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  • Intel Case Study

    Intel Case Study

    INTEL Intel has been a giant in the microprocessor industry for years. Ask a random person on the street if they have heard of Centrino or Pentium, and I am sure you will get the same answer of yes. Intel spent much of the early nineties being one of the top ten recognizable names, along with Nike and McDonalds. Intel was launched in 1968 and focused on semiconductor memory products. The company then introduced its

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    Essay Length: 764 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: February 21, 2010 By: Top
  • Starbucks Case Study

    Starbucks Case Study

    Background Starbucks Coffee is a company that offers extraordinary coffee to its customers. It takes great pride in its retail service and providing great services to its customers. Howard Schultz, inspired and fascinated by Milan’s coffee culture in Italy, convinced his company (a shop in Seattle’s Pike Place Market) to set up an espresso bar in the corner of its only downtown Seattle shop. He envisioned coffeehouses as a “third place” to relax and enjoy

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    Essay Length: 1,700 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: February 23, 2010 By: Anna
  • Case Study

    Case Study

    My idea for the team project is on the current process used for repair or replacement for the Sony Playstation 2 systems after the 90-day warranty period. The process used before the warranty period is over is very efficient. There is rarely a variation in the process time. The process is a storefront calls in for a return authorization form. We then fax the form to them, and the manager fills it out at his

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    Essay Length: 369 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 23, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • A Case Study on Krispy Kreme Donuts

    A Case Study on Krispy Kreme Donuts

    CASE FORMAT KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS, INC. --- 2004 1. Title Page a. Case title b. Group Members c. Class schedule d. Term and school year e. Date submitted 2. Content a. 1-page Case Summary b. Proposed Vision and Mission Statement for KKD c. External Audit --- EFE Matrix d. Competitors Analysis --- CPM e. Financial Ratio Analyses f. Internal Audit --- IFE Matrix aveA Case Study on Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc A Case Study on

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    Essay Length: 1,933 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: February 23, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Case Study Silvio Napoli at Schindler India (a)

    Case Study Silvio Napoli at Schindler India (a)

    1. Did Schindler make the right choice in assigning Silvio as general manager of India? I do not believe Schindler made the right choice in assigning Silvio as the general manager of India. Silvio had little to no "real world" international experience. Silvio had much success in Sweden but there are several factors that limited his success in India. Silvio had high "warrior" and low "monk" attributes. Silvio was a task oriented individual. This management

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    Essay Length: 941 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: February 24, 2010 By: Yan
  • Ideo Case Study

    Ideo Case Study

    IDEO Case Study 1. IDEO has a flat organization; there are no formal titles, dress codes, organizational charts or permanent job assignments. The company is made up of project teams organized around IDEO’s innovation process, which is focused on constant brainstorming and prototyping; where no idea is a bad idea, in the early stages of a project, and trial and error is an expectation on the journey to getting it right. The organization is driven

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    Essay Length: 659 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 24, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Case Study Report, Palm Inc.

    Case Study Report, Palm Inc.

    Case Study Report, Palm Inc. BACKGROUND: Jeff Hawkins founded Palm Computing Inc, a hand-held computer business, in 1992 which has since changed names (Yoffie & Kwak, 2001). In 1999 it changed to Palm Inc (Yahoo Finance, 2006). The case study concentrated on Jeff Hawkins, the founder of Palm, and Donna Dubinsky the former CEO of the company. These two left Palm in 1998 and founded a company called Handspring, the only company as of

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    Essay Length: 1,166 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: February 25, 2010 By: Victor
  • Critical Thinking Case Study

    Critical Thinking Case Study

    Critical Thinking Case Study Case Study: Operation Optimize Introduction AcuScan, Inc faces several challenges as it tries to launch iScanner, a new retinal-scanning product, designed specifically for the retail industry. Assuming the role of Vice President of Operational Development for AcuScan, Miranda must evaluate all arguments and provide alternative solutions. Cliff Cliff O’Connor, Chief Executive Officer, deem extreme measures to be the best option for the company to revive its financial health and reposition itself

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    Essay Length: 2,715 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: February 25, 2010 By: Monika
  • Contract Law Case Study

