Case Study One: Amazon.com Amazon started as an e-commerce book site and has now added music‚ toys‚ electronics‚ software‚ and home improvement equipment to its list of product offerings. The Amazon supply chain is longer than that of a bookstore chain such as Borders or Barnes and Noble because of the presence of an additional intermediary—the distributor. The distributor margins in the Amazon supply chain can also be viewed as an increase in cost. However‚ Amazon has exploited several opportunities
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FALLON WORLWIDE: IN THE CREATIVITY BUSINESS 1. Fallon Worldwide streesses its creativity as shown by the comments from the Fallon people in the case. (a. ) In what ways do the citi and Holiday Inn Express campains reflect their creativity? (b.) What ere the sources of the ideas in two campaings? A. Fallon worldwide showed their creativity by creating a funny and engaging campaign which makes a genuine human connection with the audience to be able to invite and attract consumers to
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Case ved Handelshøyskolen BI - Yara - Eksamenskode og navn: MRK 99001 – Bedriftsmarkedsføring Utleveringsdato: Semesterstart Innleveringsdato: 20.03.2009 Studiested: BI Oslo Sammendrag Denne oppgavene omhandler Yara som en ledende produsent av gjødsel på global basis. Hoveddelen av besvarelsen går ut på hvordan Yara på en effektiv måte kan formidle nytten av verdiøkende tjenester i form av tilpassede gjødselsprogrammer til potensielle kunder for å øke sin markedsandel
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Facts: The Negro plaintiffs in these cases were denied admission schools attended by the white children under the laws requiring or permitting segregation according to race. All the court adhered to the “separate but equal” doctrine and held that the plaintiffs were not admitted to the white schools (except for the plaintiff in the Delaware case). In the instant cases‚ the plaintiffs contend that segregated public schools are not “equal” and they are deprived of the equal protection of the laws.
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Case Recap Amber Inn & Suites is a 250 property hotel chain located in 10 western and Rocky Mountain States (Kerin & Peterson‚ 2010). The company was founded in 1979 and they operate 200 Amber Inn properties and 50 Amber Inn & Suites properties (Kerin & Peterson‚ 2010). They have 30‚000 total rooms with an average of 120 rooms per property (Kerin & Peterson‚ 2010). The company has had five consecutive unprofitable years and the company wants to be profitable within two years
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Pepsi Cola Products Philippines‚ Inc. (petitioner) v. Honorable Secretary of Labor (respondents) 1. Facts: a. June 1990: The Pepsi-Cola Employees Organization-UOEF (Union) filed a petition for certification election with the Med-Arbiter seeking to be the exclusive bargaining agent of supervisors of Pepsi-Cola Philippines‚ Inc. (PEPSI). i. Med-Arbiter granted this stating that PCEU-UOEF was an affiliate of Union de Obreros Estivadores de Filipinas (or the Federation) with two (2) rank and file
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Case #4 Fighting Grime (Clorox Company) This is a fun case in that it involves branded products that students will recognize yet probably do not associate with Clorox. A good way to introduce the case could be to bring in product samples or show the brand names of their many products and ask students what they have in common? The case is short and vivid and can be assigned ahead or simply read in class. It is an easy case to grasp quickly yet provides some very clear examples of strategic
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Case Name: South East Asian Economic Crisis An economic crisis‚ which erupted in Thailand in mid-1997 and which soon spread to neighbouring countries—Malaysia‚ Indonesia‚ Philippines and South Korea— came to be popularly referred to as South-East Asian economic crisis (although South Korea is in East Asia and only the other countries are in South East Asia). A currency Crisis shows up when there is a speculative attack on the exchange rate‚ resulting in a devaluation of a pegged currency or sharp
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caseF&C INT CASE 4.2 F&C INTERNATIONAL‚ INC. Synopsis Over two centuries‚ the Fries family of northern Kentucky and southern Ohio built a dynasty of sorts in the flavor industry. Alex Fries‚ a German immigrant with a background in chemistry‚ settled in Cincinnati during the early nineteenth century and a few years later established a flavor company. Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries‚ Fries and his descendants owned‚ operated‚
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services‚ therefore‚ were not required. Instead of giving [***5] Kly a room in their home‚ appellants removed him to a rural part of Lackawanna County‚ where they placed him in the enclosed porch of a building‚ which they owned‚ known as the Stage Coach Inn. This porch was approximately nine feet by thirty feet‚ with no insulation‚ no
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