Assignments • Please see me if you weren’t in the first class • Please remember to submit your study question responses • Please prepare the Technical Data Corp case Today’s Schedule • Beijing Sammies case discussion • Bio-break • Presentation on the approach Venture Capitalists use • Beijing Sammies: How to contemplate a possible investment 1 Copyright 2015‚ Gregory L. Stoller Lessons from Beijing Sammies - I • People a) Know your own strengths and weaknesses; be honest & humble b) Success is interconnected
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Chapter 15 FRQ Thesis Statements 1. In shaping the course of the Thirty Years’ War‚ the relative importance was influenced both by religious rivalries such as the threats proposed between Calvinism and Catholicism‚ and dynastic ambitions like the desire to confront the threats of the growing Hapsburg power and the vision to expand one’s own power within the empire. a. Threat to Calvinism: (1) The Peace of Augsburg excluded Calvinism= sparked tension (2) When Ferdinand succeed the throne he
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Case 15: Skype vs. AT&T and the Future of Telecommunications 1. As a personal adviser to Silverman and the rest of the Skype team‚ what would you recommend their next move be to continue the growth of Skype (collaborate with cell phone providers‚ restructure price‚ change advertising)? I would recommend that Skype collaborate‚ merge‚ or form a partnership with a major cellular phone provider company to expand its services and products throughout the U.S. Skype also needs to be build more
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Miguel Athayde Marques‚ Ph.D. MANAGING IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT Academic Year 2014-2015 1st. Trimester Class number one September 4‚ 2014 WELCOME Introduction - Welcome Let’s get to know each other Please introduce yourself by stating: § your name‚ § the School where you come from‚ § if you have had any course in International Business before. Miguel Athayde Marques‚ Ph.D Managing in a Global Context Introduction - Welcome Miguel Athayde Marques athayde.marques@ucp
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SOLUTIONS TO HOMEWORK 1 1.2. a. The ten elements are the ten cars b. 5 variables: Size‚ Cylinders‚ City MPG‚ Highway MPG‚ and Fuel c. Categorical variables: Size and Fuel Quantitative variables: Cylinders‚ City MPG‚ and Highway MPG 1.3. a. Average mpg for city driving = 182/10 = 18.2 mpg b. Average mpg for highway driving = 261/10 = 26.1 mpg On average‚ the miles per gallon for highway driving is 26.1 – 18.2 = 7.9 mpg greater compared to city driving. 2.47. a. (Other possible stem-and-leafs
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You must not turn around. You must not look back. I know that I must not disobey this simple request. Yet‚ I cannot stop my mind from running untamed. I now listen closely for Eurydice’s footfall behind me‚ but her shade makes no sound. Could I have been tricked by Hades and his cold Queen Persephone? Did Eurydice fall behind? Questions of mistrust and other morbid thoughts seem to close in on my brain. I desperately yearn to see her with all of my essence. Yet‚ the words of Hades seem to echo. You
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Case 15: IKEA’s Global Strategy: Furnishing the World 1. Prepare an in-depth SWOT analysis for IKEA. Think globally. STRENGTHS: They are able to offer their furniture at 30% less than their competitors because of low overhead and innovation. They have 2‚300 suppliers in 67 countries. They offer the world largest largest printed publication‚ a 360 page catalog for free to 130 million customers in 36 countries in 26 different languages. They are able to have a large inventory of product on hand
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Case 15: Skype vs. AT&T 1) What are the dominant economic characteristics of the VoIP Industry? Public switch telephone networks (PSTN) charge based on minutes whereas Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) charges based on data usage. VoIP services charge a flat fee and Skype actually offers free talk between Skype users. VoIP is likely to grow significantly‚ taking away from PTSN’s market. VoIP is also cheap to operate as the infrastructure is already there. VoIP is also considered part of the
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BS6100 Individual Assignment 2014-15 The Strategy Experience Your participation in ‘The Strategy Experience’ is intended to focus on ‘strategy-in-action’ - the application of strategic concepts and frameworks in the creation and pursuit of strategic objectives. Once you have completed six Board Room meetings‚ equivalent to three years management of the advertising and marketing communications group WRSX‚ you will be in a position to complete your individual assignment. Address the following: Consider
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1.Describe the orchestra’s pay structure in terms of levels‚differentials and job or person base approach. There is a lot of information is lacking in the orchestra case which make it difficult to draw the persuasive conclusions about the Orchestra compensation strategy. Let’s assume that internal and external factors are normal and the orchestra is operating their business under favorable circumstances. Under these circumstances‚ the orchestra pay structure is hierarchical‚ narrowly graded‚ vertical
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