East Coast Yachts Company Case Study Group 4 Julie Ciarlante Mary Kathryn LoConte Ivy Perez David Zhu East Coast Yachts Background • ECY started in 2002 as a Limited Liability Company (LLC) with the mission of creating custom‚ high performance yachts for the pleasure sailor. • A commitment to safety‚ reliability and customer satisfaction helped the company grow steadily for the first seven years in business. • In 2009‚ the economic downturn and credit crunch hit the boat industry
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A Case-Control Study of Diet and the Risk of Ovarian Cancer Sai Yi Pan‚ Anne-Marie Ugnat‚ Yang Mao‚ et al. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004;13:1521-1527. Published online September 1‚ 2004. Updated Version Cited Articles Citing Articles E-mail alerts Reprints and Subscriptions Permissions Access the most recent version of this article at: http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/13/9/1521 This article cites 55 articles‚ 25 of which you can access for free at: http://cebp.aacrjournals
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Management & Organization |Case Study: Not Just Another Outdoor Company | Case Scenario The company we are discussing this time‚ based in Portland‚ Oregon‚ was the brainchild of a small group of executives who left big-time jobs at Patagonia‚ Nike‚ and Adidas. These individuals shared a belief that “in addition to generating a profit‚ companies have an equal responsibility to create
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will evaluate the relative impact of these risks on re-structuring. Finally‚ Chambers‚ Harris and Pringle (1982) distinguish the approaches in valuation used for Wrigley’s. Optimal Capital Structure The Modigliani and Miller (1958) theorem has been widely touted as the basis for capital structure theory (M&M Propositions). While previously rationalizing that a firm should be indifferent between various levels of financial leveraging – a further study ‘optimal’ level of capital structure which
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Southern Recreational Vehicle Company Case Study I. Background of the Study Southern Recreational Vehicle Company of St. Louis Missouri announced its plans to relocate its manufacturing and assembly operations by constructing a new plant in Ridgecrest‚ Mississippi. The firm‚ a major producer of pickup campers and camper trailers‚ had experienced five (5) consecutive years of declining profits because of spiraling production costs. The costs of labor and raw materials had increased alarmingly
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Royal Dutch Shell Oil Company involving their monumental proposed investment into their Nigerian operations. When global companies experience extreme criticism such as Shell‚ they are usually tasked with identifying optimum solutions to reverse the negativity. In addition to assessing the challenges‚ this analysis provides some potential strategies that can be implemented to resolve the issues within this case. Problem Statement Royal Dutch Shell Oil Company proposed to execute the
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Supply Chain Management Case study of Seven-Eleven Japan Company A. Background Seven-Eleven‚ a famous convenience store‚ was established in 1973 and had its first store in Tokyo in May 1974. It was found by Masatoshi Ito while he thought that superstores were the wave of the future after a trip to the United States. The company was first listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in October 1979. During 1985-2009‚ the numbers of store and its annual sales experienced tremendous growth that the
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Min Yo Garment Company | October 19 2011 | Jonathan Clune‚ Kathleen Croyle‚ Alexander Eikenberry | BUSMGT 430 - Case Study 1 | 1. Evaluate the market needs of each product line and assess the capabilities of Min Yo operations to the market needs. The total time it takes for Min Yo to complete weekly orders‚ assuming no technical problems arise is seen in Table 1 of Appendix 1. Taiwan’s labor laws allow for a 40 hour limit work week and Min Yo is currently 2.5 hours below this maximum
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Case Study: Clover Valley Dairy Company Rebeca Aquino DeVry University Case Study: Clover Valley Dairy Company Statement of the Problem(s) The main issue in this case study is the reluctance of the salespeople to comply with the implementation of the new Fist-Plus plan. As a consequence the sales department over the Des Moines office is not meeting the monthly quota. Summary of the Facts From the moment Doug Bloom got to the new office over at Des Moines it was clear that
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Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Case Study Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company has been one of the largest and best-selling automotive tire companies since the growth of the automotive industry in the early 1900’s. In early 1992‚ Goodyear company executives were reconsidering a proposal made by Sears management about carrying and selling Goodyear’s tires. The tire industry uses “retail points of sale” to measure the retail coverage of brand sales. While Goodyear boasts a high number of points
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