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McDonald’s Corporation

When most firms were struggling in 2008, McDonald’s increased its revenues from $22.7 billion in 2007 to $23.5 billion in 2008. Headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois McDonald’s net income nearly doubled during that time from $2.4 billion to $4.3 billion—quite impressive. Fortune magazine in 2009 rated McDonald’s as their 16th “Most Admired Company in the World” in terms of their management and performance.

McDonald’s added 650 new outlets in 2009 when many restaurants struggled to keep their doors open. McDonald’s low prices and expanded menu items have attracted millions of new customers away from sit-down chains and independent eateries. Jim Skinner, CEO of McDonald’s, says, “We do so well because our strategies have been so well planned out.” McDonald’s served about 60 million customers every day in 2009, 2 million more than in 2008. Nearly 80 percent of McDonald’s are run by franchisees (or affiliates).

McDonald’s in 2009 spent $2.1 billion to remodel many of its 32,000 restaurants and build new ones at a more rapid pace than in recent years. This is in stark contrast to most restaurant chains that are struggling to survive, laying off employees, closing restaurants, and reducing expansion plans. McDonald's restaurants are in 120 countries. Going out to eat is one of the first activities that customers cut in tough times. A rising U.S. dollar is another external factor that hurts McDonald’s. An internal weakness of McDonald’s is that the firm now offers upscale coffee drinks like lattes and cappuccinos in over 7,000 locations just as budget conscious consumers are cutting back on such extravagances.

About half of McDonald’s 31,000 locations are outside the United States. But McDonald’s top management team says everything the firm does is for the long term. McDonald’s for several years referred to their strategic plan as “Plan to Win.” This strategy has been to increase sales at existing locations by improving the menu, remodeling dining rooms, extending hours, and adding snacks. The company has avoided deep price cuts on its menu items. McDonald’s was only one of three large U.S. firms that saw its stock price rise in 2008.

The other two firms were Wal-Mart and Family Dollar Stores.

Other strategies being pursued currently by McDonald’s include replacing gasoline-powered cars with energy-efficient cars, lowering advertising rates, halting building new outlets on street corners where nearby development shows signs of weakness, boosting the firm’s coffee business, and improving the drive-through windows to increase sales and efficiency.

McDonald’s receives nearly two thirds of its revenues from outside the United States. The company has 14,000 U.S. outlets and 18,000 outlets outside the United States. McDonald’s feeds 58 million customers every day. The company operates Hamburger University in suburban Chicago. McDonald's reported that first quarter 2009 profits rose 4 percent and same-store sales rose 4.3 percent across the globe. Same-store sales in the second quarter of 2009 were up another 4.8 percent.

Questions:

1.      Which theory of organizational adaptation is applied at McDonald's (Theories to choose from: Institution Theory, Strategic choice perspective, and Organizational Learning Theory) ? Discuss.

2.      Conduct the environmental scanning of McDonald's through SWOT analysis.

3.      Discuss any 2 strategies used at McDonald's ( Strategies to choose from : Corporate strategy, Business Strategy, and Functional Strategy) . Elaborate.

4.      Under which strategic type (according to Miles and Snow) can McDonald’s be classified? Elaborate.

Exercise 21-11

What is the best way to measure the incident of hospital acquired infections? If the goal is to reduce the incidence of hospital acquired infection? What is a reliable tool that can be used to measure this quality indicator?

Sherrod, Inc., reported pretax accounting income of $92 million for 2021. The following information relates to differences between pretax accounting income and taxable income:

1. Income from installment sales of properties included in pretax accounting income in 2021 exceeded that reported for tax purposes by $6 million. The installment receivable account at year-end 2021 had a balance of $8 million (representing portions of 2020 and 2021 installment sales), expected to be collected equally in 2022 and 2023.
2. Sherrod was assessed a penalty of $3 million by the Environmental Protection Agency for violation of a federal law in 2021. The fine is to be paid in equal amounts in 2021 and 2022.
3. Sherrod rents its operating facilities but owns one asset acquired in 2020 at a cost of $104 million. Depreciation is reported by the straight-line method, assuming a four-year useful life. On the tax return, deductions for depreciation will be more than straight-line depreciation the first two years but less than straight-line depreciation the next two years ($ in millions):

4. For tax purposes, warranty expense is deducted when costs are incurred. The balance of the warranty liability was $1 million at the end of 2020. Warranty expense of $3 million is recognized in the income statement in 2021. $2 million of cost is incurred in 2021, and another $3 million of cost anticipated in 2022. At December 31, 2021, the warranty liability is $2 million (after adjusting entries).
5. In 2021, Sherrod accrued an expense and related liability for estimated paid future absences of $13 million relating to the company’s new paid vacation program. Future compensation will be deductible on the tax return when actually paid during the next two years ($7 million in 2022; $6 million in 2023).
6. During 2020, accounting income included an estimated loss of $6 million from having accrued a loss contingency. The loss is paid in 2021, at which time it is tax deductible.

