Vision Jeff Hawkins a graduate of Cornell Universityis best known as "the inventor who‚ in 1994‚ took blocks of mahogany and plywood into his garage and emerged with a prototype for the PalmPilot" (PC Magazine‚ 2000). Joining forces with friend Donna Dubinsky‚ Jeff "pulled off one of the most successful new-product launches in consumer electronics history‚ selling 400‚000 units when they debuted in 1996. Now Palm Computing owns 80% of the handheld market" (PC Magazine‚ 2000). Mr. Hawkins vision combined
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Polytechnic Institute of New York University Technology Management Course Outline MG 6013 Organizational Behavior Spring 2013 Anne-Laure Fayard Thursdays: 5:30 to 8:00 PM – JAB 777 To contact professor: alfayard@poly.edu Dibner Library Building‚ 4th floor Phone: 718-260-4080 Office hours: By appointment Course Description The purpose of this course is to increase your effectiveness in understanding and leading behavior in organizations. The course provides you with
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founded Palm Computing Inc‚ a hand-held computer business‚ in 1992 which has since changed names (Yoffie & Kwak‚ 2001). In 1999 it changed to Palm Inc (Yahoo Finance‚ 2006). The case study concentrated on Jeff Hawkins‚ the founder of Palm‚ and Donna Dubinsky the former CEO of the company. These two left Palm in 1998 and founded a company called Handspring‚ the only company as of 2001 to take a meaningful share of the market away from Palm (Yoffie‚ 2001). Currently the CEO at Palm‚ Inc is Edward T
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amirrezakarbakhshravari Why was Dubinsky initially successful? Her first 3 years at apple from July 1981 through the fall of 1984 was ones continuous success with increasing authority and recognition. She refined and formalized the apple product distribution policy. She exactly understood apple situation in market and create a marketing execution funnel that Apple Company
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value. As it had always been the case with other well-performing Small Cap and Mid Cap companies‚ a reasonable level of debt in a given company capital structure helps lower the cost of capital partly‚ due to tax reduction. I would recommend that Dubinsky proposed a large share repurchase to the board. This share repurchase proposal should be presented to the founders’
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Dennis O. Parmer Module 1 Case Strategic Review BUS 599 - MBA Integrative Project Instructor‚ Dr. Gary Hascall INTRODUCTION In the 1980s no one who was anyone that went anywhere‚ without his or her Handheld Personal Computer (PC) was not considered fully prepared in the business world. The digital PC as we know it was changed with such a great demand. By the end of the 1990s‚ a handheld PC was capable of handling all the normal tasks of its ancestor - address book‚ notepad‚ appointments diary
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Organizational Behavior (GCOM 7050) Fall‚ 2013 Instructor: Tom Bateman Office: 394 Phone: 924-7060 Email: tsb3c@virginia.edu Office hours: After class‚ or stop by anytime‚ or email to make an appointment. Course Description Two themes describe this course: managing yourself‚ and leading others. The purpose is to help you understand your own behavior in ways that enhance your personal effectiveness and your ability to lead other people. We will study
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“Schmatta” is a gateway to success in immigrants’ new land: The apparel industry provided an entree for scores of central European immigrants‚ whose children and grandchildren went on to achieve the American dream. The “Schmatta” business was once New York City’s biggest employer: At its peak in 1973‚ there were 400‚000 apparel production jobs in New York. Last year (2007)‚ there were just 84‚000. Made in USA: Former president John F. Kennedy put outsourcing in motion by allowing 5 percent
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Robotics (now called 3Com) by acquiring Palm for $44 million in 1995. Palm Pilot was a success; in fact‚ it was the most successful product launch in the computing industry beating the sales of VCRs‚ colour TVs‚ cell phones and PCs. By 1998‚ Hawkins‚ Dubinsky‚ and Colligan were already setting the stage
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com/What+Is+Business+Ethics-a01074206117 Everyday Ethics Program Proposal De George‚ Richard T. 2013. A History of Business Ethics. Accessed August 26‚ https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/article/a-history-of-business-ethics/?fullscreen=true Dubinsky Alan J‚ Nataraajan Rajan and Huang Wen-Yeh Dubinsky‚ A. J‚ Jolson‚ M. A‚ Kotable‚ M. and Lim‚ C. U. 1991. "A cross-national investigation of industrial salespeople’s ethical perceptions”‚ Journal of International Business Studies‚Vol Drucker Peter‚ F. 1958 "Business Objectives
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