Globalization of Wal-Mart Ye Myint Tun California Mirama University Case Study 1: Globalization of Wal-Mart Please refer to the Mini-Case 9.1‚ “The Globalization of Wal-Mart” on page 251 and answer the following questions: 1. Why has Wal-Mart viewed international expansion as a critical part of its strategy? International expansion is different from the domestic expansion because geography areas‚ culture‚ tradition‚ behaviors and characteristics of the consumers are not similar‚ thus
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Venezuela‚ Gary‚ and Sunchem were running at losses. Despite fierce competition in Europe‚ the major reasons for Frankfurt plant generating profits were 1) constant technical up gradations in the plant to improve the yields and reliability of Release-ease. 2) Manufacturing costs were the least and the production volumes were huge resulting in average yield on raw material A at 98.9%. The Venezuelan plant‚ started in 1964‚ had a no-frills design‚ and no improvements had been made thereafter. The educational
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Case Study 2: Wireless and Mobile Technologies Stephanie Airhart By Dr. Mark Cohen CIS 500 February 15‚ 2015 Wireless and Mobile Technology Wireless technologies facilitate the transfer of information between two or more points. Through wireless technology‚ we are able to manage productivity‚ enable security systems‚ and increase consumer convenience. According to Techtarget.com‚ wireless technology is rapidly evolving and is playing an increasing role in the lives of people throughout
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Case 2-1 Cynthia Cooper and WorldCom Cynthia Cooper details her trials and tribulations about her experiences at WorldCom in the book Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower. The following excerpts from the book describe the actions she took to uncover the fraud at WorldCom and reactions of key players in the accounting department‚ top management‚ the audit committee and the external auditors. Cooper was first alerted to the fact that there may have been a problem
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Tanglewood Case 2 The environmental scan for Tanglewood is very complex. According to the scan‚ there is a consistent supply of qualified individuals to fill managerial positions; however‚ it has been determined that Tanglewood may experience difficulties completing this task for several reasons. First‚ retail is often viewed as an undesirable market for recent college graduates. Secondly‚ many associate retail with working long hours‚ low pay‚ and frequent conflict with lower-level employees
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FLOW FROM FINANCING Decrease in long-term debt (12.9) Net cash flow from financing ($12.9) Net increase (decrease) in cash ($10.0) Beginning cash 37.2 Ending cash (calculated) $27.2 Actual ending cash (Check figure) $27.2 2. Use the Du Pont equation to obtain a rough feel for Commonwealth’s financial condition as compared to national averages. What are your conclusions? Du Pont Analyses: 2012 2013 Ind. Avg. Total margin 3.67% 5.73% 2.90%
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Case Analysis 2 In Case Study Two‚ I analyzed the conversation between Vic the CEO of Nuf Fun and Hinde‚ the Assistant Head of Product Development about Carvers‚ the product designer in the Product Development Center. The conversation consisted of carvers inability to work effectively with the product development team. Hinde stated that the team felt that they couldn’t go to Carver with an idea‚ because he would tell them to fill out the forms in the procedure manual. While in the meantime‚ he’s
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Samantha Heuer Work Place Communication Seen Through Cassie’s Account Communication skills in the work place are essential to a healthy work environment. Case study two focuses on the relationships‚ atmosphere‚ and ideals of the workplace. The article‚ “Navigating the Limits of a Smile”‚ written by Sarah J. Tracy‚ concentrates on a young American girl who adapts to her new job working on a cruise ship. This story portrays many work related communication theories and concepts that are used in everyday
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Olympic Rent-A-Car U.S.: Customer Loyalty Battles In response to Enterprise Rent-a-Car’s new customer loyalty rewards program‚ Laura Walkins‚ should follow the industry leader by adopting a dollar based reward system and focus on targeting business travellers. But in doing so Olympic needs to be careful not to enter into a price war with Enterprise. To avoid the risk of this happening‚ Olympic should look to diversify and differentiate their rewards program to steal a share of the business traveller
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Case study # 2: The apple of your “I” This case study will describe why Apple Inc. is a very successful company and has become the second largest public company in the world. It all started in the 1980’s when Apple started producing home computers. This helped those who were full-time students and workers by also producing a particular computer‚ the Macintosh computer. However‚ in 1985 Steve Jobs lost against the Apple board‚ and because of the unfortunate negative outcome of the meeting‚ Steve
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