Strategic Audit for iRobot Corporation Case Study I. CurrentSituation A. CurrentPerformance iRobot designs and builds robots that make a difference in the home‚ field and workplace. iRobot was founded in 1990 in Delaware‚ Massachusetts and it was the first company to introduce robots into the life of the household and make the robots part of their daily life. In comparison to the other products‚ home products were the most successful ones. Some of the iRobot’s products are: Roomba
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The BCG Matrix has a few different names. It is also called the Growth-Share Matrix‚ Portfolio Analysis‚ and The Boston Matrix. Management consultants at the Boston Consulting Group developed their matrix in the early 1970s. They designed it to help managers at large corporations decide which business units they should invest in Mindtools.com‚ 2014). So‚ which areas of the business deserve more resources and investment? The BCG Matrix consists of four categories based on the growth rate of the industry
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Major ethical issues: • Gap Inc. is a multinational casual apparel chain retail store with “3000 supplier in 50 different countries”. The manufacturing environment‚ human right treatment and labour policy vary substantially among suppliers from substandard to appalling. • Gap Inc.’s customer were deceived to assume the products were “Made in USA”‚ under United States labour standards and human right policies; whilst‚ manufacturing factories were located in Saipan –a U.S. protectorate in Southeast
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Gender Gaps in Education Not too long ago there have been rising signs of important changes in gender differences on individuals’ experiences in the education system. Even though the results for both genders have improved over the years‚ the girls’ improvement rate has been faster than the boys and an important‚ big gap has opened up. A national survey found that girls scored higher in all tests. The results were that sixty-two percent of girls were able to focus on their work without supervision
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year alone. These students may consider taking a gap year. A gap year (otherwise known as a deferred year or year off) is a period of time in which students take a break from formal education in order to travel‚ volunteer‚ study‚ intern‚ work‚ perform research‚ or any combination of these activities. A gap year can be immensely beneficial to students to gain a sense of identity‚ improve their education‚ and help strengthen their career choice. With a gap year students are able to gain independence‚
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How to Conduct Tax Audit – Part 1 Analysis of Certain Clauses Audit under Section 44AB of the Income Tax Act By Raman Jokhakar‚ Chartered Accountant Objective To understand the purposes of this Form To learn nuances of the clauses To understand audit risk To effectively carry out attestation To document adequately To disclose standard notes‚ limitations and stands To know inter links between clauses To be aware of important stands taken by Courts To understand the objective of the
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TH GAP The Wealth Gap In Hong Kong Comparing to the near area‚like Singapore‚Hong Kong’s Gini coefficient is more higher and ranked top in the world.Even the wealth gap is not common in western societies‚however‚it is no doubt that wealth gap has threatened the Hong Kong most. With the change of economic mode in Hong Kong ‚it trend to knowledge-based economy rather than manufacturing industry so that a large number of worker are unemployed immediately‚in the other hand‚a lot of high-class people
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This report is made based on the topic “Knowledge Gap between Generations Based on Media Exposure.” What is knowledge gap? It was first introduced by 3 researchers of University of Minnesota that is Phillip J. Tichenor‚ Associate Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication‚ George A. Donohue‚ Professor of Sociology and Clarice‚ and N. Olien‚ Instructor in Sociology in 1970. Based on the title of the research‚ it can be defined as the gap of the information obtained by exposed media for the
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The pay gap affects women from all backgrounds‚ at all ages‚ and of all levels of education. In the U.S.‚ the gap stands at 64%‚ which means that women earn about two-thirds of what men make for similar work. That’s actually worse than last year‚ when gap was 66%. “The U.S. now ranks 74th in wage equality among 145 countries.” Well according to World Economic Forum‚ in the year 2133 women’s earning will finally match their male coworkers. The World Economic Forum believes it will take another 118
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Chapter 25 – Knowledge Gap -The knowledge gap hypothesis presumes that you will know more about these topics than people whose educational level is lower than yours‚ even if the topics don’t directly concern your everyday life. -Stated by Tichenor‚ Donohue and Olien in their 1970 article they said the population is divided into two distinct segments: a group of better educated people who know more about most things and those with low education who know less. -Low Socio-economic status (SES)
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