Introduction The company was established in 1980 by Eugene Mercan and the first product was a desalinator. In 1996‚ the product line included desalinators‚ particle filters‚ ozonators‚ ion exchange resins‚ and purifiers. In 1996‚ sales revenues was almost $400 million (annual growth average 12% for past five years)‚ with an expected profit close to $50 million. In 1999‚ water purifier was added to product line by using brand name “Delight”. The company has identified a market for its water purifier
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Filter Innovations Inc. Filter Innovations Inc. (FII) was created by John Dragasevich in 1992. It was based out of Toronto‚ Ontario and supplied small industrial water filtration systems and environmental products. It focused mostly on projects that required processing below 1 million litres per day. This was because competing companies were more interested in projects that required processing above 1 million litres per day. Problem Statement The problem Dragasevich faces with FII is that
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Apple Inc. is a global computer manufacturing company that is going through major changes in its organizational culture and it’s organizational structure due to several events of the past few years. This is a company that grew extremely fast in little time‚ that their management found themselves not being able to keep their operations and finances under control. Apple Inc. has been forced to reevaluate and redesign it’s organizational culture and organizational structure to avoid bankruptcy. The
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Apple Inc. in 2012 1. What‚ historically‚ have been Apple’s competitive advantages? First competitive advantage of Apple is high margin. In Exhibit 5 you can compare the percentage of gross margins and R&D/Sales of three major PC manufacturers. The percentage of gross margin of apple is the highest among the three from 2006 while there is no big difference in R&D/Sales. This implies that the manufacturing process of Apple is more efficient than those of other companies and that consumers are willing
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GROUP CASE STUDY ASSIGNMENT TOPIC: WORKING COMPUTERS‚ INC.1 Jennifer Sobey‚ an analyst in the headquarters of Working Computers‚ has been asked to evaluate whether or not Working should sell a division of the firm which has been losing market share and requires a great deal of new investment to remain competitive. The ailing product is a personal data appliance‚ or PDA‚ that once led the market in features and innovation‚ only to fall prey to competition from numerous firms once it had
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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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‘Optical Distortion‚ Inc.’ Case Study December 02‚ 2013 Situation Executive Summary: Optical Distortion Inc. is a single product company that produces contact lenses for chickens. ODI believes that the use of contact lenses for chickens is a superior solution for poultry farms relative to the current alternative manners that farmers use to prevent cannibalism among their chickens – something that is the cause of mortality rates of up to 25% on some farms. Given the fact that
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ENTERNTAINMENT MARKETING CASE MARVEL ENTERPRISES INC ABISHEK BHASIN 2091775562 Marvel Enterprises‚ Inc. is an industry-leading firm whose core business is character-based entertainment. Marvel’s foundation and success is built on their proprietary library of over 4‚700 characters featured in a variety of media for nearly seventy years (1939-2004). Marvel utilizes its character franchises in licensing agreements‚ and publishing of comic books through the division of Marvel Comics. Marvel’s
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Westchester Distribution Inc.‚ a reputable beer distributor‚ received a concerning letter from a customer’s attorney. The letter stated that the customer‚ Mr. Moon‚ received “improper discounts” on a shipment of beer. The tone of the letter is hostile‚ and the attorney asks that Westchester refund the sale to “avoid any prejudice”. Vince Patton‚ the President of Westchester‚ investigated the situation and found that some of his employees were involved in illegal activities. It was revealed that they
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I. Statement of Financial Problem Should Continental Carriers‚ Inc. use debt or equity to finance the acquisition of Midland Freight in 1988‚ either by selling $50 million in bonds at a 10% interest rate to a California insurance company with a maturity of 15 years‚ or by issuing 3 million in common stock at $17.75 per share with a dividend rate of $1.50 per share? II. Financial Framework The outcomes of various financial alternatives can be examined through an EPS-EBIT analysis‚ where EPS
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