Case Analysis Report Clayton Industries: Peter Arnell‚ Country Manager for Italy (HBS Case # 4199) 1. Evaluate Peter Arnell’s first two months as general manager of Clayton SpA. What are the main challenges he faces? How well is he dealing with them? The biggest challenge Peter faces is the stagnant growth that Clayton SpA has experienced in recent years‚ especially with a 5.3% decline in 2008 and 19.4% drop in the first quarter of 2009 for Italy. This lack of sales directly affects
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Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 Court and Year Full High Court 2007 District Court of Queensland 2010 New South Wales Court of Appeal 2011 Relevant Facts Home purchased at $250000 with mortgage payment of $200000 Ms Clayton unable to keep up with payments After substantial period of default‚ banks sells sold property at auction for $150000. After deduction of sale‚ Bank seeks payment of the guarantor Ms Clayton claim guarantee not enforceable on her because of misunderstanding Ms Clayton alleges
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* R&D Outsourcing Case study: Blackberry 10 development Outsourcing of R&D functions of company is not a new concept. Its history can be traced way back to 1970’s and 1980’s when companies in United States were contracted by the government to carry out R&D activities on behalf of them. During the early 1990’s‚ concept of outsourcing R&D expanded rapidly. Today many global players in the market outsource at least a small portion of their R&D activities to other countries like
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Ellison’s Personality and Leadership Traits Even though Ellison is not well liked amongst the technology programming industry‚ it is hard to deny his effectiveness in success. Ellison is narcissistic and is as egotistical as they come‚ however every person that has worked for him at one time or another under Oracle have gone on to have extremely wealthy‚ successful careers. Ellison is what we would call a manager not a leader. But if you had to classify him as a leader of some sort‚ it would
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Increasing Profit Margins Proposal for Artemis Sportswear Profit Margin is a ratio that is calculated by dividing net profits of a company by its sales. This ratio measures how much of every dollar generated by sales is retained in company’s earnings. Generally speaking‚ a higher profit margin indicates that a company is more profitable and has better control of its operational expenses. Gross profit margin can also be used to set and monitor sales goals for your company. Because the costs of
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Clayton Industries: Peter Arnell‚ Country Manager for Italy Major issues : a. Many European people saw air conditioning as an luxury item which is harming environment. b. Europeans have strong national brand preferences. c. They are losing both potential commercial customer and the chance to reach in other parts of Europe. d. Some of Asian produces had been able to gain penetration in Europe‚ largely on the basis of price. e. Its air conditioners are fit poorly with Italian buildings
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Hawkins v Clayton [1988] HCA 15; (1988) 164 CLR 539 (8 April 1988) High Court of Australia Case Title: HAWKINS v. CLAYTON [1988] HCA 15; (1988) 164 CLR 539 F.C. 88/012 Medium Neutral Citation: [1988] HCA 15 Hearing Date(s): 1987‚ May 13 1988‚ April 8 Decision Date: 20 June 2011 Jurisdiction: High Court of Australia Before: C.J Mason J. Wilson J. Brennan J. Deane J. Gaudron Catchwords: Negligence - Duty of care - Solicitor - Will held by solicitor
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the city‚ reportedly because these two stores were consistently losing money. After years of requests from customers‚ all of their stores have started offering a very limited amount of health-conscience and organic products—all of which were high margin items. When asked by the area’s food bank for donation of day-old products‚ management declined deciding instead to throw the food away‚ citing worries over lost revenues due to possible fraud and stealing by employees who might say they are donating
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DigiMaxCon (A): The Case of the Shrinking Margins1 It is late spring and time for the DMC management team to begin the planning cycle for the next fiscal year. While CEO Tom Grant has always preferred the tried and true business strategies from Michael Porter (cost leadership‚ differentiation and market focus)‚ he knows the executive team needs to be creative to set the path for the future of the company during the new planning cycle. In this highly competitive global market‚ DMC will face many
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April 10‚ 2013 The Penny The use of pennies is steadily declining. Most people don’t even keep track of the amount of coins they have‚ so it’s more than likely that they’ll think it’s useless‚ and dispose of it. People would throw away the pennies they have‚ without a second glance. Bit if we all save up our loose change‚ there’s a chance we’d be able to save up to hundreds‚ or possibly even millions of pennies. Pennies are valuable to some people‚ for example‚ coin manufactures (Source
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