Case 4: Takamatsu Case Analysis (25 points) Executive Summary Takamatsu Sports Enterprise is a sporting company that has recently experienced a considerably large loss in net profit. Mr. Takamatsu has begun to look into the problem of the company and believes that Ms. Ota is the problem in the loss of sales. Although Mr. Takamatsu thinks that Ms. Ota is the problem‚ it really is Mr. Fujita. He has inefficient training and sales. If Mr. Takamatsu gets Mr. Fujita the appropriate training‚ he can
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Product Development and R&D strategy‚ patents ResMed developed a CPAP device to help prevent OSA in those patients with sleep apnea. 30% of CPAP patients discontinued therapy b/c of the discomfort of having constant air pressure delivered to them. ResMed saw the need to develop VPAP which varied the air pressure during exhalations. Ultimately‚ they wanted to create AutoSet which sensed and delivered the appropriate air pressure to the patients. However‚ the patents for this device were not
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Does Good Job Enrichment Policy and Practices Impact Employee’s Job Satisfaction? William S.Y. Pan‚ University of New Haven Jack Werblow‚ University of New Haven ABSTRACT In this research we investigate the question whether and to what extent that an employer’s good job enrichment program impact on the level of employees’ job satisfaction? We focus our study on the employees who have been on the job for at least one year. We further assume that the employer has already implemented a well-designed
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CtrlS The Summer Internship Program Background CtrlS is India’s leading provider of Datacenter solutions with 2 Tier-IV datacenters currently operational in Navi Mumbai and Hyderabad. CtrlS has many firsts to its credit including India’s first Tier-IV datacenter‚ besides DR and Cloud solutions that have redefined the way IT services are consumed by client organizations. In a short span‚ CtrlS has already been recognized by leading industry bodies like NASSCOM‚ CII‚ FICCI etc.‚ for the pioneering
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CALTEX vs CA Facts: On various dates‚ defendant‚ a commercial banking institution‚ through its Sucat Branch issued 280 certificates of time deposit (CTDs) in favor of one Angel dela Cruz who deposited with herein defendant the aggregate amount of P1‚120‚000.00. Angel dela Cruz delivered the said certificates of time deposit (CTDs) to herein plaintiff in connection with his purchase of fuel products from Caltex (inc). Sometime in March 1982‚ Angel dela Cruz informed Mr. Timoteo Tiangco‚ the Sucat
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Netflix Case In the late 1990s‚ with the booming in number of Internet users (dot-com boom)‚ investors was encouraged to invest in Internet to get in on the very profitable market that was available at that time. Netflix was one of the first Internet companies‚ which took that advantage by getting into Internet video market. By the late 2000s‚ home video rental business (Blockbuster‚ Hollywood video‚ etc.) took place in the market‚ however it
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Case Study: IKEA Global Sourcing 1. How should Marianne Barner respond to the invitation for IKEA to have a representative appear on the upcoming broadcast of the German video program? a. Marianne Barner‚ business manager for IKEA’s carpets‚ should respond with a firm “no” to the invitation. Barlett‚ Dessain‚ & Sjöman (2006) stated that the German video program would only bring detriment to the company‚ rather than relief or support for the issue at hand. In comparison to the Swedish program‚ which
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Do Some Business Models Perform Better than Others? A Study of the 1000 Largest US Firms Authors: Peter Weill‚ Thomas W. Malone‚ Victoria T. D’Urso‚ George Herman‚ Stephanie Woerner Sloan School of Management Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Sloan School of Management Working Paper No. MIT Center for Coordination Science Working Paper No. 226 Copyright © 2005 Peter Weill‚ Thomas W. Malone‚ Victoria T. D’Urso‚ George Herman‚ and Stephanie Woerner Abstract Despite its
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Case 4.1 Amy’s Ice Cream Amy’s Ice Cream is a business that was founded in Austin‚ Texas‚ and now has 13 locations in Austin and one each in Houston and San Antonio. When asked about the driving force behind it‚ Phil Clay‚ the production manager‚ explained that "while the product is of excellent quality and does come in some unique flavors‚ ultimately ice cream is ice cream. One can just as easily go to Swensen’s or the Marble Slab to get great ice cream. Service is what differentiates Amy’s from
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is a reality for a large number of employees. As a global pharmaceutical company‚ Pfizer is continually looking for waist to be more efficient and effective. The company senior director of organization effectiveness‚ Jordan Cohen‚ found that the “Harvard MBA staff we hired to develop strategy and innovate were instead googling and making power points”. Indeed‚ internal studies conducted to find out just how much time its valuable talent was spending on menial task’s was startling. The average Pfizer
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