that would solve several company objectives relating to efficiency in resource allocation as well as cost savings in payroll. Business Problem Statement Since 2008 Target Corporation has been
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Stryker Corporation Case Study Justin Noakes Executive Summary In 2003‚ the Stryker Corporation is contemplating a change in their sourcing strategy for printed circuit boards (PCBs)‚ which are used in many of their instruments. Recently‚ Stryker’s suppliers of PCBs have become less reliable. They want to eliminate this problem by building a PCB production facility and produce the boards in house. In other words‚ they want to in-source the production of PCBs. This would give the company
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people owning animals through the centuries companies where devolved to research and manufacturing health care products for domestic and then exotic later. Heska Corporation was founded in 1988 under the name Paravax to develop vaccines for animals‚ was renamed Heska in 1995 and moved its location to Colorado (Heska Corporation). Heska Corporation focuses on biotechnology‚ research and development and manufacturing health care products such as vaccines‚ and monitoring devices for veterinary use. Veterinary
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Term Paper TITLE : Balanced Scorecard. Course Title : Management Control System Course No. : EMIS - 528 Submitted by: Mir Mohammad Abu Naser ID:61018-11-022 Submitted to: Md. Abul Kashem‚ Honorable Course Teacher Department of MIS University of Dhaka Balanced Scorecard “Balanced scorecard” means different things to different people. At one extreme‚ measurement-based balanced
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Ranbaxy’s criminal guilty plea and $500 million in fines and penalties has brought back the spotlight on corporate governance. The criminal case focused on sales in the US market. However‚ if media reports are to be believed‚ Ranbaxy committed systemic fraud in its worldwide regulatory filings. The US case dates back to the year 2004. This is the initial year when the Corporate Governance Code‚ which was issued by Sebi in the year 2000‚ was made mandatory. Therefore‚ it is quite likely that many
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INTRODUCTION The rapid development in science and technology has paved its way for sophistication by automation. People now a days‚ are inclined towards devices that are sophisticated‚ simpler to use and secure. In this project entitled “Home Appliances Control using Different Controlling Modes “‚ a prototype is developed which shows how the best utilization of technology can be made in order to secure a home not only from threat but also by ensuring all the safety measures. The project also throws
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