Bridgestone

Robert E. Mercer's account of the hostile takeover of Good Year Tire and Rubber Company focuses mainly on a struggle between the powerful and the powerless. According to the Interviewee, The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company is portrayed as an underdog in several incidents against certain established practices; stock manipulation and unfounded legal claims by law firms who accused Goodyear for, depriving their “shareholder of the highest price he can get,” along with abuse by well by share holders, corporate giants, Wall Street, and mass media. While Goodyear was a major corporation, it was an underdog in a sense that it was faced with unfavorable legal loopholes. As Mercer points out, his company was vulnerable to corporate raid in the abuse of financial plans set up by Wall Street. In addition, Mercer draws a clear line between those who supported the company from those who were enemies. The interviewee efficaciously uses his credentials as Good Year’s Chairman and Company Executive Officer to praise a minority of those who helped the company, while seemingly antagonizing the powerful majority in multiple instances. Furthermore, to strengthen an argument against his opponents, Mercer underscores the role of cooperation and collectivity by referring to multiple instances. In essence, Robert Mercer makes a credible voice to garner empathy from the listeners of the interview by juxtaposing the vulnerability of his company, Goodyear against that from established powerhouses…

Memories of my truck I’ve had tons of interesting and stressful experiences with my truck. I first got my truck when I was 15 years old. It is a 05 Toyota tundra. The memories I’m going to write about will be the memories of my truck breaking down. My truck was in need of a new water pump so one day me and my mechanic went to his shop with my truck to put the new one on. First we put the truck on the lift and popped the head and began taking out the radiator and drained all the coolant from the…

Ultimate Rubber By inspecting through this ad, who wonder think that Michelin is one of the world’s third largest manufacturing tire companies? Additionally, who would guess that one of its headquarters alone has 22,600 employees and operates 19 manufacturing plants in 17 locations? This ad in fact, is very rich just like the company’s facts are but more tire-wise. It is a bold and contented looking ad which sharply portrays that no other tire is as good as Michelin’s. The tire itself tries to…

Organizational culture is the shared values and patterns of belief or behavior are promoted by member of an organization. The culture at Bridgestone Americas, Inc. is adaptive to promote a premier place to work culture. Since the company is global in nature, several subcultures exist that are country specific. For example, Bridgestone Americas, Inc is the United States subsidiary of the Bridgestone Corporation. The cultures between the United States and Japan are vastly different. In the United…

What is the financial impact if Bridgestone’s fixed costs increase by 1% during the first quarter? 9. What are your overall recommendations for Bridgestone’s management regarding the use of CVP analysis? 10. As accountants, it is common to focus on quantitative tools such as CVP analysis to increase the profitability of a business. But it is important for accountants to think outside of the box to identify avenues of increasing profitability. What suggestions could you provide to assist…

Commercials have many ways to capture their audience’s attention. Bridgestone Tires was able to convey many messages though the commercial. They used many techniques that really tempt the audience to buy and to continue to buy their products. They target almost everyone who owns a car, who has a heart for animals and to those who love humor. Bridgestone Tires has many ways that they appeal to viewers in this particular commercial. The first thing that comes to mind when watching this commercial…

The Bridgestone Americas hiring process uses a variety of the Trait theory during its hiring process to find traits that are related to good workers and leaders. At our plant, we use a personality test to get the feel of the way the person thinks, and their natural traits will arise from the questionnaire. The questions are not true or false, but they are on a scale to purposely feel how much the candidate is for or against a situation or decision. Our company is looking for traits of good…

The Nitto Terra Grappler G2 is specifically designed to cater for on and off-road driving. Featuring an innovative new tread compound that maintains the versatile all-terrain traction this tyre is renowned for while enhancing tread life and durability. An optimized tread pattern boosts rigidity and promotes low wear while providing a comfortable, quiet ride with improved traction on wet surfaces. Two sidewall patterns allows you to choose a design that perfectly customizes your vehicle. •…

Both the firms are having the net revenues by average receivables value almost same. Both are able to quickly and efficiently collect the outstanding bills. By Asset turnover value mentioned above, 0.95 and 0.98, they are using their complete assets to generate the revenue. For every 100$ spent, Goodyear gets 95$ revenue whereas Bridgestone receives 98$ which is greater and efficient. Liquidity Ratios - mainly used by creditors to measure a firm’s ability to meet its short time obligations.…

The deaths due to tread separation were at 103 and more than 400 injuries were reported. After the malfunction of over thousands of Firestone tires, Bridgestone-Firestone finally recalled 6.5 million Firestone Wilderness, AT, ATX and ATX II P235/75R15 tires. On Aug. 9, 2000, model years 1991-2000 Ford Explorers were recalled. Not only were the Ford Explores recalled but the Ford Ranger, Ford F-series Light Trucks and the Ford Bronco, along with other manufactured models were recalled. The…