PAGODA.COM CASE STUDY WRITE UP July 14‚ 2012 Executive Summary Pagoda.com‚ an internet service provider‚ needs to make a decision as to whether or not the company should outsource its online help desk service to a firm in New Delhi‚ India. Pagoda.com caters to individual consumers and small businesses who require a high level of service and are willing to pay a premium for it. Pagoda.com offers state-of-the-art email applications and web building
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eReading: Amazon’s Kindle Case Write-Up In 2007‚ when the average consumer was inundated with a multitude of choices relating to their entertainment options‚ Amazon had just released the Kindle‚ a new electronic reader. Amazon had been extremely secretive in the lead up to the launch‚ and there was a tremendous amount of concern regarding how the Kindle would affect the publishing industry. From the brick and mortar bookstores‚ to textbook manufacturers to the I-Phone‚ any company involved in
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Gadget Toys Case Write-Up Gadget Toy Company is faced with a choice between two options to reduce project time for their new toy line. Gadget must cut down project time in order to meet their Christmas deadline that is 19 weeks away. Analysis shows that there are two critical paths for the current process‚ which is 20 weeks long and includes the following critical activities: obtain funding approval (A)‚ finalize engineering (B)‚ build dies/tools (D)‚ raw material delivery (K)‚ initial production
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Gone Rural Case Write-Up 11/19/14 1. How would you advise Ms. Thorne concerning growing her organization‚ being financially viable and achieving her mission? In order to grow her organization‚ our group advises that Ms. Thorne invest a total of R1 million in new additional facilities to double the operating capacity of the company. In order to grow the company and expand into foreign markets‚ the company needs to build another facility. It was made clear that the limiting factor in production
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Apple PowerBook Case Write-up After the failed release of Apple’s first miniaturized computer‚ the Portable‚ the company was faced with the likelihood of losing significant ground in the mobile computing market if it didn’t bring a product to market at record speed. Apple had anticipated the Portable would be competitive enough to maintain market share until its longer term “Companion” project was complete. However‚ thirty-six months remained until Companion would be ready. Weak sales coupled
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Executive Summary The case discusses the Royal Ahold’s the major events that led to the demise of a great European company. The case presents some of the key issues in the areas of leadership‚ strategy‚ audit and accounting fraud that resulted in their disaster. The case identifies the problems made by the management in selecting the improper growth strategy and incentive plan that encouraged unethical behaviour from the senior management. The events presented touch and highlight management
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Bus4003 Retailer And Channel Management Belano case write up Group 3: Lam Chong Yan s116112 Ho Ching man s116078 So Ching Wai s116226 Yung Chi Fung s116309 Lee Kin San s116142 Wong Yan Ho s116284 Introduction Today‚ Belono is one of the most successful pioneer to get into China casual wear market when many of Hong Kong retailers were focus on the local business. By a vision of
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to calculate WACC. To compromise these differences‚ we agree to use the average discount rate that doesn’t make a large influence of the valuation price. After this‚ we discussed the most important factor –growth rate. Based on the assumption in the case‚ we use 4% as terminal growth rate‚ 2% annual oil demand growth rate plus 2% inflation rate. However‚ Amoco hold the view that the oil price
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the work she will deliver. Therefore‚ losing future clients and eventually leading to the close of her business. The second alternative of raising money by borrowing‚ whether from a financial institute or from family and friends‚ will definitely pump up the solvency/cash criteria. Which will lead to enhancement in the quality of work delivered‚ due to the fact that that money will allow her to keep all her employees and keep the space she’s renting - providing the employees a stable environment to
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Chemistry Lab Write-Up Title: Paper Chromatography of Powdered Beverage Mix Purpose/Objective: The purpose is to be able to use liquid chromatography to separate dyes in a powdered beverage mix‚ calculate the Rf values for each dye‚ and rank the polarity of each dye present. Hypothesis: If we are to use the liquid chromatography to investigate the different dyes‚ then I think the different dyes will come up having different polarities and Rf values. Procedure/Method: Draw a line across
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