Case studies in the Oil and Gas industry Piper Alpha Piper Alpha was a North Sea oil production platform operated by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd. The platform began production in 1976‚ first as an oil platform and then later converted to gas production. An explosion and resulting fire destroyed it on July 6‚ 1988‚ killing 167 men‚ with only 59 survivors. The death toll includes 2 crewmen of a rescue vessel. Total insured loss was about £1.7 billion (US$ 3.4 billion). At the time of
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Case study “Build-A-Bear ” Ans 1 – “Build a Bear” did really well in last decade just because of their innovative and creative approach and but I think the first step of why the revenue were down last year is Just because of the Competition in the market and unavailability of targeting the specific customer . To determine the fall down in the revenue first of all we have to clear all the research questions and by taking timely and focused marketing research . first of all we have to determine
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Romania is an important wine producing European country‚ which has a long history with many cultural traditions – many of which are related to wine. Wine is considered to be the divine drink‚ in Romania. The beginning of viticulture in Romania dates back at least 400 years ago. The legend has it that Dionysos‚ the god of wine‚ was born in Thracia‚ in the region of modern day Romania. Dacia had a wide knowledge of wine. The abundance of grapes and the renowned wine produced by the Daci people
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DigitalCommons@Pace Case Studies Lubin School of Business 5-1-2004 The Globalization of Beringer Blass Wine Estates Armand Gilinsky Sonoma State University Raymond H. Lopez Pace University Richard Castaldi San Francisco State University Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/business_cases Part of the Business Commons Recommended Citation Gilinsky‚ Armand; Lopez‚ Raymond H.; and Castaldi‚ Richard‚ "The Globalization of Beringer Blass Wine Estates" (2004)
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The Impact of Economic Reforms on Industry in India: A Case Study of the Software Industry N. R. Narayana Murthy The Indian economy‚ in the last decade‚ transitioned from an inward looking‚ closed economy‚ to a liberalized‚export-oriented one. The software sector witnessed unprecedented growth‚ with exports growing at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 45 percent and domestic software sales at around 35 percent. In fact‚ before 1991‚ the Indian software sector was adversely affected
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Screening‚ grit removal‚ flow equalization‚ sedimentation‚ or dissolved air flotation are used to reduce suspended solids (SS) load from sugar industry wastewater. Biological treatment includes aerobic and anaerobic process. Except biological methods‚ physico-chemical methods are also used for sugar industry wastewater treatment. 6.1 Biological methods Since‚ sugar industry wastewater contains mostly sugars and volatile fatty acids‚ which are easily biodegradable‚ therefore all the biological (anaerobic and
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Case Study Axeon N. V. ME2028 Behavioral Management Control • • • • • B7 Jianan Chen Xiaofei Ren Suyu Zhang Xiao Zhou 880805-A307 861106-A261 870401-A280 871029-A926 Question1 -What do you feel about the initial analysis? -Was there‚ in your opinion‚ anything wrong with it? We do think there is something inappropriate with the initial analysis. • First thing is the over optimistic scenario which they have based on. • Secondly‚ since Ian Wallingford want to borrow money for the investment‚ hence
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Introduction The Plump n’ Stuffy Stuffed Pepper Company is a company with roughly 200+ employees that processes peppers for sale throughout the United States. The main processing plant is located in Jackson‚ Mississippi; 75% of its employees are between the age of 22 and 30. The company requires a GED or a diploma to be a part of its custodial team and all happened to be Caucasian. I will take a closer look to see if the company is in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or any other labor
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1. Briefly describe the changing economic geography of the global wine industry in terms of production‚ distribution and consumption. The Global wine industry has undergone a monumental change in terms consumer demand and more importantly in the ways it is produced and sold. The consumption‚ distribution and production has migrated away from the restrictions and regulations of the Old World to the New World ways of smart marketing‚ branding and serving to customers preferences. Middle ages
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Joanne Grace O. Liu 10928456 January 28‚ 2012 DINSYS1 Beer Game Reflection In the game‚ I was assigned to be the factory. The objective of the game was to be able to supply products to the customers at the same time minimize inventory. In a nutshell‚ the demand of the customer should be supplied immediately by each entity in the supply chain. Being the factory‚ I felt that I was actually controlled by the other entities. It is through their orders that I should decide how many raw materials to
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