around the world * Centralized vs Decentralized banking firms: Medici was the latter of the two * Relationship between main office and branches * Medici resembled a holding company; it owns shares in other company‚ in this case its subsidiaries. The holding company does not produce goods and services itself rather its purpose is to own shares in other companies. * Partnership agreement and ownership structure * Frequency of reporting * “Core Competency”
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Maturity and Decline. The Blockbuster had the highest number of stores in America and had the largest customer share. It had followed rapid expansion policy by opening stores in nine other countries. But with the advent of new technologies like video laser disks‚ cable television‚ internet and mature market the company needs to figure out its future growth plan. The company has reached the maturity stage and slowly moving towards the decline stage. The company needs to plan strategically‚ include flexibility
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Richard Troutman IT Case Study The Widget Wonders distribution center is the worldwide leader in widgets. Which they’re in the process of building a state of art facility to manufacture new generation of widgets. The SNHUConsulting group leads the way of consulting in information technology. SNHUConsulting has been hired to consult on new hardware that will last for at least the next three years for the different apartments. The sales department consists of 50 employees that requires mobility
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Saskya Gagneux February 5‚ 2013 Marketing Research 4338 Case 5- Student Computer Lab 1. Did the moderator do an adequate job of getting the information needed by the SCC? The moderator did a good job getting the information needed. * He started out appropriately by explaining who he was and the purpose for the research (focus group). * Encouraged respondents to talk to one another as he started with a broad question everybody could answer (“How do you think the computer lab is
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Facts: The Negro plaintiffs in these cases were denied admission schools attended by the white children under the laws requiring or permitting segregation according to race. All the court adhered to the “separate but equal” doctrine and held that the plaintiffs were not admitted to the white schools (except for the plaintiff in the Delaware case). In the instant cases‚ the plaintiffs contend that segregated public schools are not “equal” and they are deprived of the equal protection of the laws.
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Pepsi Cola Products Philippines‚ Inc. (petitioner) v. Honorable Secretary of Labor (respondents) 1. Facts: a. June 1990: The Pepsi-Cola Employees Organization-UOEF (Union) filed a petition for certification election with the Med-Arbiter seeking to be the exclusive bargaining agent of supervisors of Pepsi-Cola Philippines‚ Inc. (PEPSI). i. Med-Arbiter granted this stating that PCEU-UOEF was an affiliate of Union de Obreros Estivadores de Filipinas (or the Federation) with two (2) rank and file
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Case #4 Fighting Grime (Clorox Company) This is a fun case in that it involves branded products that students will recognize yet probably do not associate with Clorox. A good way to introduce the case could be to bring in product samples or show the brand names of their many products and ask students what they have in common? The case is short and vivid and can be assigned ahead or simply read in class. It is an easy case to grasp quickly yet provides some very clear examples of strategic
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Case Name: South East Asian Economic Crisis An economic crisis‚ which erupted in Thailand in mid-1997 and which soon spread to neighbouring countries—Malaysia‚ Indonesia‚ Philippines and South Korea— came to be popularly referred to as South-East Asian economic crisis (although South Korea is in East Asia and only the other countries are in South East Asia). A currency Crisis shows up when there is a speculative attack on the exchange rate‚ resulting in a devaluation of a pegged currency or sharp
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caseF&C INT CASE 4.2 F&C INTERNATIONAL‚ INC. Synopsis Over two centuries‚ the Fries family of northern Kentucky and southern Ohio built a dynasty of sorts in the flavor industry. Alex Fries‚ a German immigrant with a background in chemistry‚ settled in Cincinnati during the early nineteenth century and a few years later established a flavor company. Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries‚ Fries and his descendants owned‚ operated‚
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BUSI 497 Corporate Strategy Case Questions: #11 Sara Lee Corp 20 points; due Thursday‚ March 7‚ 2013 Sara Lee Corporation uses primarily a related diversification strategy. Note that questions 5 and 6 will be discussion only; no written answers required. 1. (Yair) Prepare a weighted industry attractiveness assessment similar to Table 8.1 on page 169. See Table 1 below as a template. Based on your table‚ what are your conclusions regarding the industries Sara Lee has chosen? For use
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