Reflex System sold exercise equipment to high school and colleges and to smaller- and medium-size businesses for recreation centers. It has 310 salespeople and its low prices won a lot of sales‚ but follow-up service was uneven. The new customer relationship management software (CRM) system promised to resolve those problems and the CEO ordered the installation of the system immediately. Henry Rankin was responsible for the technical implementation of the system for the western and eastern sales
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Case#8 Countrywide Financial: The Subprime Meltdown Questions: 1. Are subprime loans an unethical financial instrument‚ or are they ethical but misused in a way that created ethical issues? The Countrywide Financial case showed subprime loans easily contribute to unethical behavior. I think the idea of the loan isn’t unethical in itself‚ but the way it was packaged. If you take away the fraudulent behavior‚ the idea of a subprime mortgage isn’t too corrupt. Subprime borrowers generally have bad
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De Beers Case Study This case study of De Beers outlines the company’s evolution from its formation in the mid-1800s to year 2000. In these 200 years span of time‚ De Beers was the leader in the mining of diamonds and their leadership contributed to what the industry is today. As the leader in the industry‚ De Beers had large stakes in mining fields in South Africa. Their dominance in the country also meant being socially responsible. At the onset‚ this was difficult to validate because
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thing to do and a key factor to exceptional value to shareholders. 2. What role did top management commitment play in developing the ethical work climate and organizational performance seen at Alcoa? What other ethical safeguards are mentioned in the case to support the company’s efforts at developing a strong ethical culture? Top management commitment to their values played in important role in their transformation. The leader of Alcoa‚ Paul O’Neill‚ began with reducing the amount of products sold
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I am writing in response to your request that I analyze Stewart Brand’s “The Case for De-Extinction: Why We Should Bring Back the Woolly Mammoth” and make a recommendation for or against publication in The Shorthorn. I have considered the rhetorical appeals of Brand’s piece and determined that a large majority of students would find this to be unappealing due to the large amount of Christians‚ Catholics‚ Muslims‚ and other religious groups on campus‚ so therefore‚ it should not be published. This
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SUN LIFE FINANCIAL CASE REPORT For: teacher X Corporate strategy By: Sébastien Younes Table of content Table of content 3 1. Executive Summary 4 2. Introduction 4 2.1. Company background 4 2.2. Sun Life Financial Involvement in China 5 3. Definition of the problem 6 4. Description of the procedure to solve the problem 7 5. The research 8 5.1. The main implications of the resource-based view 8 5.2. The competence based perspective of strategic management 10 5.3. The strategic
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BPI v. DE COSTER 47 PHIL 594 FACTS: On Dec. 29‚ 1921‚ Gabriela Andrea de Coster y Roxas and her husband acting as her agent‚ made to the BPI a certain promissory note for P292‚000‚payable one year after date‚ with interest of 9 per cent per annum and payable monthly. In order to secure the payment thereof‚ Jean M.Poizat and J. M. Poizat and Co. executed a chattel mortgage in favor of the plaintiff on the steamers Roger Poizat and Gabrielle Poizat including the machinery and materials belonging
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Limits of Bank Convergence: Don ’t Bet the Bank on the Idea That Investment Banks Can Survive the Current Market Only If They Merge with Commercial Ones‚ The McKinsey Quarterly‚ p. 41+. Forsyth‚ DJ & Verdier‚ D (ed) 2002‚ The Origins of National Financial Systems: Alexander Gerschenkron Reconsidered‚ Routledge‚ New York. Matthews‚ JO 1994‚ Struggle and Survival on Wall Street: The Economics of Competition among Securities Firms‚ Oxford University Press‚ New York.
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Doing Business in Brazil Contents Section A: Pão de Açúcar Overview 3 Market Situation 3 Company Overview 3 Architecture of the Brazilian Retail Industry 3 Section B: Pão de Açúcar SWOT analysis 5 Electronics and Appliances Companies 5 Strengths & Weaknesses - Internal to the Electronics and Appliances Companies 5 Opportunities & Threats - External to the Electronics and Appliances Companies 6 Section D: Pão de Açúcar’s success in Brazil 6 Political 7 Economic 7 Social
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De-icing Background Research De-icing is defined as the removal of existing‚ snow‚ ice‚ frost‚ etc.‚ from a surface. De-icing is very important in winter in places in the north and sometimes in really cold places in the autumn. De-icing was first used to de-ice snow and ice on roads to so that all forms of transportation can continue in extreme cold weather and also has an important impact for making the roads safer for traffic
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