It was August 2011 and Martin Cartier‚ senior board member of Drowling Mountain‚ was beginning to feel the pressure of Drowling Mountain Ski Resort’s 2010 general meeting that was coming up in two months. Drowling Mountain had historically been the ski resort of choice for the local residents of Syracuse‚ New York. However‚ the company had recorded losses for the past two years. At last year’s annual general meeting‚ Cartier explicitly stated that he would bring the company to sustainable operations
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Drowling Mountain Resort Situation Drowling Mountain is a community resort‚ situated 45minutes away from Syracuse‚ New York‚ one of the larger cities in New York‚ with a population of 145‚170 people in 2010. Drowling Mountain was also located near some surrounding communities in Onondaga County‚ which has a population of 321‚830 people. Drowling Mountain offers snow related activities such as snowboarding and skiing‚ along with operating a full service chalet‚ which has equipment rentals
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Drowling Mountain Case Analysis Peiji Wang Drowling Mountain Company description Drowling Mountain is a community ski resort near Syracuse‚ New York. It offers snow related activities such as snowboarding and skiing and full service such as restaurant and equipment rentals. It target on the 145‚170 population of Syracuse. Problem definition For the past two years‚ Drowling mountain have been facing losses that leading to liquidity problems. Also‚ the volume of customers visit is decreasing. The
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Alyssa Cho Professor T. Bassett LCS 151_B February 27‚ 2012 The Idea of Helping the Poor through Liberation Theology Tracy Kidder’s Mountains beyond Mountains details Paul Farmer’s work in Haiti. Not only does it talk about him‚ but it also talks about his patients and the challenges he faced trying to attend to them and their needs. Liberation theology is giving preferential option to the poor because everyone should be treated equally. The rich already have
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Kim Silva Professor Rusnock History of Medicine 14 September 2012 Mountains Beyond Mountains "Beyond mountains‚ there are mountains." The Haitians use this term to express when an obstacle has been overcome‚ the next one follows almost immediately afterwards. In life‚ this usually seems to be the case. Many people’s solution to a complication is to surrender to it. Paul Farmer is an exception to this. He is a man that has persevered through life‚ battling his own problems‚ while drastically
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Saving One Life at a Time In the book‚ Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder‚ Paul Farmer made and continues to make a profound difference in the world. He was extremely successful because of the help he received from people who surrounded him. Partners In Health (PIH)‚ Farmer’s organization‚ gives healthcare to people who cannot afford it and treatment to those with tuberculosis and AIDS. Although he was a founding advocate to the success of Partners In Health‚ Farmer would not have accomplished
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that is funding for hospitals in rural areas of countries in South America‚ especially Haiti and Peru‚ where deadly diseases like Tuberculosis and HIV/AID was raging. Farmer and his organization are the two main subjects of the biographical “Mountain Beyond Mountain”‚ written by Tracy Kidder. Farmer and Kidder meet when the author was in Haiti‚ interviewing the American activity
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Analysis: The Shining Mountain Summary: Pangma-la’s father has named her after a mountain‚ that’s also called The Shining Mountain. She’s teased about her name in school‚ and her schoolmates are more interested in her father‚ who’s a famous mountaineer. He has big expectation to Pangma-la‚ and she feels like she’s failing. She decides that she will make him proud‚ and begins to practice in climbing mountains. Pangma-la and her father‚ goes to The Shining Mountain with the goal to reach the
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The “Shining Mountain” is a story about a girl named Pangma-La. Her father named her this special name because he wanted to name her after a mountain. Her friends and classmates tease her a lot with the special name‚ but the worst for her is that those who attend her school‚ is more interested in her father than they are in her. That’s because her father is a famous mountaineer. The father has very high expectations for his daughter‚ but Pangma-La does not feel that she can live up to these expectations
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Case Analysis MEMO Subject: Drowling Mountain –Analysis and Strategic Recommendation Drowling Mountain non-profit Ski Resort was the popular choice among Syracuse residents‚ New York. However‚ the company has experienced loess for the past two years. Due to the fact that too many competitors with lowers prices and current state of economic recession (appendix 1)‚ in addition‚ the company is debt heavy (appendix 2) to an extent that impacting its profitability. Based on those reasons‚ the company
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