potential use of information technology for strategic advantage. Sunflower Inc. is a large distribution company that purchases and distributes snack foods and liquor to retail stores throughout the United States and Canada. The organization has one head office and twenty-two regions. Each region is encouraged to be autonomous to accommodate local tastes and practices. Competition is very intense in the industry and Sunflower Inc. is unable to respond to market shifts. The organization is characterized
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Advanced Medical Technology corp. 1. AMT is in the business of developing‚ manufacturing and marketing scientific medical instruments‚ needles and catheters for minimal invasive medical treatments. They have a dedicated sales force to sell their products via the medical hospital and doctor’s channel. The industry continues to experience a robust 30% sales growth currently as well in the future. AMT has experienced extraordinary sales growth as can be seen in the Income statement. To maintain their
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well as launching new products such as the iPod in the market which brought Apple back into the spotlight. Discussion about this issue is elaborated in the main discussion section. The first section briefly describes the current situation in the case study‚ and applies using analysis tools. This will further relate to Apple’s strategic factors and success and how it uses the STP (Segmentation‚ Targeting‚ and Positioning) tool to explain its market position. The report will also give recommendations
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for the medical staff at the clinic to tell Maria that she was HIV positive without a professional translator and to instead tell her sons was a major breach of ethics and would be considered inexcusable in any professional setting. By using untrained translators‚ they limited her power to make informed decisions‚ breaking the autonomy principle of medical ethics. And then they also told her sons‚ which is a major breach of privacy and a violation of the non-maleficence principle of medical ethics
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Food Inc. 1. Food production has changed more in the last 10 years than in the preceding 10‚000. 2. Images of agrarian (farm) society in the consumer’s mind include: green fields cattle grazing red barns 3. The average supermarket contains 47‚000 (how many?) items 4. How do you think farm animals should be treated? How do your ideas compare to what you saw in the film? I think farm animals should be treated with some respect. If we are going to keep them trapped then we ought to let them do what
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MEDICAL GROUPS While new patient models take effect‚ declining reimbursements and increasing compliance risk are adding pressure to the profitability of medical groups. As a gap grows in between payment updates and practice costs‚ there is a critical need for an optimized revenue cycle that allows for faster payments without further burden on staff. MAP RCS fills this need with advanced‚ data-driven technologies that maximize returns and deliver exemplary service. Backed by highly experienced
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ethics‚ finance and restructuring of debt. The analysis examines issues faced by a company experiencing financial distress such as a conflict of interest among debt holders‚ management and stockholders and corporate responsibility in practice. Dice‚ Inc‚ a provider of online recruiting services for technology professionals faced a series of challenges which included a troubled economy‚ undesirable balance sheets and heartless debt holders following the crash of the dot.com bubble. The company earned
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Case 4: MAGREC‚ Inc. 1.) Place yourself in the role of the manager. What should you do now? After considering what happened‚ would you change any of your behaviors? If I was Pat: Even though Fred wants me to fire Dinah‚ I believe that if I was to fire her‚ Dinah would file a lawsuit for wrongful discharge. My values and morals should not be the deciding factor in determining if Dinah’s actions are grounds for dismal. As such‚ I would meet with Fred‚ and explain to him the result
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Case 5 Magrec‚ Inc. 1. I would let a day pass and then request another meeting with Dinah indicating a sincere desire to work through the matter and the need to come to an understanding and agreement of how to work together and with the team moving forward. At that meeting‚ I would start off and thank Dinah for bringing the Partco matter to my attention. I would communicate with Dinah that I respect her strong feelings and beliefs behind her actions regarding the Partco matter but indicate
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Major Issues • An average of 2 to 3 units of HCS-100 a month was expected to be sold‚ yielding total revenues of approximately $150‚000 per month at an average gross margin of nearly 50%‚ whereas till April 1988 only 5 systems had been sold versus a budgeted sales volume of over 30 and revenues totalled about 15% of the targeted annual amount of over $1.7 million • Scanvest Ring had spent in excess of $700‚000 on the HCS-100 effort and its CEO Helge Midttun and other board members were hesitant
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