While scanning through the many business choices on missionstatements.com I knew I wanted to research a small business‚ I finally settled on Portage Inc. Missionstatements.com lists their mission as “At Portage we provide competent‚ responsive‚ and cost-effective services to customers in federal‚ state‚ tribal‚ and local governments‚ and private industry. We assist tribal governments pursuing self-determination by developing management strategies for environmental protection and resource development
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Toyota Financial Services (TFS) recently undertook a major business transition programme to in-source its back-office functions. This required that a large number of Toyota and Lexus retail finance contracts‚ together with all their associated transaction data‚ be converted from an external IBM mainframe-based system to an in-house system. The new system was based on the Lynx "Portfolio" software package using Unix and Oracle technology. ATD consultants worked closely with TFS throughout the data
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Apple Inc. Case Analysis MB 730 Strategic Analysis Professor McClellan Date: 09/23/2012 Name: Allen (Hanlin) Wang Overview of the PC Industry The personal computer industry came up during the 1970s. A personal computer is one intended for individual use‚ as opposed to a mainframe computer where the end user’s requests are filtered through operating staff‚ or a time sharing system in which one large processor is shared by many individuals. In the 1980s‚ personal computers
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Case Problem: Blades‚ Inc. 1. One point of concern for you is that there is a tradeoff between the higher interest rates in Thailand and the delayed conversion of baht into dollars. Explain what this means. ANSWER: If the net baht-denominated cash flows are converted into dollars today‚ Blades is not subject to any future depreciation of the baht that would result in less dollar cash flows. 2. If the net baht received from the Thailand operation are invested in Thailand‚ how will
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COUNTRY REPORT Germany At a glance: 2001-02 OVERVIEW The Social Democrat-Green coalition government led by the chancellor‚ Gerhard Schröder‚ looks likely to be stable until the next election‚ due in September 2002‚ despite the vulnerability of the foreign minister‚ Joschka Fischer‚ to allegations related to his militant past. The CDU/CSU opposition has yet to decide on its chancellor-candidate for the election. After the introduction of a tax reform which has been welcomed by the business
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Company Background Bombardier Inc. is an international aerospace and transportation company‚ which is headquartered in Montreal‚ Canada. Tracing back to 1942‚ Bombardier Inc. was established by Joseph-Armand Bombardier at Valcourt in the eastern of Quebec‚ Canada. Bombardier Inc. has two main business focuses‚ which can be split into two divisions; Bombardier Aerospace (BA) and Bombardier Transportation (BT). The main objective of Bombardier Inc. had always been to be a leader in both aerospace and
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Global automotive air filters market (http://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/automotive-air-filters-market) is expected to reach USD 6.10 billion by 2020‚ according to a new study by Grand View Research‚ Inc. Growing demand from the automotive industry‚ particularly in BRIC nations‚ on account of increasing disposable income and growing industrialization rate is expected to remain a key driving factor for the market. Rising consumer awareness regarding health disorders caused due to contaminated
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three predictors would you suggest Tanglewood use in selecting Store Associates? Conscientiousness: This predictor is important for Tanglewood to base their applicant selection on because of what it represents. According to the data presented in the case‚ more conscientiousness is associated with less absent days by employees. In a sense‚ more conscientiousness can be interpreted as more commitment to the corporation which is a value that Tanglewood can really benefit from. For a retailer‚ it is important
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KHF CORPORATION SEEDS OF DISTRESS Jim Layton‚ controller for Kitty (Hawk Food)‚ Inc. (KHF) was under considerable stress as he walked toward the chief executive’s office. Marshall Horne‚ the CEO‚ was not known to take bad news well. In his hands‚ Jim held two letters from food suppliers that threatened to cancel KHF’s trade credit accounts. KHF had developed difficulties in cash flow such that their payments on the accounts had been late‚ at best. The suppliers provided normal trade terms to KHF
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UNIT IV Internal Environment: Strength and Weaknesses 1. Marketing Distinctive marketing campaigns have been a strategy of Apple to attract customers and to spread the information among them. Television commercials‚ Print Advertisements‚ Posters in Public areas and wrap advertisement campaigns have been successful ways of outshining the new product. Apple continues to command a market premium for producing a “better mousetrap” throughout its history. Steve Jobs personally unveils all new product
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