Case Study : Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Microlite S.A. which is located in Brazil was the largest producer of batteries in South America with a mighty 55% share of the Brazilian battery market. Top Management had decided to shut down all but one out of three of the dry cell battery factories in Guarulhos. This opened up the chance for Luiz Pinto, manager of Microlite's battery factory in Jaboatão, to take over this market share and do further investments in his company.

Microlite S.A. which is located in Brazil was the largest producer of batteries in South America with a mighty 55% share of the Brazilian battery market. Top Management had decided to shut down all but one out of three of the dry cell battery factories in Guarulhos. This opened up the chance for Luiz Pinto, manager of Microlite's battery factory in Jaboatão, to take over this market share and do further investments in his company.

The large company I chose was Proctor and Gamble. They use their name to sell tissue, soap, perfumes, paper products, and a large number of other items. I think they can combine their well-respected brand name to enhance differentiation. An example of this would be combining resources and manufacturing with another large company such as, Kimberly Clark, who produces some of the same items they do. Proctor and Gamble currently has 10 categories of products and 21 different brands that they produce.

You perform a detailed job analyzing causes, prescribing preventions and devising future risk plans in regards to Knight Capital America, I would only suggest you consider hiring persons with tacit knowledge who able to not only follow a your risk mananagement plan, but who are able resolve problems and implement innovations should something go astray. Davenport ((2006) explained that organizations that use alogoriths pursue, compete and hire the best analytical people. Gang Yu, a optimization analytics.world l authoriy and a professor of management science and software entrepreneur was recruited by Amazon when it needed a new head for its global supply chan. (Davenport , 2006). Thus, while you a good risk plan, its needs talented

Proctor & Gamble as the last company is also a strong company with a strong brand. The company is well known for their household products which are used in many homes all over the world. Working at Proctor & Gamble presents

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc was a small textile company. Its chairman and CEO of the company is Warren Buffett, the world's third richest man. He invested his partnership in invests in Berkshire Hathaway at the price of $8.6 million (The Essential Buffett, p27). It took him over 35years to grow its book value from $19 per share to $37,987 per share with a rate of 24 percent compounded annually (The Essential Buffett, p44). Buffett started purchasing other businesses, which were primarily insurance companies, with profits from the declining original textile business. In 1985, the original textile business was shut down and Berkshire Hathaway started the insurance business.

In this case study of Berkshire Industries PLC, we will be focusing on the evaluation of their new incentive system and address their potential options. This new system focuses on economic profits instead of accounting profits. To better understand the implications of the economic profit-focused system, we will perform a data analysis on the companies Snack Division. Furthermore, we will assess the negative effect this system had on their underperforming division, Spirits.

Duracell is a globally successful fast moving consumer goods company that, according to BrandGuide, is the market leader with excellent brand recognition. Duracell manufactures a vast amount of batteries and other products. Duracell is known today for being dependable and making long lasting batteries.

Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is an Indian consumer goods company. It is owned by Anglo-Dutch Company Unilever which owns a 51.51% controlling share in HUL as of March 2015 and is the holding company of HUL.

The history of business world provides several examples of several companies that went bankrupt due to several internal mismanagements or external economic factors. This report provides an insight into the bankruptcy of a financial institute, ABC Holding Inc., a United States based financial services company in which I worked as a financial analyst. This filing of bankruptcy is considered among the largest bankruptcy filing in the history of financial services companies. The ABC Holding Inc.’s unprecedented bankruptcy shacked the whole financial industry since it was not only considered as unexpected but also a huge one in the history of United States. Here, an analysis is presented on the key reasons behind the ABC Holding Inc.’s Bankruptcy discussed in six different online sources and on the basis of which solid conclusion and recommendations are also provided at the end of report.

The acquisition of Duracell was seen as many as a smart move. Analyst, shareholders, executives, had high expectations with this merger. Unfortunately, this acquisition created several problems for Gillette since their main goal of profit maximization was not being accomplished.

A battery is defined as being an electrochemical cell that has the ability to turn chemical energy into electrical energy. All batteries contain an anode, cathode, electrolyte and a separator. The difference between distinct types of batteries are the materials used as the electrodes and electrolyte. There are two types of battery categories in which all batteries can fall under, the primary battery which is a single use battery cell and the secondary battery cell which can be recharged and used numerous times.1 Secondary batteries especially the lithium ion battery (LIB) have successfully taken over the electronics market in the last two decades. LIBs power everyday items such as laptops, smartphones and numerous other gadgets that are used in our daily lives.2

Aberdeen Asset Management plc (for the purpose of this report I will refer to the company as Aberdeen) is an international investment management group that manages assets for third parties; institutions and individuals (p.2, MarketLine Company Profile, 2015). Aberdeen is an extremely large firm and results from the last financial year showed net revenue of £1,117.6m and a pre-tax profit of £324.4m (p.1, Final Results 2014, AAM Plc). The group employs over 2,600 members of staff, in 33 offices across 25 different countries around the world, with its headquarters based in Aberdeen, Scotland (p.4, MarketLine Company Profile, 2015). The company has seen rapid growth since it was founded in 1983 through acquisitions and internal growth. In 1991 it began floating on the London Stock Exchange under the name Aberdeen Trust PLC (p.5, MarketLine Company Profile, 2014). Fig. 2 shows how the success of the company is reflected in its increasing share price since floatation, earning it a place in the coveted FTSE 100 Index in 2012 (Our History, aberdeen_asset.co.uk). The firm is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FSA) in the United Kingdom jurisdiction. Aberdeen is a public limited company (plc) which means it has limited liability and its shares may be freely sold and traded by the public, Fig 2 shows the fluctuation of the share price in recent years. The current market capitalisation of Aberdeen, which is calculated

Motorola is also seen as leader of innovation. They solve problems in which the consumer does not even know they existed and thus Motorola tries to provide the best service.

Unilever PLC England the parent company and other sub-braches all over the world give assistance to Unilever Bangladesh Limited so ULB enjoys a high level of support from Unilever.