As consultants for the restaurant The Cheesecake Factory‚ we have decided that we are going to expand the ever-popular restaurant chain to Spain by means of a joint venture. We are choosing to expand internationally by partnering with a trendy American- style restaurant that operates in Europe‚ Foster’s Hollywood. The benefits of choosing this mode of entry is that Cheesecake Factory will be able to enter into the restaurant industry in Spain with ease by gaining valuable knowledge about the culture
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BUS 5320: Enterprise Relationship Management Dr. Michael Graney-Mulholland Ehsan Shafaee Executive Summary In this case‚ Pepe Jeans is able to eliminate the 10 independent agents and directly work with the independent retailers. This will result in cutting its lead time from six months to six weeks or less. The retailers are able to log-in into Pepe’s system and put in their orders‚ from then the ERP provides a software road map for automating the different steps along the path to fulfill
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Case: PEPE JEANS Questions: Acting as an outside consultant‚what would you recommend that Pepe do?Given the data in the case‚ perform a financial analysis to evaluate the alternatives that you have identified.(Assume that the new inventory could be valued at six weeks’ worth of the yearly cost of sales.Use a 30 percent inventory carrying cost rate).Calculate a payback period for each alternative. Option 2 with an ROI of 5 weeks and increased PBT would be the preferred alternative. (ROI financials
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PrSummary: This case study talks about the slowdown in the premium jeans market. The first slowdown was in 2007‚ after that time premium jeans never the same. Between 2008 and 2010 the premium denim prices fell 10-15 percent over this time period. There were different tactics these premium denim designers including 7 for mankind‚ True Religion‚ Diesel‚ Joe Jeans and Levi Strauss tried to attempt to maintain their positions. Some did this by lowering the price of jeans‚ creating lower priced jeans (i.e. recession
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The ultimate demise of Levi Jeans Company came long before the announcement was made on the closing of eleven of its US factories‚ ending the jobs of over 6‚000 employees--many of which had been long term. Although many manufacturing type businesses are notorious for their "slave labor wages" and less than reputable working conditions‚ Levi ’s Strauss broke the mold by maintaining its character of always treating its workforce fair and employees as valued. The company was ranked in many polls and
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Interpersonal Therapy Case Study of Susan � Interpersonal therapy is short-term therapy for depression and other problems that looks for solutions and strategies to deal with interpersonal problems rather than spending time on interpretation and analysis. In the initial stages of interpersonal therapy‚ therapeutic goals typically include diagnosis‚ completing the requisite inventories‚ identifying the client ’s major problem areas‚ and creating a treatment contract. PRESENTING PROBLEM This case study
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Case 4-6 Grand Jean Company 1. How would you describe the goals of the company as a whole? Is this‚ or are these‚ the same as the goals of the company’s marketing organization and the company’s 25 managers of manufacturing plants? Explain. Corporate – Generate profits‚ earn satisfactory rate of return investment‚ meet customers’ needs‚ maintain price and quality‚ grow or maintain market share‚ promote employee welfare & community relations‚ maintain loyal and reliable suppliers to supplement
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assessment/psychological testing to better understand Florence’s level of functioning and mental health diagnosis. The test would also help in identifying individual and family therapy she and her daughter need‚ possible medication management depending on any mental health diagnosis‚ education/vocational training to help her attain employment and any case management needs she may
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Team Case# 1- The Smile Factory: Work at Disneyland Disney has developed an intricate model of organizing its theme parks. This model requires thousands of employees to abide by standards set by company executives and theme-park trainers. Trainers are well versed in company policy‚ and for the most part‚ are able to effectively communicate Disney’s ideals and practices to its newly hired employees. Disney’s theme park employees adopt Disney’s company culture‚ language (and lingo)‚ and the fear
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The story of George Stein exposes the dynamics that drive the night shift at Eastern Dairy’s milkshake factory. George was excited to join the dairy’s unionized workforce because its contributions-to-inducements balance was so favorable. As soon as he crossed the functional boundary into the organization‚ more specific features of George’s work group became apparent. First‚ there was no manager to speak of supervising the night shift. Second‚ horseplay was the workgroup norm‚ considered a natural
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