    Contract Law Case Study

    E-Business Contract Law Case Study Analysis I. My first gut was to say that this was a contract. The website made an offer to send free software to anyone who sent his/her email address. Upon further review, I have decided that this example does not meet the essential elements of a contract as described below. Our lecture stated “to be an offer, a communication needs to be sufficiently definite so it manifests the willingness to

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    Essay Length: 354 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 26, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Blackheath Case Study

    Blackheath Case Study

    The Case Blackheath Manufacturing Company, is a company that manufactures a single product named Ў§Great Heath.ЎЁ The company recently hired a new cost accountant, Lee High, who intends to conduct a new cost analysis over a period of three production weeks. Lee wanted to better identify the fixed, variable, and semi-variable costs associated with production of ЎҐGreat Heath.Ў¦ Once these costs were categorized Lee could determine how this would effect the cost of goods sold.

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    Essay Length: 894 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: February 26, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Harrison-Keyes Inc. Case Study

    Harrison-Keyes Inc. Case Study

    Running head: PROBLEM SOLUTION: HARRISON-KEYES INC. Problem Solution: Harrison-Keyes Inc. University of Phoenix Problem Solution: Harrison-Keyes Inc. Since 1997, more and more people have used the World Wide Web to shop for products. In 1997, only 2 percent of adults actually purchased items from online stores and in 2003 nearly it was 47 percent (Computer and Internet Use in the United States: 2003, 2005). With more shoppers moving from the traditional brick and mortar stores

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    Essay Length: 3,247 Words / 13 Pages
    Submitted: February 26, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Phar-Mor: Case Study

    Phar-Mor: Case Study

    Phar-Mor was known as one of the major discount chain retailers in the late 1980’s - early 1990’s. It was founded by Mickey Monus, a gambler in nature, who with the help of senior management was “cooking the books” for years to cover up his loses. The reason why senior management agreed to do this fraud is the belief in unique ability of their leader to fix everything later on. This case is known as

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    Essay Length: 1,447 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: February 26, 2010 By: Victor
  • Plax Case Study

    Plax Case Study

    Define the problem Plax entering the market in 1998 has seen a significant attainment in market share in which the competition lead by P&G, Scope, has 32%. With Plax’s attainment in two years time, P&G sees the potential of losing market shares in the product category. She is concerned that with all the competitions such as Listerine following suit of Plax’s new position for the product category of “Plaque fighter” in addition to fresh breath

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    Essay Length: 296 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 27, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Computron Inc. Case Study

    Computron Inc. Case Study

    Computron Inc. 1. What are the consideration affecting the price strategy of Computron? What is the relative of these considerations? What are the international marketing implications? Some key factors which Computron has to take into consideration in determining the pricing strategy of 1000X digital computers in order to propose bidding for Konig are listed below: 1. The price which competitors are most likely to charge. 2. The future prospect of pricing in the long run

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    Essay Length: 974 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: February 28, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Dhl Case Study

    Dhl Case Study

    DHL is not entering the U.S. market lightly. From sponsoring the United States Olympic team to launching a full-scale advertising blitz on American television, the logistics giant is putting out the word that it is a viable third alternative to FedEx and UPS in the world's largest express market. Perhaps most significantly, DHL is investing $1.2 billion to consolidate its two air hubs to one site, add seven new regional sort centers across the country

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    Essay Length: 645 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 28, 2010 By: July
  • Acuscan Case Study

    Acuscan Case Study

    Case Study AcuScan Operation Optimize GEN480 – Capstone Course 1. Describe all assumptions seen in any of documents provided in the case study. a. Kelly 1. Pat doesn’t know anything about quality control. 2. Doesn’t think the features can be developed in time. 3. Pat doesn’t have technology experience because he came from the cereal industry. 4. Under staffed due to layoffs last year. . 5. Doesn’t think the budget is realistic. b. Pat 1.

