Case Analysis: Optical Fiber Corporation Introduction Optical Fiber Corporation (OFC) is a financially successful‚ albeit relatively small manufacturer of multimode optical fibers. The company was founded in 1990. The founders were able to enter the market largely on the basis of acquiring patent licenses from larger optical fiber firms. These licenses restricted competition between the entities and provided OFC with instant access to optical fiber technology. In return‚ OFC’s customer
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7 Mar. 2011. . Fortuna‚ Alex Jubak‚ Jim. "What ’s Killing Citigroup—Slowly." MoneyShow. 27 Apr. 2010. Web. 7 Mar. 2011. . Lipman‚ I.A Neilson‚ Leighann C‚ and Megha Chadha. "International marketing strategy in the retail banking industry: The case of ICICI Bank in Canada." Journal of Financial Services Marketing 13.3 (2008): 204-220. Business Source Premier. EBSCO. Web. 8 Mar. 2011. Scott‚ Jonathan A.‚ and William C. Dunkelberg. "Competition for small firm banking business: Bank actions versus
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King Arthur 1. Was there a real King Arthur? Explain your answer. I think King Arthur was real because he appears in writings of a Welsh historian named Nennius and in the Bible. 2. Is King Arthur a hero? Why or why not? Use the information from the unit to help you explain your response. I think King Arthur was a hero because he won many victories and loved and protected his city. 3. Choose one of the stages of the hero’s journey as described in the unit. Describe how the legend of King Arthur
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our dearest king‚ King Arthur. The world the past few days has seem like a whole new experience without him around. I have noticed less smiles on people’s faces‚ the rainy days have seemed longer‚ and the sun seems to shine less bright. Our beloved king was a kind sir who cared about each and every one of you. Where ever his soul may be now‚ we should acknowledge that he’s in a better place because we know he’s released from all the pain he had suffered from. King Arthur as a young child had a
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non-profit organization‚the investors of Baptist Foundation of Arizona sued Andersen which served as the auditor for $217 million for issuing false and misleading approvals of BFA financial statements and also lost $570 million donor funds. BFA management allegedly took money from other investors to pay off the current investors which the court held that there is a Ponzi scheme going on. Here‚ the auditors of Arthur Andersen has clearly compromising their integrity and honesty by issuing a false information
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WorldCom‚ and later to just WorldCom. WorldCom grew to be the second largest U.S. long distance provider‚ second only to AT&T‚ primarily through acquisitions. Among the companies it bought or merged with were Advanced Communications Corp (1992)‚ Metromedia Communication Corp. (1993)‚ Reurgens Communications Group (1993)‚ IDB Communications Group‚ Inc. (1994)‚ Williams Technology Group‚ Inc. (1995)‚ and MFS Communications Company (1996). The MFS acquisition included UUNet Technologies‚ Inc. In February
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research and development team and its worldwide network of distributors and strategic partners. AES is committed to penetrating international markets‚ specifically in developing or emerging economies‚ and constantly improving on product development. The case states that AES believes their competitive advantage is a result of its "agility or speed and its ability to commit to corporate equity and to arrange complex financial transactions." Structure AES is operating in a network structure. In this structure
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Tales Of King Arthur Since the romanticizing of the Arthurian legends by Geoffery of Monmouth‚ the historian‚ during the twelfth century‚ the legendary ’king of England’ has been the source of inspiration for kings‚ poets‚ artists and dreamers alike. The most famous work is probably Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur‚ completed around 1470‚ and published in many abridged and complete versions. Malory’s work contains in one the legend that had been continually added to over
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English Composition Finding Truth in the Legends Surrounding the King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table There are many reasons to believe why the great King Arthur and his mighty knights of the round table were real men and not what fairy tales are made of. Throughout the centuries‚ men have longed to be like the infamous King Arthur. History has told tales of great feats on the battle ground; mothers put their children to sleep with tales of this enigmatic king. However
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Thinking About Women by Margaret Andersen. The social construction of gender is thought to be the multiple different approaches in which the expectancy of being a girl‚ whom later becomes a woman‚ and being a boy‚ whom later becomes a man‚ is passed on through the society. Society differences are said to be the basis of gender identity in today’s society preferably more than the sex or biological differences are. All throughout chapter two of Thinking About Women‚ Andersen discusses the multiple ways
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