Balances in the deferred tax asset and deferred tax liability accounts at January 1, 2021, were $1.8 million and $2.5 million, respectively. The enacted tax rate is 25% each year.

Required:
1. Determine the amounts necessary to record income taxes for 2021, and prepare the appropriate journal entry.
2. What is the 2021 net income?
3. Show how any deferred tax amounts should be classified and reported in the 2021 balance sheet.

Sherrod, Inc., reported pretax accounting income of $72 million for 2021. The following information relates to differences between pretax accounting income and taxable income:

1. Income from installment sales of properties included in pretax accounting income in 2021 exceeded that reported for tax purposes by $3 million. The installment receivable account at year-end 2021 had a balance of $4 million (representing portions of 2020 and 2021 installment sales), expected to be collected equally in 2022 and 2023.
2. Sherrod was assessed a penalty of $2 million by the Environmental Protection Agency for violation of a federal law in 2021. The fine is to be paid in equal amounts in 2021 and 2022.
3. Sherrod rents its operating facilities but owns one asset acquired in 2020 at a cost of $64 million. Depreciation is reported by the straight-line method, assuming a four-year useful life. On the tax return, deductions for depreciation will be more than straight-line depreciation the first two years but less than straight-line depreciation the next two years ($ in millions):

4. For tax purposes, warranty expense is deducted when costs are incurred. The balance of the warranty liability was $1 million at the end of 2020. Warranty expense of $3 million is recognized in the income statement in 2021. $2 million of cost is incurred in 2021, and another $3 million of cost anticipated in 2022. At December 31, 2021, the warranty liability is $2 million (after adjusting entries).
5. In 2021, Sherrod accrued an expense and related liability for estimated paid future absences of $14 million relating to the company’s new paid vacation program. Future compensation will be deductible on the tax return when actually paid during the next two years ($11 million in 2022; $3 million in 2023).
6. During 2020, accounting income included an estimated loss of $6 million from having accrued a loss contingency. The loss is paid in 2021, at which time it is tax deductible.

Balances in the deferred tax asset and deferred tax liability accounts at January 1, 2021, were $1.8 million and $1.5 million, respectively. The enacted tax rate is 25% each year.

Required:
1. Determine the amounts necessary to record income taxes for 2021, and prepare the appropriate journal entry.
2. What is the 2021 net income?
3. Show how any deferred tax amounts should be classified and reported in the 2021 balance sheet.

Sherrod, Inc., reported pretax accounting income of $68 million for 2021. The following information relates to differences between pretax accounting income and taxable income:

1. Income from installment sales of properties included in pretax accounting income in 2021 exceeded that reported for tax purposes by $6 million. The installment receivable account at year-end 2021 had a balance of $8 million (representing portions of 2020 and 2021 installment sales), expected to be collected equally in 2022 and 2023.
2. Sherrod was assessed a penalty of $4 million by the Environmental Protection Agency for violation of a federal law in 2021. The fine is to be paid in equal amounts in 2021 and 2022.
3. Sherrod rents its operating facilities but owns one asset acquired in 2020 at a cost of $56 million. Depreciation is reported by the straight-line method, assuming a four-year useful life. On the tax return, deductions for depreciation will be more than straight-line depreciation the first two years but less than straight-line depreciation the next two years ($ in millions):

4. For tax purposes, warranty expense is deducted when costs are incurred. The balance of the warranty liability was $3 million at the end of 2020. Warranty expense of $5 million is recognized in the income statement in 2021. $4 million of cost is incurred in 2021, and another $3 million of cost anticipated in 2022. At December 31, 2021, the warranty liability is $4 million (after adjusting entries).
5. In 2021, Sherrod accrued an expense and related liability for estimated paid future absences of $14 million relating to the company’s new paid vacation program. Future compensation will be deductible on the tax return when actually paid during the next two years ($8 million in 2022; $6 million in 2023).
6. During 2020, accounting income included an estimated loss of $2 million from having accrued a loss contingency. The loss is paid in 2021, at which time it is tax deductible.

Balances in the deferred tax asset and deferred tax liability accounts at January 1, 2021, were $1.3 million and $1.5 million, respectively. The enacted tax rate is 25% each year.

Required:
1. Determine the amounts necessary to record income taxes for 2021, and prepare the appropriate journal entry.
2. What is the 2021 net income?
3. Show how any deferred tax amounts should be classified and reported in the 2021 balance sheet.