Case 2– Research in Motion- RIM 1. What were some of the challenges RIM faced to protect its Intellectual Property and how did RIM handle those challenges? There was a legal action between NTP and RIM over the intellectual property. RIM resolved the action. To protect its intellectual property‚ RIM agreed to pay $612.5 million to NTP Inc. to settle the fight. The dispute had threatened to end RIM’s BlackBerry e-mail service to millions of users in the U.S. and has been the subject of a four-year
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Airline Distribution Systems in 2013: A Case Study Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide Abstract Airline distribution systems are undergoing a dramatic change in the way airline tickets are distributed due to the influence of different factors such as new technology‚ low-cost demands‚ and the changing needs of travelers. This paper will discuss those factors and discuss Global Distribution Systems (GDS) and what advantages airlines would gain from being in control of ticket distribution
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Rights Act of 1964. The case ended up in the federal district court. The court granted motion for summary judgment. ISSUE: Does this rule violate Title VII? DECISION: No. The court reversed and remanded their decision. REASONING: The court did not find that there was any disparate impact because there is no requirement to comply with the policy when employees choose to speak. If employees substitute Spanish words in place of an English one‚ this would not be a problem that would commit a
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The plan board of trustees directed Karl 5 years ago to invest for total return over the long term. However‚ as trustees of this highly visible public fund‚ they cautioned him that volatile or erratic results could cause them embarrassment. Investment Performance | | Last 5 years | Last year | Time-weighted | 8.2% | 5.2% | Dollar-weighted (internal) | 7.7% | 4.8% | Assumed actuarial return | 6.0% | 6.0% | U.S. T-bills | 7.5% | 11.3% | Large sample of pension funds
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Discarding the idealistic vision of the Transatlantic Trade Investment and Partnership requires an chronological perspective on the unstable agricultural commerce relations connecting both economic entities. Just subsequent to the Common Agricultural Policy was established in the near the beginning of 1960 years the US demanded that members of the Common Market importation duty-free United State construct for animal nourish - soybean meal‚ granule substitutes – creating an European Union reliance
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Veronica Germanovich Chapter 2 case MISC 311-40 04/14/2014 Case Study: Your Next Car on a Tablet 1. Edmunds developed the Inside Line iPhone app because we are in a huge technological era. Edmunds needed to find a way to get the most customers possible because he is in a competitive market. A lot of people use tablets or smartphones now‚ by developing a mobile app it increases the chance that more people will take the time to go look at Edmunds app. Companies that provide free services‚ such as
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While supporting Firstsource - Louisville Jeff developed a series of workshops‚ such as‚ the Deliver the Promise Workshop Series and Close and the Tier 1 Troubleshooting Rep Guidance refresher to assist the partner improve their results. Additionally‚ in order to assess and improve attendee retention of key information from those workshops and other designated trainings‚ Jeff implemented “Knowledge Checks”. As a result of those actions and other initiatives implemented by his team‚ Louisville was
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Quiz 2 Corporate Finance NAME ______________________ Apring 2013 2012 70 pts Show all work MC=5pts each 1. Find the EPS (y-axis) // EBIT (x-axis) crossover point of the following two capital structure plans. Complete the table and Draw the graph and show all the points including crossover‚ where line crosses y-axis‚ and the three EBITs below 30pts Assets = $3‚000‚000 Stock Price = $20 Interest Expense = 12% PLAN I D/E = 1.1 Recession Expected
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If we discuss the problem number one that explain Merck has found 2 kind of statins and they are successfull in market‚ we can talk solution about marketing and the concept of planning and strategy. At the time particularly Mevacor and Zocor hit the market‚ Lipitor just syinthesized by Warner-Lambert and it was still done animal testing or in the other words Lipitor is still developed become great statin in the world. To give alternative solution for the problem number one‚ Lipitor should understand
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INVESTMENT BANKS As with commercial banks‚ investment banks are highly leveraged entities that play important roles in both the primary and secondary markets. Investment banking activities include: • Raising funds through public offerings and private placement of securities. • Trading of securities. • Mergers‚ acquisitions‚ and financial restructuring advising. • Merchant banking. • Securities finance and prime brokerage services. The first role is assisting in the raising of funds by
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