12-05 Carnival Cruise Lines: Wreck of the Costa Concordia “The boat started shaking. The noise – there was panic‚ like in a film‚ dishes crashing to the floor‚ people running‚ people falling down the stairs.” – survivor Fulvio Rocci 1 The Crisis At 4:00 p.m. on the evening of January 13‚ 2012‚ the Costa Concordia set sail from Rome‚ Italy for a seven-day cruise as it did every week. The ship was due to arrive in Savona‚ Italy the next day. Around 9:15 p.m.‚ the ship took a five mile detour to pass
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he company is facing a good economy as evidenced by the increase in sales. Industry is investing in research and development of products. Competitors are slowly entering the market. O.M. Scott and Sons Company is a business in the lawn care and garden product industry. Currently‚ the company is reviewing the results of 1961 and preparing plans for the 1962 selling season. Sales were increasing and so is net income except for the year 1960 to 1961. he company is facing a good economy as evidenced
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Facts: Kramer Pharmaceuticals‚ Inc. was a major manufacturer of prescription drugs for the medical and dental professions. It had a sales force of over 500 detailers‚ whose primary responsibility was calling regularly on hospital personnel‚ doctors‚ and dentists to describe the product line and to persuade these medical personnel to use and prescribe Kramer drugs. After having worked at Kramer for 12 years‚ Bob Marsh‚ a detailer of the company‚ was fired for unsatisfactory performance‚ poor attitude
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Blaine Kitchenware is issuing stock to raise money for their business. BKI plans repurchase its own shares. This means BKI plans to invest into its own company. The company’s main issue is the fact that it is over liquid and under-levered and whether to distribute cash to shareholders by buying back shares or paying dividends. The answer is easy as this; BKI has to spend money to make money. Lucky for them they have the money and have more than enough to invest into their company. When BKI repurchase
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lies were any different from each other. The statistical analyses showed that neither those who were paid less or more had differences in their lies. Over the years‚ cognitive dissonance has been tested and refined by many psychologists‚ most notably Cooper and Fazio; their research determined the crucial four steps that lead to a person’s attitude change in cognitive dissonance. In order to reach cognitive dissonance a person must first have negative feelings produced‚ then they must feel responsible
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The Mini Cooper Company once raised a question: if Mini is not a car‚ what will it be? Although the brand didn’t know what kind of answer it would receive‚ the question caught consumers’ eyes and the replies helped the company to identify and satisfy customer demand. Apparently‚ marketing circumstance is complex and consumer psychology is hard to touch. Thus brand managers take great time and effort to resonate consumers‚ so as to promote consumption. For example‚ displaying advertisements on TV
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Should Cooper acquire Nicholson? Why (not)? Cooper Industries has been pursuing a policy of expansion through the acquisition of other companies and this strategy appears to be working well for them. They have acquired a number of companies and have been successful in integrating them into Cooper Industries. They have established three criteria that potential companies for acquisition must meet and Nicholson meets all three criteria. Nicholson holds 50% of the market share in files and rasps‚ its
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Fenimore Cooper was an extremely popular novelist in the United States during the early 19th century. He was known for his romantic adventurous tales of historical fiction‚ particularly about the sea or the frontier. Cooper spent time in the navy before getting married and embarking on his writing career. Influenced by the relationship with his wife and his time at sea‚ Cooper went to on to become one of America’s most influential writers. James Fenimore Cooper was the son of William Cooper‚ a merchant
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22-03-2012 Morena Xodo (matr. 639471) COOPER INDUSTRIES’ CORPORATE STRATEGIES Cooper industries’ is a broad company that strongly uses M&A strategy of diversification. But diversification for Cooper doesn’t mean just ‘adding‚ adding and more adding’. Division managers seek for ‘complementary acquisition’ defined as logical extensions of Cooper’s existing products or markets; furthermore they keep examining what they have‚ not being afraid to get rid of companies that have served their useful
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Case Analysis Cooper Industries Cooper Industries was organized in 1919 as a manufacturer of heavy machinery and equipment. By the mid-1950s it was a leading producer of engines and massive compressors used to force naturalgas through pipelines and oil out of wells. Management was concerned‚ however‚ over its heavy dependence on sales to the oil and gas industries and the violent fluctuation of earnings caused bythe cyclical nature of heavy machinery and equipment sales. Although the company’s
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