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.

The Johnson & Johnson Family of Consumer Companies offers the world's largest range of consumer healthcare products. They are a holding company with controlling stakes in 265 individual operating businesses. These businesses sell skin care, oral care, wound care, over-the-counter medicine and women's health products worldwide. The companies that fall under Johnson & Johnson belong to three categories; pharmaceuticals, medical devices and consumer health care. They own worldwide known brands such as Tylenol, Neutrogena and Neosporin.

There are three types of 12 volt batteries used today for marine applications. They are WET battery, gel battery and, more recently, AGM battery (which means "absorbed glass mat"). All of these batteries are built-in lead and measure a full charge 12.85 volts, they

So even after seeing the ads thousands of times, consumers had no idea which brand was which. In 1990, near the peak of the Energizer bunny's popularity, Duracell claimed that 40 percent of its customers thought the campaign was promoting Duracell, not Energizer. Consumers were connecting "battery" and "bunny," but at no point were they connecting "bunny" and "Energizer." Despite the immense popularity of the ad campaign, Duracell extended its lead over Energizer and held that spot into the late '90s.

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.

Today’s risk management environment is more dynamic than ever. More often, companies are embracing risk management’s undeniable opportunity to improve business results. The emergence of this “true business partner” relationship requires that risk management decisions and processes rely more on strategic planning, rigorous analytical processes, and collaborative internal and external partnerships. Knowing which actions and relationships will drive down your costs of risk demands a deep and comprehensive understanding of the factors that influence it.

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.

1. Evaluate the economics of Gulf's exploration and development program in net present value terms. How do Gulf's outlay for exploration and development compare to cash returns Gulf generates from these activities.

GE Corp (GE) is the world 's largest diversified services company, but also to provide high quality, high-tech industrial and consumer products. From aircraft engines, power generation equipment to financial services, from medical imaging, television programs to plastics, GE is committed to creating a better life through a number of technologies and services. The history of the GE Corp can be traced back to Edison Thomas, who founded the Edison Electric Light Company in 1878. .Hailed as a critical corporate function during the late 1960s and 1970s, its effectiveness came under attack in the 1980s and 1990s.( Steiner 1969) In 1892, Edison GE Corp and Houston Thomsen electric company merger, set up a GE Corp (GE). GE is the only company in the index chart since the Dow Jones industrial index was established in 1896.

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

The final nail in the coffin must have been its sale to Motorola, a company that invented the cellphone and won millions over with the iconic Razr phone, but somehow still managed to lose direction in its cellphone business thanks to poor management and decision-making.

Motorola Solutions, Inc. is an American data communications and telecommunications equipment provider. Motorola was a giant in the mobile industry, however, it has returned to its roots of providing communications equipment for public safety. Motorola sold its enterprise unite in 2014, which consisted of mobile computers, tables, and barcode scanners, and focuses on its public safety and commercial customers. Today, Motorola designs, and makes two-way radio systems, wireless broadband products used in private voice, data networks, and public safety communication systems.

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