Case #4 * From my point of view‚ I think that the example of Maktoob can be found again in the Arab world especially that we have the resources along with hard working and innovative developers. Investment from the western region also is important for the developers to reach new limits. Maktoob was very successful innovative story of excellence that aimed to bring Arabic used in the internet to new ages and make it available for more users. At that time‚ the number of the Arabic users was sharply
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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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Lincoln Electric (LE) manufactures and sells arc-welding equipment and electrical motors. The company’s objective is to produce quality products at a low price. This objective was to help LE build up their reputation. Therefore their key success factor is their cost leadership. This was achieved through their highly productive employees. LE believed that in order to satisfy customer’s interest‚ the employees are the only people who can make it happen. As a result‚ LE created an attractive bonus
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Foreign literature Airzona electric power Systems Applications and Products‚ known as SAP‚ is an enterprise resource planning system (ERP) used by Arizona Electric Power. “An ERP system integrates internal and external management information across an entire organization. Enterprise resource planning systems automate this activity with an integrated computer-based application. Its purpose is to facilitate the flow of information between all business functions inside the boundaries of the
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1) Medical advances (new drugs‚ technologies‚ services and procedures). Medical advances are responsible for the increased healthcare costs. Patients demand these because they want the best healthcare possible. Physicians want these because they want the best for their patient‚ want to use cutting edge technologies for their status‚ for the increased financial reward for using them‚ and to practice “defensive medicine” (#3 below). With regard to drug trials‚ a study published in Health Affairs in
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Case 4.1 Amy’s Ice Cream Amy’s Ice Cream is a business that was founded in Austin‚ Texas‚ and now has 13 locations in Austin and one each in Houston and San Antonio. When asked about the driving force behind it‚ Phil Clay‚ the production manager‚ explained that "while the product is of excellent quality and does come in some unique flavors‚ ultimately ice cream is ice cream. One can just as easily go to Swensen’s or the Marble Slab to get great ice cream. Service is what differentiates Amy’s from
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The case describes issues related to supply chain quality and how they evolve in the context of a multi-tiered global supply chain. The case involves a global multi-tier automotive supply chain made up of one of the world’s largest automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)‚ its tier 1 supplier that is also a U.S.-based global corporation and the tier 2‚ tier 3 and tier 4 suppliers based in India. With Automek’s engineering support‚ Agile had developed many parts successfully for the OEM
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Depression in children Medical vs. System Approach Donnie Dwyer CCMH/565 DEBRA FARRELL Depressive disorders during youth occur frequently. During childhood there are an estimated one to two percent of children between the ages of six and twelve that have a Major depressive disorder. That rate changes to two to five percent in adolescents or ages thirteen to eighteen. Fourteen to twenty five percent of youth experiences at least one episode of major depression before adulthood. Depression has
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tie line that extends all the way across the α + Fe3C phase field. Noting that the alloy composition is 99.65 wt% Fe – 0.35 wt% C‚ i.e. carbon concentration in the alloy‚ CO‚ is 0.35 wt%‚ the weight fraction of ferrite (α) is given as: CFe C - Co 3 6.70 − 0.35 Wα = C = = 0.95 6.70 − 0.022 Fe3C - Cα and WFe3C = 1 − Wα = 0.05 (b) The fractions of proeutectoid ferrite and pearlite are determined by using the lever rule‚ and tie line that extends only to the eutectoid composition. Or
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How can Electric Castle Festival target international market in terms of marketing and event experience? Introduction The Electric Castle Festival is the biggest music festival in Romania so far(http://www.electriccastle.ro/en/dailylineup). It takes place in the North-Western part of the country‚ on the outskirts of Cluj city (in Bontida commune)where the ruins of the Banffy Castle are situated. Cluj is considered a metropole‚ the third biggest city in Romania with a population of 500‚000(out of
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