The history of the Carnival Corporation begins in 1972‚ when Ted Arison set up Carnival Cruise Lines as a subsidiary of the American International Travel Service. The first ship ran aground‚ but Arison remained steadfast in achieving his vision of a cruise line offering affordable vacation packages to middle-income consumers. By 1977‚ Carnival had three ships‚ and ten years later‚ as the industry leader‚ the company went public. In the early 1990s‚ Carnival began to diversify into land-based entertainment
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Company: In 1998‚ Lasik Vision Corporation was the first laser vision correction provider in North America to offer “affordable‚ value-pricing” and to promote it with direct-to-consumer advertising. At the time‚ this was a new approach for a medical services company and allowed it to capitalize on a larger mass appeal for the procedure. Dr. Wallerstein was the National Medical Director of LASIK Vision Corporation and oversaw medical standardization
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To: Dan DiMicco From: McKensie Booth Subject: Strategic Management Date: 11/9/2010 Nucor Corporation Memo Response: Per your request I have analyzed Nucor Corporation and the steel industry. After performing both strategic and financial analysis I offer my recommendations. Executive Summary: Nucor Corporation was the most profitable steel producer in North America in both 2005 and 2006. It is regarded as a low-cost steel producer in the United States‚ and one of the most
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Just-in- Time in Kalamazoo - Chapter 2 Case Samantha B. GilzineCase Background: A firm specializing in motor homes located in Kalamazoo‚ Michigan. Discusses changes in inventory and other cost since the recent expansion of its market from the local Midwest to a national one. The companies also have to deal with another major problem because it only manufactures a few of it components while the others are purchased form outside vendors. In an attempt to reduce component part expenses‚ the president
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The high technology level connected to the new tool requires that the company is able to adapt to changes within the process. Takata Corporation has always been a company that has tried to be flexible over time it has developed security tools in step with the times. (Takata‚ 2015) However‚ it is necessary that the process will be able to include a more sophisticated level of technology. It also need a quickly understanding of car databases and also the need to adapt the process to the police system
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Polaroid Corporation‚ 1996 In late March 1996‚ Ralph Norwood was faced with the task of restructuring Polaroid’s capital structure. In the past‚ Polaroid had a monopoly in the instant-photography segment. However‚ with upcoming threats in the emerging digital photography industry and Polaroid experiencing recent losses in their market share due to Kodak’s competition‚ Gary T. DiCamillo‚ recently appointed CEO of Polaroid‚ headed a restructuring plan to stimulate the firm’s performance. The firm’s
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Multinational Corporation‚ and here is the explanation of those factors: • Technical-Efficiency Forces The Technical-Efficiency Forces has two possibilities First‚ the decline of the corporation came from its inabilities to achieve and to maintain economic efficiencies in market transactions. When the economic environments no longer support efficient operations of the corporation‚ it can find other ecological slots or reduce their operations. Second‚ the decline may be happen when the corporation adaptations
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CHAPTER CASE 2.2: Pete`s p.74 Case Notes: 1. What interactions and discussion need to take place among the marketing‚ manufacturing‚ logistics‚ and finance departments? Explain the logistics department`s role in the introduction of the new product. The functional areas of marketing‚ logistics‚ manufacturing and finance should hold weekly sales and operations planning (S&OP) meetings to address the following: Identify firm planned orders which may be delayed to the customer. Notify key account managers
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Corporation – A separate legal entity that has an existence at law that is separable from those who form it. It is a separate legal entity in the sense that it has an existence at law‚ but no material existence. * It is separate and distinct from its shareholders * A properly authorized agent may bind the corporation in contract with third parties. * Shareholders possess limited liability for the debts of the corporation‚ and creditors may look only to the assets of the corporation to
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The IMAX Corporation was coined from Multiscreen Corporation. Muiltiscreen Corporation dealt with combination of many small projectors to project one large image. This method of creating large movies had many difficulties. It led to the original founders of IMAX to embark on a mission to find a simpler way to project large cinemas. Upon the discovery that the image from a single [projector is far more clear than those of combined projectors they changed their name from multi screen to IMAX. IMAX
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