ADDITIONAL CASES CASE 8.4 CONTINUATION OF THE TEXAGO CASE STUDY Reconsider the case study presented in the supplement to Chap. 8 (on the CD-ROM) involving the Texago Corp. site selection problem. Texago management has tentatively chosen St. Louis as the site of the new refinery. However‚ management now is addressing the question of whether the capacity of the new refinery should be made somewhat larger than originally planned. While analyzing the site selection problem‚ the task force had
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Mercury Athletic Footwear Case Assignment Questions: 1. Is Mercury a good target for AGI? Discuss strategic fit of brands‚ products‚ customers‚ and distribution. Identify specific sources of value. Discuss AGI’s strengths/weaknesses compared with other bidders. I think Mercury is a good target for AGI: The brands--the AGI brands and logos are associated with a lifestyle that was prosperous‚ active and fashion-conscious. The Mercury brands are athletic and casual footwear. The products--AGI focused
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process used by the IDC team: 1) The objective of IDC behind this 360-degree feedback process was only ‘Personal Development’ whereas in other companies it is also linked to ‘Performance Appraisal’ or ‘Pay’. This is a good approach because in case the perceptions of
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Alex Sander’s Organizational Behavior Review Page 1 Alex Sander’s Organizational Behavior Review: A Brief Case Analysis Oakley Tyler Business 305-02 Professor Pratt October 9‚ 2008 Alex Sander’s Organizational Behavior Review Page 2 Alex Sander is the project manager at Landon Care Products‚ Inc. Alex is smart. Alex is self-driven. Alex is an asset to his company in that he makes intelligent decisions‚ faces challenges straight on‚ and confidently
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Cases Summary CJUS 350 Angela McIntosh The three cases that are mentioned and studied are Brady v. Maryland‚ Giglio v. United States‚ and United States v. Agurs. These cases are important to the history of how cases are presented and with what evidence is made available to the jury. With Brady v. Maryland‚ it was the first time that the Supreme Court recognized that the Fourteenth Amendment due process clause is to ensure and guarantee that the criminal defendants are given
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Cited: Buzzell‚ Robert‚ Bradley Gale and Ralph Sultan. "Market Share-A Key to Profitability". Harvard Business Review. Jan. 1975. Web. 7 Mar. 2015. Deresky‚ Helen. International Management: Managing across Borders and Cultures : Text and Cases. 7th ed. Upper Saddle River‚ N.J.: Prentice Hall‚ 2011. Print. Omair‚ Muhammad. "Carrefour Misadventure in Russia." Strategic Management (2011). Print. "Long-Term and Short-Term
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The Big Idea BigBang Disru 44 Harvard Business Review March 2013 A new kind of innovator can wipe out incumbents in a flash. by Larry Downes and Paul F. Nunes HBR.oRg uption The Big iDeA Big-Bang DisRuption B 46 Harvard Business Review March 2013 y now any well-read executive knows the basic playbook for saving a business from disruptive innovation. Nearly two decades of management research‚ beginning with Joseph L. Bower and Clayton M. Christensen’s 1995 HBR article‚ “Disruptive
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Case Study on Local Motors : Designed by the Crowd‚ Built by the Customer Submitted to: Submitted by: Dr. Dindayal Swain Ruchika Mahapatra DECLARATION I hereby declare that the case study on “LOCAL MOTORS : DESIGNED BY THE CROWD‚ BUILT BY THE CUSTOMER – A Case Study” submitted to International Business Institution‚ Bhubaneswar is a record of original work done by me. Miss Ruchika Mahapatra PGDM 2013-15 INDEX NAME PAGE NO. Background of the Company 1
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Basic: 1. How is the policy portfolio of Harvard determined? What are the three major asset classes in the portfolio as of May 1999? Internally‚ by the HMC. The Board of the corp determined the Pol Port‚ but the mgmt. was permitted to make short-run decisions within certain constraints. HMC‚ considered 3 things when looking at asset classes: expected future rel returns‚ volatility of real returns‚ and the correlation of the real return on each asset class w/ the real return on all other asset classes
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Harvard Business School 9-290-021 Rev. August 7‚ 1995 RJR Nabisco - 1990 In the spring of 1990‚ the firm of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) was in negotiation with lenders regarding the refinancing of a $1.2 billion bridge loan due to be repaid in full by February‚ 1991. The bridge loan was part of the $24 billion financing of KKR’s leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco in early 1989. Originally‚ KKR had planned to retire the loan with the proceeds of a $1.25 billion public offering of
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