Caterpillar Inc. was formed in 1925 when Holt Manufacturing Company and the C. L. Best Tractor Co. merged to form Caterpillar Tractor Co. These two companies were formed by Benjamin Holt and Daniel Best‚ thus the two founders of Caterpillar. Throughout their history‚ Caterpillar has continued to update and diversify their product lines to meet the demands of consumers. In 1931‚ the first Diesel Sixty Tractor rolled off the assembly line in East Peoria‚ Illinois‚ offering a new efficient source
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Problem: In January 2012 the board of directors of Orateme has to decide what would be the best use to invest the company’s financial resources. Alternatives: During the meeting that took place on January 13th 2012‚ the board identified a few alternatives: 1) Leverage the current job boards to appropriate client associations‚ providing access to the network of associations and their respective members e.g. Nursing cheer network (David Flowers‚ current President). 2) Getting more serious with continuing
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Case Name: Community Health Systems I. Mission The Health Care System of Opportunity: Community Health’s System is committed to “building a network of thriving hospitals vital to the residents and economic development of the communities served.” They go on to say that they have assisted community hospitals with problems and challenges they typically face such as a lack of capital‚ difficulty hiring physicians‚ and retaining management with a high amount of experience and expertise. In addition
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I. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Longevity Healthcare Systems‚ Inc is an institution that provides services such as basic (nursing home) health care‚ rehabilitation therapy‚ Alzheimer’s care‚ institutional pharmacy services‚ sub-acute care and home health care. Longevity has four health care areas; Nursing Care‚ Subacute care‚ Rehabilitation services and Institutional pharmacy. The business emerged when Kathryn Hamilton‚ in 1972‚ was searching for a nursing home for her mother. Kathryn together with
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Volcom Inc. SWOT Volcom was acquired by PPR in May 2011‚ I did the analysis from the standpoint that Volcom’s management still remained independent. 1) Volcom’s advertising and promotional strategy consisted of athlete sponsorship‚ print advertisements‚ branded events‚ online marketing‚ branded retail stores‚ music‚ film‚ and the Featured Artist Series. The company has stayed true to its board sport heritage since day-one recognizing a portion of their customers to be "poseurs" or groups of people
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GOOGLE INC. History of Google Inc. Google ’s founders‚ Larry Page and Sergey Brin‚ met by chance on a Stanford University tour in the summer of 1995. Page‚ at the time‚ was working on a PhD research project involving the mathematical properties of the link structure on the internet. The research project‚ "BackRub"‚ used an algorithm to follow the links in a webpage and analyze all the connections. The PageRank algorithm generated a popularity index for each web page based on the quantity and
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In the case of Chemalite‚ Inc. we analyzed the financial data provided by one of the largest stockholders of the company‚ Bennett Alexander‚ and the company’s bookkeeper. According to given expenditures‚ transactions‚ cash outflows and other related financial information; we prepared transaction journals‚ T-accounts‚ income statements‚ statements of financial position and statements of cash flows for the six months ended June 30‚ 2003 and for the year ended December 31‚ 2003. We
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Rappler’s case that led for the SEC to revoke its registration as a corporation pointed to‚ according to SEC‚ its violation on the rules on foreign investment in media companies in the Philippines. Under the 1987 Constitution and various Philippine laws‚ a media company must be owned and controlled 100% by Filipinos. If a Philippine media company has foreign investor control of more than 0% of the company‚ then the media company disobey the law related to control restrictions. The case of Rappler
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CASE DESCRIPTION The primary subject matter of this case concerns receivables management. Secondary issues examined include the impact of a client’s financial distress on a firm’s cashflows; the use financial accounting data to challenge a firm’s going concern principle and the formulation of new business strategies when the unexpected happens to a firm. The case is appropriate for first year graduate level. The case is designed to be taught in two class hours and is expected to require five
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Innovative service business models that behave disruptively* in the market and have the opportunity to overtaking existing market leaders in the industry and QuickMedx is a good example of such a disruptive model. Unlike outpatient clinics and emergency care centers‚ QuickMedx offered a fast and convenient way at low cost to its customers to get treatment for common illnesses such as strep throat‚ influenza‚ ear infection‚ pink eye and seasonal allergies which people had to wait for hours at clinics
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