AACS4794 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS Case Studies Case Study 1: A Giant Step for Mattress Giant (May 2007) Mattress Giant is one of America’s largest bedding retailers‚ with 240 stores in 14 states. For years‚ the company spent more than $20 million (about RM70 million) annually‚ about 10 percent of its revenue‚ advertising to people in their mid-30s‚ whose household income was $30‚000 - $40‚000 (about RM105‚000 - RM140‚000) per year .and who drove domestic car. As it
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Emory University and its ties to Chris McCandless In Jon Krakauer’s novel‚ Into the Wild‚ the final steps of Alexander Supertramp are recounted through his journals‚ interactions with others‚ and criminal record. However‚ the real story of Alex begins much earlier -- it begins in 1986. This is the year Alex‚ formerly Chris McCandless‚ enrolled at Emory University in Atlanta‚ Georgia. These college years shape the future of the young man by leading him to an odyssey where he leaves his family‚ to
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Netflix‚ Inc.‚ (NASDAQ: NFLX) is an American provider of on-demand internet streaming media in the United States‚ Canada[5]‚ and Latin America and flat rate DVD-by-mail in the United States. The company was established in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Gatos‚ California. It started its subscription-based digital distributionservice in 1999[6] and by 2009 it was offering a collection of 100‚000 titles on DVD and had surpassed 10 million subscribers. On February 25‚ 2007‚ Netflix announced the billionth
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Chris McCandless and Jay Moriarity both die in horrible ways‚ both extremely different but yet extremely similar. The characters and stories of Chris McCandless from Into the Wild and Jay Moriarity from Chasing Mavericks are interesting to compare. When comparing the two‚ it is intriguing to discuss their home life‚ their circumstances of death‚ and their role models because these discussions reveal which of the two is the more admirable character. Chris McCandless home life didn’t seem bad at
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Andersen Consulting - Strategic Services Cosmetics Case Situation: BeautyAsia (BA) is a health and beauty consumer products company headquartered in Malaysia. It manufactures and sells a line of cosmetic products ideally suited for the Malaysian marketplace. Although it has been a successful company for over twenty years‚ it has been losing money for the past two years and its market share has declined. The CEO has asked you to assist in diagnosing the problem and generating a few possible solutions
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Ironman By: Chris Crutcher In the novel Ironman‚ there are many themes that surround the basic concept of the novel. The theme that stands out the most is making the right decisions and choices and the future effects that these decisions could possibly have. This theme is something that haunts the main character Bo Brewster throughout the novel. Bo often lets his anger get the best of him and this makes him seem like a very weak individual. Bo also makes it seem like everyone involved in his life
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An Analysis of Shrimp/Turtle II: The WTO Makes Room for Environmental Trade Restrictions Chris Wold‚ Associate Professor & Randi Black‚ IELP Law Clerk August 15‚ 2005 In Shrimp/Turtle I‚1 the WTO’s Appellate Body declared U.S. shrimp/turtle regulations in violation of its GATT obligations‚ because the U.S. required all foreign nations to have sea turtle conservation programs that were “essentially the same” as the U.S. regulations‚ including mandatory use of Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs). The United
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Financial Statement Analysis Teaching notes: This case uses the multiplicative version of the DuPont model to analyze operations at two retail companies. Both companies have very straightforward financial statements and most students are familiar with the companies. The analysis can be as simple or as multi-faceted as instructors choose. The case begins with the qualitative side of financial statement analysis. The questions here are unstructured so that instructors can tailor the case to their preferences
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Christopher J. McGlynn Critical Thinking and Writing Mary Barnett Case Essay Mary Barnett left Chicago on January 23 to travel to San Francisco‚ California. She went to California to visit her fiancé. Alison‚ Mary’s six month old daughter was left unattended for seven days. Upon return to Chicago‚ Mary discovered her six month old daughter died of dehydration. Mary has been charged with second degree murder‚ which is intentional murder without any premeditation. As a member of the
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CASE STUDY Recently‚ the website of Ankit Fadia‚ a well-known ethical hacker‚ was hacked by another group that goes by the name Team Grey Hat (TGH). The “hactivist” group entered Ankit Fadia’s official site and exposed his credentials‚ including sensitive data‚ student details‚ database credentials (like name‚ user name & password). In a blog message‚ TGH also rubbished Fadia as a hacker and his courses According to data from Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-In)‚ in November last
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