Short Assignment 1 * What was the positioning challenge Apple faced? Competitors enter market * In 1981‚ IBM entered PC market used Microsoft’s DOS OS and microprocessor and will be Apple best rival for the start on 1981. Jobs forced out in 1985. * In 1985‚ Compaq and IBM do a research and development (R&D) and make move Apple into the mainstream by becoming low-cost producer and joint venture with IBM. This’s one of Apple failure moment and Apple Gross margin drop to 34%. *
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Year 2014/2015 Semester 1 Case Assignment 3 Read the Harvard Business School case for Maru Batting Center‚ # KEL688. The optional technical note‚ Using Customer Relationship Management to Analyze the Lifetime Value of a Customer #KEL695‚ can also help walk through the exercises. The data in Excel format is available for download in the course package‚ #KEL691. Answer the questions below based on only information presented in the case and your understanding of the case. You may answer the questions
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Is Isom’s business vision responsive to the situation? In general‚ most of the companies in property and casualty insurance business would want to be high performing specialists rather than generalists. Yes‚ in this case however his vision was responsive to the situation. He had a good view of the situation and knew that radical shift in the divisions strategy is required to turn around the future. P&C was a low performing generalist insurance division • Years of
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1. Is Eye Vision’s arrangement with Holland Hospital within the scope of ASC 985-605‚ Software: Revenue Recognition? In this case‚ the main content of the Eye Vision’s arrangement with Holland Hospital include embedded software medical equipment and an initial option to purchase a two-year separately priced maintenance agreement. In this case‚ because“Eye Vision has never sold‚ nor does it offer to sell‚ the Clear View Laser without the embedded software because the software is necessary to perform
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______________1. Nobody knows that eating chocolate-broccoli muffins is a good way to provide their bodies with vitamin C. his or her ______________2. The troupe of knife jugglers shocked their audience when a butcher knife accidentally decapitated the head of an old woman’s poodle. his or her ______________3. Either the grill crew or the manager must give their permission for you to return that half-eaten double cheeseburger. his or her ______________4. Both the computer monitor and the refrigerator
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Introduction: BP has been operating in Russia since the early 1990s. In 1997‚ it purchased a 10 per cent stake in Sidanco‚ the Russia’s 4th largest oil company. The stake was subsequently increased to 25 per cent plus one share in 2002. In 2003‚ BP merged its interests in Russia with those of TNK to create TNK-BP‚ a hugely successful joint venture employing around 50‚000 people and operating in nearly all of Russia’s major hydrocarbon regions. Since its formation‚ TNK-BP went on to become Russia’s
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*Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy 1. What are the factors that likely explain the difference between Microsoft’s market value of equity and its reported book value of equity? The most obvious reason for the difference between the market value of equity and the book value of equity is the inability to record certain intangible assets such as brand value‚ customer loyalty‚ and perhaps most importantly‚ human capital. These intangible assets are likely to provide tremendous earnings
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Buying our dream car brings us joy and regret It was the month of December of the year 2013; I was stressed out‚ depressed and at times I even felt sick. December 21st was right around the corner and I was struggling to gather the money that would keep me from living in my car or worst-case scenario‚ in the street. Ever since I was in grade school‚ I hoped that by the time I was 22 years of age‚ I would own the latest model car of the SLK class Mercedes Benz. I always imagined of how great that
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something the power elite have in common with each other. In addition‚ they presumably went to the same Ivy League institutions‚ and were a part of the same gentleman’s organizations. C. Wright Mills interpreted the world through a perspective which was influenced by Max Weber. In this perspective‚ he envisions the United States having a power elite who commands the 3 major resources of modern society‚ the economy‚ government‚ and the military (Ewell). What Mills means by the power elite has been interpreted
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first one is to sell the car and the battery at one unit‚ which is same with other auto makers. But the second one is sell the car and leasing the batteries which is unique. In terms of reputation based on social culture‚ it’s all win. Since the LEAF is good for environment and good for public. On the other hand‚ Nissan does not selling low price as their strategy in order to attract customers. Instead‚ Nissan focuses more on service. It said that in essence it was selling a car plus its services.
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