Questions for Jet Blue Case (Case #4) 1. Research on the history of Jet Blue (operational and performance highlights/lowlights/milestones from 2000 to present) a. Identify the “strategic service vision“ of Jet Blue‚ i.e.‚ target market‚ service concept‚ operating strategy‚ and service delivery system. Did their operating strategy and delivery system support the needs of their target market? b. From the research facts‚ did the owners/management of Jet Blue strictly adhere to their strategic service
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The Acquisition of Consolidated Rail Corporation (A) CASE 4 Group 3: Antonio Carlos Teles Caleia #1028 Federica Carcani #2258 Edoardo Covicchio #2259 Leandro José Pereira Domingues #1023 Francesca Romana Gambini #2260 Mergers‚ Acquisition and Restructuring (TB) Prof. Josè Neves de Almeida Q1. The rationale behind the intention of CSX to buy Conrail is mainly to anticipate a proposal from the other big player in the market Norfolk Southern. Both CSX and Norfolk Southern have basically the same
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Case 1-1 E-Centives‚ Inc.—Raising Capital in Switzerland 1. Possible factors (from Exhibit 1-7) relevant in e-centives decision to raise capital and list on the Swiss Exchange s New Market: a. Ease of raising capital (point 3). The Swiss Exchange s New Market has simple listing requirements designed to appeal to small companies. The contrast with the complex‚ detailed listing and reporting requirements in the United States is striking. b. Availability of capital (point
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problem lies in the lack of distinguishing between operation effectiveness and strategy. The expedition for productivity‚ quality and speed has resulted in management tools and techniques‚ total quality management benchmarking‚ time based competition‚ outsourcing‚ partnering‚ reengineering‚ change management. In any organization‚ strategy management is the key to its success. There are many theories based on this assumption that without a proper strategy and planning‚ it is difficult for any industry
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Memorandum To: John J. Morris‚ Department of Accounting From: Group #1 (Anthony Smith‚ Jessica Kolb‚ Jeffrey Brownlee‚ Caleb Dykes) Date: 4/11/13 Subject: ACCTG 642: Case 10-1‚ SolvGen Inc. Statement of Relevant Facts Direct Drugs Inc. (Direct) has created a plan for the acquisition of SolvGen Inc. (SolvGen)‚ which is a publicly owned company. Direct has engaged an audit team to review agreement and procedures dealing with two separate material agreements. The first agreement is a
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Synopsis BPO‚ Inc. is a professional service organization that offers clients a range of services from risk management and insurance to management consulting. The company has grown and profited from the developing trend in the 90’s and 2000’s of companies outsourcing business processes‚ such as human resources and claims processing. Presently‚ BPO has launched a six sigma initiative to identify areas for process improvement and financial savings in the Human Resource Outsourcing department. Concurrently
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network ahead of BSB’s launching day. slide2&3 2-1 & 2. Which firm is with greater losses? Which firm is with a deeper pocket? By comparing the profit after taxes of Exhibit 6 and 7‚ we can see BSB’s loss is far greater than that of SKY’s. In 1990‚ BSB lost more money than SKY due to heavier cost structure and this loss continues for the next 6 years. 2-3. Would there still be a price war? What are the variables that we should check first. In this case we believe there would be a price war. BSB was
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Case 4: Aaron Jones‚ CPA‚ is auditing the current year’s financial statements of Low Company‚ a publicly traded company. Aaron notices some major fluctuations in Low’s fourth quarter of the previous year’s financial statement balances. He is aware that security holders of publicly traded company stock that does not separately report fourth quarter results often “impute” such results by subtracting data based on third quarter interim balances from the year-end balances. Thus‚ companies should report
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ISSUE: To understand the key difference of Population health and define the outcomes of different scenarios and percentages to aligned with the mission of the hospitals; population health focuses on the measurement of health outcomes in a value-based environment and is associated with the system membership to identify and recognize the dissimilarity in the percentages‚ health bases and addresses modifiable factors to improve the mission of hospitals. BACKGROUND: Since the healthcare industry is
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Joe Dowell Service Management Dr. Ronnie Holmes Case Study: Boomer Consulting‚ Inc. Introduction Case 9.1 involves Boomer Consulting Inc. beginning with the early years when the organization‚ as a division‚ was a small regional CPA firm of Varney & Associates headed by a single partner‚ L Gary Boomer. As time went by‚ and the division’s revenue grew Varney & Associates separated the consulting and accounting practice‚ creating a wholly owned subsidiary‚ which continued to be headed by L
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