More and more companies are doing business in China due to the lower production costs. When doing business in a different country, they could have some policies and regulations that are different than the ones in the United States. They are many officials in these countries that will take a bribe in order to ensure a fast turnaround time in order for your company to receive a license. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA) was empowered by the United States to investigate allegations of bribery anywhere in the world and are stepping up their activities in China (Roberts 2010). Technically, China does have some laws against taking bribes but there is a fine line between bribes and gift giving.
The first impact is skills development. In order to remain ethical and avoid instances of statutory illegality such as tax evasions, CGA's must have the knowledge, skills and ability to show a taxpayer where they can save on taxes, and provide advice about conducting financial affairs in a way which will limit tax liability. In the aforementioned case, if Mack's company had a proficient accountant, they may have been able to come up with other ways to reduce
Hong Kong became an international city that can handle a large number of capital and goods from all over the world. The Special Economic Zones like Shenzhen, have the convenience access to Hong Kong, therefore, they are developing a better economic market than inner periphery. These are the preconditions make the economic development of China’s inner periphery left behind. Chinese interior periphery development is left behind, which is because some obstacles
Global Supply Chain Management and Strategic Sourcing Case Study Questions Question 1: Based on the risk factors associated with the Bugabyte and the Bugabyte Lite, which product do you think Grunwald and Vogel will recommend as the best candidate for assembly outsourcing? This case study is embedded on procurement management and global sourcing. This is supported by the move of Metrovox outsource various functions from suppliers in China where it purchases the components of both Bugabyte Lite and Bugabyte for its assembly plant in Germany. In an effort to maintain its market position and competitive advantage, Metrovox was compelled to improve its previous product-Bugabyte by developing video capability. The new development had great impact on production such that it was delayed thus delaying delivery of the product by 30 percent.
Being that the investment in the area is low they should use the cash earned to move the questions mark to the cash cows (BCG Matrix, 2012). They should continue what they are doing in the appliances department but they should consider doing a portfolio analysis for both departments as well. This analysis is similar to the BCG Matrix. The portfolio analysis would allow an organization to analyze the products that is in a business portfolio. A portfolio analysis help a company with making decisions on what products that they must considered to be the main focused and which one they should get rid of.
As a result of the growing scarcity of silver in China, As a county official, Ye Chunji hopes that the people of China will live frugally and not extravagantly in an effort to help the declining economy by having people live frugally and to spend money on more necessary items than to live extravagantly and waste money (document 1). Furthermore, the effects of silver taxes and transactions is shown through Xu Dunqiu's essay in The Changing Times. In Xu Dunqiu's essay, he shows the change over time from China's barter economy system to a more market economy.
A recent economic downturn has seriously affected the auto industry and your company, as well. Your company has merged with two other brake component companies in an effort to gain production efficiencies and lower unit costs. You are the lead HR person for the new entity. Based on your analysis of the three previous executive compensation approaches, you have decided with board approval to redesign the executive compensation for the new combined organization. Describe the components of an executive compensation plan.
Hiringthe foreign workers may interfere with the policies of China¶s political and legal environment.Prior to Riordan¶s plans to expand the facility in Hangzhou and hire additional foreignworkers, the management should consider the political and legal climates of China to eliminateinterference with the goals of the company. China is a communist state but embraces a freemarket economy (Hodgetts, Luthans, & Doh, 2005). Presently the political environment is stablein comparison to Latin America or the Middle East (Hodgetts, Luthans, & Doh, 2005). However,Riordan needs to investigate thoroughly the legal and regulatory aspects of expanding the facilityand hiring foreign workers in China.The legal and regulatory environment in China needs investigating. Planning to expandthe Hangzhou facility must be approved by the government.
Accounting 493 Case Study Memorandum To: Professor Siyi Li From: Date: September 4, 2013 Subject: Analysis of the transition from GAAP to IFRS in the U.S. This memo’s purpose is to determine the costs and benefits of the transition from Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in the United States. This memo targets the costs and benefits of the transition in three disciplines of accounting: Investors, U.S. public companies, and Auditors. The transition could benefit investors since they would have less trouble comparing companies based in different countries. “Adopting IFRS would influence the growth of banks' stocks as it would lead to reduction in the barriers to trade and flow of capital due to greater transparency from more disclosures (Chima, 2012).” This suggests that banks converting to IFRS will be able to expand the pool of potential investors since the investors will be better able to understand the financial statements of banks outside their home countries, and also, this will lead to easier comparability of U.S. banks with foreign banks.
Innovation impacts the cost of production as well. Even the innovation helps in lowering the cost of production and making economies more efficient – producing more outputs with the same number of inputs. Technology affects market structure. In today’s market world, technology advances more rapidly because individuals gain incentives, in the form of profits, to discover new and cheaper ways of doing things. Even the dynamic efficiency refers to a market’s ability to promote cost-reducing or product-enhancing technological change.