Clearwater Technologies Case Analysis OVERVIEW Clearwater Technologies is a publicly traded technology firm for sales staffs of small- to medium-sized companies. Clearwater’s customized QTX product line held 70 percent of its mature market. To date‚ competition in this market had been minimal‚ because no competitor had been able to match Clearwater’s general functionality‚ and Clearwater held a U.S. patent on a popular feature that directed faxed documents to a specific salesperson’s e-mail rather
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Clearwater Technologies Amanda Moore Problem Clearwater Technologies’ problem is that end-user pricing for a capacity upgrade to the QTX server needed to be agreed upon in the upcoming meeting. Finance wants to increase revenue‚ sales wants to keep prices fair and management wants prices to stay within the margin model. Mark Jefferies‚ Vice President of Marketing‚ is presiding over the meeting of Hillary Hanson‚ Brian James‚ and Rob Erickson. After listening to the suggestions of the
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Summary: Clearwater Seafood (Clearwater) is a seafood company located on the east coast of Canada‚ and Clearwater Seafood income Fund with operations around the world. As a result of the increasing importance of the Canadian dollar relative to other currencies of the world‚ Clearwater recently stopped paying their distributions. The decision faced by the financial director to determine the strategy of the company should take to enable it to recover its distribution. This is due to the choice between
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money can’t bring you happiness. The only thing that can bring you happiness is family.” John Risley: A pickup truck and a load of ambition. Case 1: Clearwater Fine Foods Inc. Group 5 BUSI 3312 Professor Nickolas Murray August 1‚ 2011 1976-2004 Clearwater History (ADD OVERAL COMPANY) John Risley had a clear objective when he co-founded Clearwater Seafoods with his brother-in-law‚ Colin MacDonald‚ back in 1976: He wanted to make money and put food on the table. “That was the driving force
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After a Navy Chaplain was murdered‚ Agent Pride believes he has found another connection between Mayor Hamilton and crimes in Clearwater. Smug and calling the shots‚ the Mayor continues to taunt Pride at every step. Looking to solve the murder‚ Pride has to choose between punching the Mayor in the face (which every viewer would cheer on) or walk away to finish solving the case. It’s a tough line‚ but Pride makes good on his commitment to uphold the law and works hard for
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Clearwater Seafoods is a highly diversified‚ vertically integrated Canadian Seafood company headquartered in Bedford Nova Scotia. Its diversification and integration are reflected in its product lines and its supply chain. Clearwater’s product line includes both shellfish and ground fish; Live lobster‚ raw lobster meat‚ scallops‚ clams‚ shrimps and crabs. It controls key aspects of its supply chain; harvesting‚ processing and marketing. Clearwater harvest fishes from the Canadian Atlantic fishery
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Geography United Arab Emirates occupies a total area of about 83‚600 square kilometers (32‚400 square miles)‚ along the south-eastern tip of the Arabian Peninsula between 22°50 and 26°N and between 51° and 56°25 E. The UAE has 1 318 km of continental coastline along the Persian Gulf. The inflation rate‚ exchange rate and currency stability are important factors to consider in International trade‚ economically‚ the UAE has a 4% of GDP growth in 2012 with a lower inflation rate of 1.1%‚ In terms of
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Introduction: Clearwater Seafoods (CS) is a seafood exporting firm based in Canada. The firm is suffering value declining from international trade due to the appreciation of Canadian dollars. Hence‚ the company’s value declined for 35% that fails to distribute dividends under income trust since 2002. The company has to hold a conference for shareholders to establish an appropriate strategy to address the value declining problem and change its unit holder’s pessimistic shareholding sentiment. This
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Case study: Creedence Clearwater Revival Introduction Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) was an American rock band that gained popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s (Lyrics Freak‚ 2010). “The group consisted of lead vocalist‚ lead guitarist‚ and primary lyricist John Fogerty‚ his brother and rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty‚ bassist Stu Cook‚ and drummer Doug Clifford” (Lyrics freak‚ 2010). The foursome began early on as young teenagers and grew together. Throughout their time together there
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1. Identify and evaluate Clearwater Technologies existing pricing on the QTX line. What are its pricing objectives? With the introduction of the upgrade‚ should Clearwater reconsider its pricing strategy? The existing pricing: Number of seats To end users Unit cost Actual unit cost 10 8‚000 500 900 20 14‚000 700 900 30 17‚250 900 900 According to table 1 and 2‚ because Clearwater is upgrading its products right now‚ they will design the 30-seat server‚ so even the customer just want 10-seat or
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