Atherley Case Case Synopsis The Atherley Furniture was founded by John Atherley in Orilia‚ Ontario. As the economy fluctuates‚ the Canadian furniture industry has been experiencing declines. Profits have declined by nearly 24%‚ from $340‚000 in 1995 to $260‚000 in 1998 The Atherley plant produces 3 types of chairs: Atherley Caledonia Parkdale Sales for both Atherley and Parkdale have been declining‚ but Caledonia has been increasing in the past few years. Competition has been identified
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INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES PROJECT: HEYDON’S CASE : AN ANALYSIS Made by: xxxxxxx HEYDON’S CASE (1583) pre-SCJA 1873: AN ANALYSIS INTRODUCTION The concept of interpretation of a Statute cannot be a static one. Though “Maxwell on Interpretation of Statutes” is a virtual Bible for analysing the concept‚ even still‚ courts have departed from the principles laid down therein depending upon the social needs of the community‚ economic exigencies of time and several other factors
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A09-04-0012 Wal-Mart Stores Inc.: Dominating Global Retailing Mr. Lee Scott could afford the look of confidence. He had just spoken to investment analysts about the phenomenal results from the second quarter of 2003. Despite the general weakness in the world economy and the uncertain environment that prevailed‚ Wal-Mart had reported sales growth of 11%‚ amounting to $6.4 billion. The company’s associates were indeed doing the Wal-Mart cheer in faraway places like Germany‚ South Korea‚ China
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Facts: The Negro plaintiffs in these cases were denied admission schools attended by the white children under the laws requiring or permitting segregation according to race. All the court adhered to the “separate but equal” doctrine and held that the plaintiffs were not admitted to the white schools (except for the plaintiff in the Delaware case). In the instant cases‚ the plaintiffs contend that segregated public schools are not “equal” and they are deprived of the equal protection of the laws.
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Pepsi Cola Products Philippines‚ Inc. (petitioner) v. Honorable Secretary of Labor (respondents) 1. Facts: a. June 1990: The Pepsi-Cola Employees Organization-UOEF (Union) filed a petition for certification election with the Med-Arbiter seeking to be the exclusive bargaining agent of supervisors of Pepsi-Cola Philippines‚ Inc. (PEPSI). i. Med-Arbiter granted this stating that PCEU-UOEF was an affiliate of Union de Obreros Estivadores de Filipinas (or the Federation) with two (2) rank and file
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Case IKEA 1. What are the core competencies and end products of IKEA? How are they linked with each other? The most important core competencies of IKEA is their ability to design furniture and interior products with a strong focus on a nice and appealing design combined with the lowest integral costs. IKEA uses its open warehouse and self-service approach as a USP (unique selling point)‚ while at the same time it reduces space requirements and thus costs. Their unique level of core competencies
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Case #4 Fighting Grime (Clorox Company) This is a fun case in that it involves branded products that students will recognize yet probably do not associate with Clorox. A good way to introduce the case could be to bring in product samples or show the brand names of their many products and ask students what they have in common? The case is short and vivid and can be assigned ahead or simply read in class. It is an easy case to grasp quickly yet provides some very clear examples of strategic
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‘one-design-suits-all’ (Research) global expansion strategy. According to the case (Hill‚ 2012‚ p. 37‚ Line 14-24)‚ IKEA applies the concept of globalization of markets when it opens a new store in a new market by using a simple yet bright method. It has 5 universal practices: 1) Open a large warehouse store designed in the blue and yellow colors of the Swedish flag and sell 8000 to 10‚ 000 items‚ from beds‚ wardrobes‚ hall furniture‚ and kitchen cabinets to candlesticks. 2) Use wacky promotions to drive
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1. Within a highly fragmented furniture market in the US‚ the top ten retailers in 2002 accounted only for 14.2% of total market share. The market was primarily split between low-en and high-end retailers. Low-end retailers primarily focused on offering a wide array of merchandise including furniture on the basis of low prices. Aside from tight margins as part of a low-pricing strategy‚ there were also several “small-store retailers” targeting college students and other consumers with constricted
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Case Name: South East Asian Economic Crisis An economic crisis‚ which erupted in Thailand in mid-1997 and which soon spread to neighbouring countries—Malaysia‚ Indonesia‚ Philippines and South Korea— came to be popularly referred to as South-East Asian economic crisis (although South Korea is in East Asia and only the other countries are in South East Asia). A currency Crisis shows up when there is a speculative attack on the exchange rate‚ resulting in a devaluation of a pegged currency or sharp
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