Corporation Essays

The piece “With Friends Like These…” was written by Tom Hodgkinson, a British writer for The Guardian, in 2008. Considering this was the year in which Facebook surfaced onto public attention, the author, like many other journalists, evaluated the site personally and did background research to further his claim. The …

As Internet changed our ways of living, Social Network applications such as Facebook changed our ways of interacting with others. According to a report written by Emil Protalinski this year, Facebook users spent more than 10.5 billion minutes per day on Facebook during January 2012, excluding mobile devices. This comes …

This year marks the 125th anniversary of my beverage of choice – Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola was created in Atlanta, Georgia, by pharmacist Dr. John Pemberton on May 8th, 1886 and in its first year only 9 glasses of the beverage were sold. Today, the Coca-Cola company sells 1.7 billion beverage servings …

Intellectual property is defined as a work or invention that is the result of creativity, such as a document or a design, to which one has rights and for which one may apply for a patent/copyright/trademark. Apple has succeeded in winning a lawsuit against Samsung. This patent war between the …

These two travel websites provide customers with the ability book hotels, purchase airline tickets, reserve rental cars, and purchase vacations and cruises. Rappa (2006) pointed out that Priceline follows a brokerage model, and its main role is as a business-to-customer company. I think Priceline consist of two brokerage models: one …

Joanna began her calculation of Nike’s WACC by finding the necessary weights of debt and equity to be used. To begin, Joanna found Nike’s debt by combining the book values of current long-term debt, notes payable, and long-term debt, which were all found on Nike’s balance sheet. The values were …

The Coca-Cola Company, a beverage company, engages in the manufacture, marketing, and sale of nonalcoholic beverages worldwide. The company primarily offers sparkling beverages and still beverages. Its sparkling beverages include nonalcoholic ready-to-drink beverages with carbonation, such as carbonated energy drinks, and carbonated waters and flavored waters. The company’s still beverages …

Congoleum Corporation has three product market segments: home furnishings, shipbuilding and automotive and industrial distribution. In 1979, First Boston Corporation bid for an LBO of Congoleum for a price per share of $38. The purpose of this analysis is to assess Congoleum as a LBO candidate and determine whether the …

Late on October 9, 2003, David Maris, an analyst at Banc of America Securities (BAS), was trying to interpret the shocking events of the previous few days and finish the write-up of his first report on the Canadian pharmaceutical firm, Biovail Corporation. Maris didn’t like what he saw at the …

Today a shoe is more than something to protect and keep one’s feet warm, it is a fashion statement, an athletic enhancer, rebellion, status, and the ins and outs of coolness. Shoes, mainly athletic shoes have changed drastically throughout the years. From weight, size, look, and comfort ability, Nike has …