The Nestlé takeover of rowntree: A case study

Hyde, Dana; Ellert, James; Killing, J. Peter

doi:10.1016/0263-2373(91)90044-q

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“…As D. Hyde noted, Nestlé saw the promise of synergies in R&D, products, administration and sales, resulting in economies of scale. This is the example of the highly intelligent integration of two companies into a competitive business [10]. However, not all acquisitions were successful.…”

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Problems of intellectual property accounting in industrial enterprises in Russia

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This paper analyzes important accounting and financial problems associated with identification, determination of the moment of recognition, proper assessment of intellectual properties that are part of intangible assets, determination of their useful life, as well as the search for relevant methods of their depreciation. According to the generalization of theoretical and their own practical experience, the authors propose the approaches to solve these problems, designed to increase the level of reporting reliability for stakeholders, as well as to ensure proper accounting and control of these objects in order to provide their safety and rational use at industrial enterprises.

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“…This effect resulted in them losing, during the early twentieth century, control and ownership over the firms they had founded. H&P is an illustrative case, but key parts of its narrative are shared by many other Quaker businesses (e.g., Cadbury, 2010;Hyde, Ellert, and Killing. 1991;Kavanagh and Brigham, 2018;.…”

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Religion, organization and company law – a case study of a Quaker business

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Kavanagh

Brigham

2019

Management & Organizational History

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This paper examines the effect of changes in corporate law in the mid-nineteenth centuryincorporation and limited liabilityon the ownership, control and socio-economic objectives of a Quaker family firm between 1841 and 1972. The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) were wellknown for adhering to internalized quasi-legal rules and self-governance, and had a strong reputation, which persists today, for trust, integrity and honesty in all business dealings. We read existing archival research on Quaker firm Huntley & Palmer (the biscuit manufacturer) against the grain to trace how incorporation and limited liability fundamentally changed its capital structure and the family's control of the firm and which, in turn, led to a gradual weakening of its social ambitions.We argue that changes to the law are akin to changing the rules of the game within which players' play, and we show how Quaker quasi-legal rules became subordinate to corporate law resulting in unexpected and non-trivial impacts that play out over long, longitudinal periods of time.

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“…For instance, Cadbury, which took over Fry's in 1916 and became the British Cocoa and Chocalate in 1919, employed 10,000 in Bourneville alone in 1938 and, by 1961, employed some 23,500 workers (Grace's Guide). Rowntree also expanded and, by 1987, when it was taken over by Nestlé, it operated 25 factories in nine countries and employed 33,000 people (Hyde et al, 1991).…”

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confidence: 99%