THE FORD PINTO CASE A Dangerous Product On 10 August 1978 Judy Ann Ulrich‚ eighteen‚ was driving a 1973 Ford Pinto to volley-ball practice in Goshen‚ Indiana. Inside the car with her were her sister Lynn Marie‚ sixteen‚ and their cousin Donna Ulrich‚ eighteen. As they were heading north on U.S. Route 33‚ their car was struck from behind by a 1972 Chevrolet van. The Pinto collapsed like an accordion; the fuel tank ruptured; and the car exploded in flames. Lynn Marie and Donna burned to death in
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HOUSEHOLDS PRODUCTS (INDIA) LIMITED (D) Indore (in % of all toilet soap buyers) Total Penetration Total Buyers New Buyers Repeat Buyers Repeat Rate% 7.1 7.06 7.1 10 5.48 2.9 2.58 36.34 15.3 8.59 5.3 3.29 32.90 16.9 5.18 1.6 3.58 23.40 17.4 3.8 0.5 3.3 19.53 17.4 1.73 0 1.73 9.94 17.8 1.97 0.4 1.57 9.02 18.1 2.11 0.3 1.81 10.17 The above table depicts that the following characteristics in the 2 cities Hyderabad: a) Low penetration
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launch variously strategies‚ with wild coverage of products via extended channels in more regions/counties. • Because of debt free strategy‚ the company had limited investment in R&D. Even they can provide the “me to product” but the industry will change with more related regulation to be generated from government‚ that will require each pharmacy company spend longer time‚ more money to do the testing before launch to the market‚ “me to product” will slow down the process to catch the new market
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Would you report the incident to the Consumer Product Safety Commission? Explain. I would most certainly contact the Consumer Product Safety Commission if my child were to experience anything remotely close to what Kendra did. The CPSC has a section titled RECALLS which provides access to new and old recalls that one may have missed. To help prevent the worst from happening to other families and their children I think its important that the CPSC should know about anything problematic regarding any
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AVON PRODUCTS IN CHINA The Avon case presents the evolution of its endeavors in China during the 1990s. With a renewed strategy of aggressive expansion towards conquering the world market of beauty products and direct selling‚ Avon arrived to China in 1990‚ establishing its operations base in Guangzhou. Being the first direct selling company that entered the Chinese market‚ Avon faced several obstacles mostly in terms of selling the product‚ given that in the Asian Giant there was not usual to
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Abstract This report is based on a case presented by Harvard Business School‚ titled “IDEO Product Development.” The goal of this report is to examine whether an engineering design company‚ IDEO‚ should have requested more time to complete a design for a Personal Data Assistant (PDA) that was to be called the Handspring Visor. The key events take place between March 1996 and September 1999. IDEO is an unconventional Silicone Valley based company‚ and the hiring company was the then newly formed
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1. What are the physicians trying to accomplish through buying the same EHR product at their hospital? What are the pros and cons? The Physicians are trying to accomplish a way to make it easier to get all of the patient’s records when they are needed. The benefits of buying the same EHR product are that they can write orders from their practices for patients who are in the hospital. The other benefit is that if there is an emergency or the physician is covering the emergency room they will be
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1.0 Introduction This case study is based on the company Elektra Product Inc .It is enough mature publicly held company that had once been a leading manufacturer and retailer of electrical products and supplies. But‚ nowadays the company is facing a host of problems. Market share was declining in the face of increased foreign and domestic competition‚ new product ideas were few and far between and departments such as manufacturing and sales barely spoke to one another. The confidence was
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Case 1：American Home Products How much business risk does American Home Products face? How much financial risk would American Home Products face at each of the proposed levels of debt shown in case Exhibit 3? How much potential value‚ if any‚ can American Home Products create for its shareholders at each of the proposed levels of debt? American Home Products offers a variety of products spread over 4 product lines. This allows the company to attract many consumers and if one product
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Management Control System: Aloha Product Maximus Eko Raharjo Aloha products that highlight its industry in coffee specialty should be concern about the control system and the measurement system applied in the company. The company should first understand the characteristic of the coffee industry itself. First of all‚ the coffee trade originated from the grower to the buyer either broker or roasters are made based on a very good relationship. In short it is a trust business. The grower will sell the
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