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    Essay Length: 1,275 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: February 28, 2010 By: Yan
  • Operations Management - Case Study - Punj Lloyd Limited

    Operations Management - Case Study - Punj Lloyd Limited

    SUMMARY Punj Lloyd is one of the largest engineering construction companies in India providing integrated design, engineering, procurement, construction and project management services for energy industry and infrastructure sector projects. It provides engineering construction services for onshore and offshore pipelines, gas gathering systems, oil and gas tanks and terminals including cryogenic Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) storage terminals, process facilities in the oil and gas industry including refineries and for power

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    Essay Length: 3,346 Words / 14 Pages
    Submitted: February 28, 2010 By: Anna
  • Riordan Manufacturing Case Study

    Riordan Manufacturing Case Study

    Budgeting Assignment A company’s budget serves as a guideline in planning and committing costs in order to meet tactical and strategic goals. Tactical goals such as providing budgetary costs for daily operations, and strategic objectives that include R&D, production, marketing, and distribution are all part of the budgeting process. Serving as a guideline rather than being set in stone, the budget is a snapshot of manager’s “best thinking at the time it is prepared.” (Marshall,

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    Essay Length: 581 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 28, 2010 By: Bred
  • Mariott Corporation Case Study

    Mariott Corporation Case Study

    Marriott’s corporation: the cost of capital What is the weighted average cost of capital for Marriott Corporation? Are the four components of Marriott’s financial strategy consistent with its growth objective? Marriott Corporation is an international company who’s the growth over the year has been more than satisfactory. In 1987, Marriott’s sales grew up by 24% and its return on equity stood at 22%. Moreover the sales and earnings pr share has doubled over the previous

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    Essay Length: 1,688 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: February 28, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Care Group Case Study - Information Systems

    Care Group Case Study - Information Systems

    CareGroup Case Summary CareGroup was formed in a three way merger of hospitals in 1996, becoming a health-care team dedicated to providing personalized care to patients through a broad spectrum of available services. The merger was precipitated by increased need for negotiating and contracting power to respond to the HMOs, the possibility of developing integrated services to improve quality of care while driving down costs and the need for a strong balance sheet. The hospitals

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    Essay Length: 562 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 1, 2010 By: Vika
  • Blockbuster Case Study

    Blockbuster Case Study

    1. Analyze Blockbuster’s current position (based on its brick-and-mortar business model) using Porter’s 5-forces model. What are the conclusions of your analysis? In Porter’s 5 forces model, the five underlying forces for an industry’s structural attractiveness are the barriers to entry for new competitors, the intensity of rivalry among existing competitors, the threat of substitute products or services, the bargaining power of suppliers, and the bargaining power of buyers. In analyzing Blockbuster’s business model and

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    Essay Length: 3,741 Words / 15 Pages
    Submitted: March 1, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Cooper Case Study Summary

    Cooper Case Study Summary

    COOPER CASE STUDY SUMMARY Nicholson Early in 1972 Nicholson dad to fend off a take over attempt by H.K. Porter Company Inc., which controlled 30.5% of the company's stock. Porter made a cash tender offer to stockholders. However, Porter did not get enough stock to take over Nicholson. In trying to fight the takeover Nicholson made several merger overtures to other companies like VLN Corp. A few years back, it had rejected an offer from

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    Essay Length: 1,523 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: March 1, 2010 By: regina
  • Ikea Case Study

    Ikea Case Study

    In order to attract customers and investors, many multinational corporations with Chinese supply chains have begun to require certification to global standards associated with quality and environmental management, such as ISO 9000 or ISO 14000. Others impose their own more demanding ‘codes of conduct’ upon those who supply them with finished products or components for assembly. IKEA and the shower curtain manufacturer discussed previously are one example. After a manufacturer of some of their

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    Essay Length: 1,437 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: Monika
  • Rise of China and Case Study of Veolia and Colgate-Palmolive

    Rise of China and Case Study of Veolia and Colgate-Palmolive

    Contents 1.0 Section One1 2.0 Section Two - 2.1 Introduction - 2.2 Veolia - 2.3 Colgate-Palmolive 3.0 Bibliography Appendices, A 1.0 Section One China is emerging as a growing economy, which is becoming more attractive for foreign investors and in particular, large multi national companies. It is seen as the fastest developing country, and is emerging as the new superpower. There are many factors that have led to China becoming a more appealing country for

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    Essay Length: 1,093 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: Yan
  • Abc Inc Case Study

    Abc Inc Case Study

    Background ABC Inc. had a new recruiter named Carl Robins who had only been on the job for six months, yet in that short amount of time he had already recruited several potential new employees, and were getting them ready for orientation. Of the new hires, 15 were trainees brought in to work in Operations for Operations Supervisor Monica Carrolls. In order to facilitate ABC’s on boarding process, and get these new recruits ready to

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    Essay Length: 715 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 3, 2010 By: Andrew