to control the US market. TEACHING OBJECTIVES The main teaching objectives of the case are: 1. To understand the complexities that accompany the protection of a commodity like steel. 2. To illustrate how protectionist governmental policies can often hurt the very country they are designed to help. 3. To show that government intervention is usually ineffective and counterproductive. This case can be most effective when used after Chapter 8‚ describing the issues of governmental intervention
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Case study 1 Xiaolin Tian MIS in Your Pocket Q1: The applications are described in this case are e-mail‚ calendar and contacts from Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync. Furthermore‚ there are some new software applications like hospital’s MEDITECH electronic medical records system‚ Epocrates Essentials‚ ChainLinq Mobile and iPhone app. The business function of these kinds of applications is to make employees control their work easily‚ and help them to fix complex things. The
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CEMEX What benefits have CEMEX and the other global competitors in cement derived from globalization? More broadly‚ how can cross-border activities add value in an industry as apparently localized as cement? There have been several benefits for CEMEX and its global competitors derived from globalization: (strategic group‚ part of the big six competitiors) International trade offered opportunities to arbitrage price differentials. Import from low cost countries and sell to 3rd parties to
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(WORD COUNT: 1326 WORDS‚ KINDLY NOTE THAT‚ THE WORD COUNT DOESN’T INCLUDE THE COVER PAGE‚ INDEX PAGE AND THE REFERENCE PAGE OF THIS ASSIGNMENT PAPER) MODULE: BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT ETHICS: MD4033 STUDENT NAME AND ID: ASHUTOSH GHOSH: S20462422 SR. NO. 1 INDEX Does the closing of a plant when it ceases to be profitable violate the “moral minimum”? Who are the affected stakeholders‚ and how should their PAGE NO. 3 2 interests be considered? Who should take primary responsibility
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HKU833 STEPHEN KO AIRASIA: FLYING LOW-COST WITH HIGH HOPES AirAsia started out as a Malaysian government-controlled‚ full-service regional airline that offered slightly lower fares than its number-one competitor‚ Malaysia Airlines (“MAS”). In December 2001‚ private entrepreneur Tony Fernandes took over the debt-ridden airline for the symbolic sum of US$0.26. Despite the air-travel downturn following the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks‚ Fernandes believed that the timing for entering
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Brief Case Report # 2 – Hilton HHonors Starwoods introducing frequest guest program‚ and $50million ad campaign. Problem: raising costs for all hotels as they need to keep pace with competition. 1. How does Hilton HHonors program deliver value to its two parents‚ Hilton Hotels and Hilton International? Cooperate on sales and marketing‚ standardized operations‚ and run the Hilton HHonors loyalty program. (HHW) Not as a profit center but service 2. More specifically‚ can you quantify this
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Department heads and the faculty of the College of Commerce‚ what decision must be recommended by the rector of the university to the St. Francis University Board of Trustees? Will Dean Santos’ proposal for reorganization be accepted or not? Section 3. Case Facts STRENGTHS 1. It was one of the best private University in the city and primarily known for its engineering and science-degree courses. 2. The University had a total enrollment of about 26‚000 for both graduate and undergraduate levels
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Case 1 Managers are most likely to step across ethical and legal boundaries when the pressure to perform is great. Pressure can be healthy but companies that set high-performance targets and grant large rewards for achieving these must have strong control systems to ensure that people are not tempted to cross boundaries. What are the four important control systems? Please identify each control by name. Strategy WorldCom never really had a strategic plan‚ committee‚ or framework. Their plan
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Case: Microsoft in China Q1: What are the risks that Microsoft has faced in operating in China and dealing with the Chinese government? Do you see these risks as increasing‚ diminishing‚ or changing in the future?Are these risks unique to China or present in other developing countries? There are two major risks that Microsoft has faced in operating in China. Firstly‚ after China joined WTO. Although Chinese government taks some actions for its IPR‚ especailly for foreign compnies‚ the rate
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