BOSTON CHICKEN‚ INC* At the end of 1996‚ Boston Chicken was one of the hottest names on Wall Street. Operating in the highly competitive restaurant industry‚ the chain had grown from 18 stores in 1991 to over 1‚000 stores in 1996 and in its short history had raised over $1 billion in public offerings. EPS had grown from just $0.06 in 1993 to $1.01 in 1996‚ representing an annual growth rate of well over 100%. At the end of 1996‚ Boston Chicken traded around $40‚ representing a price-earnings multiple
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Apple Incorporated Recruitment Process Company Profile: Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and manufactures consumer electronics and computer software products. The widely known hardware products include Macintosh computers‚ the iPod‚ and the iPhone. Apple software includes the Mac OS X operating system‚ the iTunes media browser‚ the iLife suite of multimedia and creativity software‚ the iWork suite of productivity software‚ Final Cut Studio‚ a suite of professional
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Boston Tea Party - by m.ems The Boston Tea Party is considered to be the boiling point in a series of events leading up to the revolutionary war against the British. When a group of devout colonists‚ boarded British tea ships and unloaded their cargo into the Boston harbor‚ America would be changed forever. What was‚ at first‚ seen as an act of mischievous rebellion‚ turned out to be one of the most influential events in America’s revolutionary history. It not only crippled the already
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Romance in “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter” “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter” by D. H. Lawrence could be described as a story in which boy meets girl. Its plot on the surface bears a resemblance to that of any number of traditionally romantic stories. This story is about a boy saving a girl from drowning‚ sees something in her that he’s never seen before‚ and at the end of the story asks her for her hand in marriage. But we will soon see‚ there is nothing distinctive about Lawrence’s story‚ his psychological
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career‚ strengthening my academic tendency towards business studies‚ culminating into my most recent project‚ managing a non-profit organization concerned with educational funding. These aspects contribute into creating the person I am now; one who is fully committed to continuing his business path by undertaking an MBA degree at Boston University. b.) Your reason for choosing to apply to Boston University and the specific program that you have chosen‚ i.e. MS·MBA‚ Health Sector MBA‚ Public and Nonprofit
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One night so quiet that you can hear the wind blowing thru the town of Boston‚ with a full blue moon shining over Boston something big happen that made history. It is called the Boston Tea party because the Colonist had enough of the King putting taxes on things without telling them. That night they threw a whole cargo of tea overboard into the sea that came from Britain. The Boston Tea Party had a greater impact leading the colonies towards fighting for Independence from Britain. The King was
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The Zappos Way of Managing How Tony Hsieh uses relentless innovation‚ stellar customer service‚ and a staff of believers to make Zappos.com an e-commerce juggernaut -- and one of the most blissed-out businesses in America. By Max Chafkin | May 1‚ 2009 "What would make you happier in your life?" Tony Hsieh asks me this question as we sit at a booth with half a dozen young people in one of those absurdly lavish lounges that can be found only in Las Vegas. It’s called Lavo‚ setting of recent
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Boston Chicken Inc. Case Study 10/22/08 (All amounts listed in thousands) 1. Boston Chicken implemented a franchising strategy that differed from most other franchising companies at the time. Boston Chicken focused its expansion through franchising the company through large regional developers rather than selling store franchises to a large number of small franchisees. In that‚ an established network of 22 regional franchises that targeted their operations in the 60 largest U.S. metropolitan
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Ryan Waldschmidt Boston Chicken‚ Inc. 4/20/09 1. The unique business strategies of Boston Chicken acts as a differentiator to the market to obtain a competitive advantage. Boston Chicken’s business strategies are the key to achieving and sustaining this competitive advantage. Boston Chicken was going to utilize several different aspects to achieve their overall business strategy. First‚ they used collaboration with high quality area developers. Instead of franchising to large number of
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Boston Chicken Case Boston Chicken Inc is chain of fast food restaurants‚ and also in the business of take-out home cooked food. The main business strategy of Boston Chicken is differentiation. To achieve their overall business strategy‚ Boston Chicken implemented four strategies. First‚ Boston Chicken focused on franchising to larger regional developers after a careful screening process. Second‚ Boston Chicken diversified their product offering by keeping introducing new varieties of
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