Blue‚ the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania [PA] reversed the decision of the Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas that had entered an order requiring a father to contribute $4‚600 a year towards his son’s college expenses. In addition to the award of support‚ the trial court had mandated that the son apply for financial aid to compensate for the difference in the tuition costs. The Court recognized in Blue that even though it was not a typical issue of
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The taxon of Mesoamerican spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi sensu lato)‚ which are found throughout southern Mexico and Central America‚ is presumed to include nine species. The validity of the phylogenetic relationships and their proposed assignment into a taxon has been a source of controversy. An example of this would be the difficulty of determining whether Mesoamerican A. geoffroyi forms a separate clade from Atles fuscipes. In order to determine the phylogenetic relationship of these species
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Blue Nile Case Study 1. How strong are the competitive forces confronting Blue Nile and other online retail jewelers? Do a five-force analysis to support your answer. The competition among the competing sellers in the industry is strong. Competitors for Blue Nile not only include the online jewelry sellers such as Diamonds.com‚ Whiteflash.com‚ Ice.com and JamesAllen.com‚ but also include brick-and-mortar jewelers‚ chain department stores‚ mass merchants‚ local jewelry shop‚ and large jewelry
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PEPSI BLUE CASE STUDY: THE CHALLENGES INHERENT IN EXECUTING A GLOBAL RE-BRANDING CAMPAIGN During the 1990s‚ PepsiCo launched new products and engineered a global re-branding campaign in an effort to grow sales volume; reinvigorate their stagnant brand; and to close the increasingly large sales and market share gap between itself and its primary competitor‚ Coca-Cola. In 1993‚ Pepsi jump-started its marketing efforts by adding two brands to its portfolio: Crystal Pepsi and Pepsi Max. Crystal
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Issues Analysis: Destabilized Housing Stock and deteriorating residential buildings in Blue Island Context In the last decade‚ municipalities have been faced with vacant housing parcels from foreclosure. Municipalities have struggled to maintain residential buildings and stabilize housing stock. One particular municipality that has struggled with this issue is the City of Blue Island. Blue Island has been slow to recover from the amount of foreclosures it experienced. In addition‚ Blue Island
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Blue Nile Inc. Strategy 2011 Blue Nile Inc. Strategy 2011 Introduction In 2009‚ the U.S. jewelry and watch market was 42% of the worldwide market‚ which was estimated to be as much as $140 billion. Industry revenues had grown 5.5% annually for the 20 years prior to the recession in 2008. Despite the recession and intense competition in this highly fragmented market‚ Blue Nile Inc. (NILE) capitalized on the industry growth rates and grew to become the world’s largest online
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company and uses a strong matrix to optimally utilize limited manpower. The Project Priority Matrix for the Blue Zuma Project is: Time Scope Cost Constrain X Enhance X Accept X Part 1 You are a member of a project team assigned to develop the new razor scooter code named “Blue Zuma.” Table A2.5 contains the information necessary to create a project schedule. For the purpose of this case assume the following: 1. The project begins January 2‚ 2008. 2. The following holidays are observed: January
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Creating Shared Value (CSV) through the Formation of Blue Skies Foundation Blue Skies is one of the well-known brands in the world today that produces and exports fresh fruits to serve the health conscious and fresh fruits lovers. Their feet in providing a high-quality fruit was able to attract the attention of many companies including two of their largest clients‚ Waitrose and Albert Heijn‚ to embark on an agenda that will increase the value to Blue Skies and consumers as well as to their farmers.
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BUAD 441 – Individual Case Study1 Blue Nile‚ Inc. – World’s Largest Online Diamond Retailer 1. Looking into the future‚ the cost of products‚ a well executed customer service along with information about products‚ web platforms‚ lean operating‚ fast delivery time and reliability will be key factors in determining a company’s success in the online jewelry industry. Consumers want the best quality product at the best price and as fast as possible. In today’s society consumers are educated enough
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1. How strong are the competitive forces confronting Blue Nile and other online retail jewelers? Do a five-forces analysis to support your answer. If you were to forecast the future‚ what would this analysis look like in 10 years? Potential entrants: Major online retailers‚ major jewelers‚ Village Silversmith Current Competitors: Ice.com‚ Gemvara‚ Diamond.com‚ Jamesallen.com‚ Astley Clarke Substitutes: Smaller/local Jewelry stores Buyers: Couples to be engaged Suppliers: Diamond mines‚ precious
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