I. CASE FACTS Purinex was a drug-discovery and -development company based in Syracuse‚ New York‚ that sought to commercialize therapeutic compounds based on its purine drug-development platform. Purine was a naturally occurring molecule that played an important role in numerous biochemical processes. Purinex had developed a process for creating small molecules that acted as selected agonists (activators) or antagonists (blockers) for specific purine receptors in the cell membrane. Purinex’s goal
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As the Torstar board meeting in April of 1998 was approaching‚ a memorandum on Torstar’s dividend policy‚ their repurchases and their strategy with regards to strategic acquisitions within their three business areas was composed. The memorandum included pros and cons as well as recommendations with regards to the issues to be discussed when the board gathered for their meeting. The dividend policy and the share repurchase strategy are the main issues since the institutional shareholders preferred
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Handshake VR Inc.‚ who specializes in telehaptic technology. Handshake VR was founded in order to develop and commercialize a new technology that enabled users to simulate the sense of human touch through computers. This technology‚ developed by an electrical engineering professor named Dr. David Wang at the University of Waterloo‚ required significant investment of time and effort in the product development stage. Dr. Kevin Tuer and Tim Ellis were brought in as the vice-president of technology and vice-president
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discoveries. Furthermore‚ it constantly engages in extensive high-quality research in its constant pursuit for ways of developing and improving the quality of CDO’s products. Another firm philosophy of CDO is that quality goes hand in hand with technology. In order for the company to consistently give the top shelf products to its customers‚ it has to constantly invest in the latest technological advancements. With the most creative minds at the helm of this state of the art equipment‚ only then
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Based on the Case Study "Best Buy Co.‚ Inc.: Sustainable Customer Centricity Model?"‚ Case 24‚ starting on page 24-1‚ complete the following requirements: • Identify their resources‚ capabilities‚ and core competencies • Write two findings of fact‚ with a fully justified recommendation/justification • Comment on classmates’ and instructor’s postings Resources: Best Buy number one resource are their employees that have the skills and knowledge about what they sell. This makes them a service
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Google Inc is a technology company that builds and provides products and services that organise information and make it universally accessible and useful to the general public‚ and it has arguably become a need in the everyday lives of people. As something that initially started as a research project for Stanford digital library‚ the concept began in march 1996 by Larry page and Serge Brin. the goal was to develop the enabling technologies from a single‚ integrated and universal digital library
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Growing Technology Famous 1930s actor Bill Benedict expresses “Technology is getting a new life.” Basically‚ technology is evolving so much and so fast it is almost as if it is gaining a life of its own. The new technology that’s emerging gives individual’s a new life and new way of living. In Jonathan Rowe’s essay‚ “Reach Out and Annoy Someone‚” he illustrates his frustration with the new technology better known as a cell phone. He focuses on the negative impact cell phones have on
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Stealth technology Stealth technology also termed LO technology (low observable technology) is a sub-discipline of military tactics and passive electronic countermeasures‚ which cover a range of techniques used with personnel‚ aircraft‚ ships‚ submarines‚ missiles and satellites to make them less visible (ideally invisible) to radar‚ infrared‚ sonar and other detection methods. It corresponds to camouflage for these parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. Designers develop a particular shape
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The movie makes some really good points. The best point is that subsidized corn artificially lowers the cost of animal feed and high-fructose corn syrup. This creates a tax-subsidized economic incentive for people to choose fast food over nutritious options. Scrapping farm subsidies including corn would be a great idea (that the movie doesn’t propose). It has a good segment about how Monsanto is using intellectual property law to unfairly create a US soybean monopoly‚ suing farmers who never bought
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NorthPoint Large Cap Fund‚ a mutual fund management firm‚ deciding whether to buy Nike’s Stock Nike’s net income has fallen from $800 million to $580 million since 1997. Also its profit and market share have declines significantly from 48% to 42% (Shoe products market share) from 1997 to 2000 To counter this down fall Nike has decided to develop more athletic shoe products in mid-priced segment and also to push their apparel line. It has also decided to cut down expenses Analyst reactions are
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