Business Essays

Comcast Cable continues to drive innovation, increase new product introductions, transformed the customer experience, and has successfully integrated NBC Universal. Comcast derives the bulk of its revenue from television, Internet, and digital phone services offered in 39 states and the District of Columbia. Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK) is one …

1.An ‘eye-ball’ assessment of the changes in Coke’s financial statements between 1996 and 2010—e.g., overall growth in assets, revenues, equity, debt, etc. An eyeball assessment of the changes in Coke’s financial statements between 1996 and 2010 show that mainly all accounts are up. The total assets are up from 1996 …

James reported to Lisa Johnson, Los Angeles area manager. Lisa was a long time employee of Citibank. She joined the company in 1978 in Chicago and moved to California in early 1988. Her area was the biggest in the division and included two regions that had previously been managed separately. …

What concepts in the chapter are illustrated in this case? Who are the stakeholders? I think this case illustrates very well the ethical and social issues surrounding the information systems. It is about the accountability, liability and control of the moral dimensions of the information system. Just like a two-sided …

This case looks at Twitter in early 2010. At this point, Twitter had a market valuation of $1 billion, but was a free service without a viable business plan. The challenge facing Twitter at this point in time is finding a balance between Twitter’s revenue generating initiatives and protecting the …

Questions Since this is the first time Jim and Mason will be conducting a financial forecast for Oats’ R’ Us, how do you think they should proceed? Which approaches or models can they use? What are the assumptions necessary for utilizing each model? Jim and Mason should begin their planning …

Sealed Air corporation’s (SAC) Freelance R&D practise was in line with the strategy of the company. Their primary goal was in innovation and diversification of their offerings. Hickey, CEO of SAC realised in his earlier days that SAC had promising opportunities outside the packaging market. And on top of it …

The carabao is a prized symbol of a farmer’s wealth and is an integral component of the Philippine agriculture. Million of farmers rely on this animal as the main source of draft power for plowing farm and almost all farming operations. Carabao eats only grass and other vegetation. It produces …

During our six (6) weeks of observation, we observed CanGo management make important decisions about expanding and starting a new venture without the use of the company’s financials. A financial analysis can be used internally to evaluate issues such as employee performance, the efficiency of operations, and credit policies, and …

State whether the following provisions in a note impair or preclude negotiability, the instrument in each instance being otherwise in proper form. Answer each statement with either “Negotiable” or Nonnegotiable” and explain why. A. A note signed by Henry Brown in the trade name of the Quality Store. Nonnegotiable, no …