Case 1: Tashas‚ Franchising the Boutique Café Experience 1. Why did Natasha Sideris succeed with her first “Tashas” café and with her initial expansion? I think the main reason behind her success is her passion for this job. She is clearly loving every moment of owning a restaurant. She was also able to communicate this passion to the customers as well as the staff. She was very focused on the service side of the business‚ and saw it as the main driver. The way she insists on customers’ not
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classroom assessment to support learning. However‚ the ‘accountability’ juggernaut was not for turning‚ even though the Blair dynasty’s clarion call of “Education! Education! Education!” had not yet begun to ring hollow. It was the day we decided to up the ante and make it our target to resurrect assessment by teachers‚ not to abandon testing‚ but to refocus assessment activities where they should be‚ on pupil learning. The King’s College pair had been long-term advocates of formative assessment
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SWOT - Winco case Strengths • Largest sales volume (as believed by management) than any other similar chain or wholesale group in area of operations. Weaknesses • Growth via acquisitions‚ not internal growth Opportunities • Acquisitions (e.g.‚ Taylor Markets) Threats • Heavy competition from national chains such as A&P‚ Kroger‚ and National Tea. SWOT – Taylor Markets Strengths • Strong management • Increase in number of stores Weaknesses • Declining sales in 1963 • Labor disputes
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mutual funds changing over time correct? To answer this‚ split the sample into two sub-periods: 1980-2000 and 2001-2009. Using the data in the Spreadsheet Supplement to the case‚ generate a table of the average return and future flow for each return decide in both sub-periods. Then estimate the regression equation (1) from the case for both sub-periods both including and excluding the squared return. What do you find? Should this impact Booth’s decision? a. Based on the table of averages‚ both sub-periods
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1. Briefly describe the project that Ameritrade is considering. Ameritrage wants to be the largest brokerage firm worldwide based on the number of trades. In order to grow the customer base the company would require substantial investment in technology and advertising. These investments are made to improve service‚ capacity and customer awareness of Ameritrade. 2. The title suggests that the cost of capital is important here. Concisely describe what cost of capital means. It is the cost of what
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IDEO which is a successful example of a business model innovation is an international design and innovation consultancy founded in Palo Alto‚ California‚ United States. This case brief examines and analyzes some core competencies of IDEO so that it can give advice to Dennis Boyle‚ an IDEO project leader on whether or not to put aside his company’s tradition of spending substantial amount of time and effort on the product development process in order to rush the Visor PDA (Personal Digital Assistant)
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1) Discuss the social identity issues present in the case Social Identity theory basically is a theory that explains self-concept (what a person thinks about themself and how they analyze themselves) to be a combination of personal identity – their unique characteristics and social identity – their membership in different social groups. There are numerous Social Identity issues in the case. Firstly‚ Catherine’s father is an accountant which is one of the factors that she chooses to be an accountant
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CASE WRITEUP 3 ALUMNI GIVING MGSC2301 Professor Robert Parsons 1. Variables Entered/Removedb | Model | Variables Entered | Variables Removed | Method | 1 | % of Classes Under 20 | . | Enter | a. All requested variables entered.b. Dependent Variable: Alumni Giving Rate | Model Summary | Model | R | R Square | Adjusted R Square | Std. Error of the Estimate | 1 | .646a | .417 | .404 | 10.375 | a. Predictors: (Constant)‚ % of Classes Under 20 | ANOVAb | Model | Sum of
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Abstract: OXO International represents an example of a great company built upon a creative product concept. Instead of doing everything by itself‚ the company chooses to outsource both the design and manufacture process. By setting up partnership strategically‚ the company has grew fast and gained reorganization by both customers and professionals. However‚ as OXO wants to develop products targeting high-end markets with higher price points than standard kitchen gadgets‚ which requires more complicated
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application of Moore’s Law. Every 18 months Intel used to increase transistors in its CPU which gave its previous product ample time to capture market base and also gave partners enough time to develop an OS compatible with new Intel’s hardware. R&D: Setting up IAL (Intel Architecture Lab) entails Intel’s commitment toward development of innovative and user friendly products. Microsoft Brand Recognition: Through its logo campaign Microsoft has established brand Windows which is basically alias for OS now
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