Case Review: Rohm and Haas Thayer School of Engineering 11/4/2010 Background 2 1983: $2B worldwide sale from 4 segments Kathon microbiocide products: $25M Polymers‚ resins‚ and monomers Plastics Industrial chemicals Agricultural chemicals Fluid Process chemicals Specialty chemicals Petroleum chemicals Kathon 886 MW Kathon MWX Thayer School of Engineering 11/4/2010 Background 3 Metalworking fluid: 60 million gallons in the US Biocides kill microorganisms
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of genetically-modified foods (GM foods)? Or have you ever seen this kind of foods‚ like GM tomatoes‚ in the market? GM foods are the foods that contain the genes transferred from other plant or non-plant organisms. It might be the most controversial topic in the world now. In the article “The False Promise of GMOs”‚ Joe Pedretti wrote about the argument about the GM foods. The producers of the GM foods‚ like Monsanto Company‚ think people should popularize the GM foods‚ because they are the solution
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revision of the case of James and Susan Smith vs Richard Jones‚ I have decided upon a final sentencing of 1 year in prison‚ all but 30 days suspended‚ with two years of probation and the completion of drug court. This means that Richard would serve 30 days in prison to start and then be released on probation with the 11 remaining months hanging over him if he violates the terms of his probation. On top of this sentence‚ I would also take Richard’s mother up on her offer to reimburse the Smiths for $11‚000
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1.0 Executive Summary This strategic marketing report prepared for the General Motors (GM) detailed a thorough analysis the motor vehicle market in China. GM was a US automaker company‚ and entered the market of China by joint ventures. SAIC is GM’s major joint venture partner‚ and it had become the largest plant in China. GM was earning high profits from China by 2004. However‚ GM faced the challenges from both foreign and local competitors‚ overcapacity and intervention from Chinese Government
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How Much Can the Internet help GM? 1. Analyze GM using the competitive forces and value chain models. Porter’s competitive forces model Porter’s value chain model 2. Evaluate the current business strategy of GM in response to its competitive environment. What is the role of Internet technology in that strategy? How successful is that strategy? The current business strategy of GM in response to its competitive environment is based on the belief that by intensively weaving Internet
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Case Write Up: Manila Water Company Water is quickly becoming a new form of currency throughout the world. At the rate of consumption relating to the rapidly increasing population‚ the world’s water supply is quickly being diminished. In the film “Blue Gold”‚ filmmaker Sam Bozzo‚ depicts the concerns of the world’s water supply. The areas most affected with the water crisis tend to be the poor in 3rd world countries. Many of the poor spend a majority of their time acquiring clean drinking
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DEP’s existing structure was fashioned more as a divisionalized structure divided by its functional areas – Waste Cleanup‚ Waste Prevention and Resource Protection. Under the Bureau of Waste Prevention were included the various mediums – air‚ water‚ hazardous waste which worked independently of each other; conducting independent inspections‚ maintaining separate files‚ with no coordination between departments. Each of these sections also had a high degree of specialization of skills and standardized
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Issues ICSS- 309 W05 Genetically Modified Foods Genetically modified food‚ also known as GM food refer to as animals or plants that had their genetic makeup altered to make them grow bigger‚ stay fresher and other benefits that will make human life more simple. The concept of genetically modified (GM) foods has existed for many years. Cross-breeding of plants‚ has been applied before with the purpose of transferring a desirable trait from one
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industry by 1989. Harley was now so successful that they could not keep up with demand. Harley won “Company of the Year” in 2002 and celebrated its 100th birthday in 2002. Lessons Summary There are several lessons that can be learned from the Harley case. There are three that stand out to me: A company cannot become complacent‚ a company cannot solve a problem by throwing money at it and a strong leader along with a change of culture can bring a company back from the brink of extinction. Harley-Davidson
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item=UGFyZW50SUQ9MzcxNDQ1fENoaWxkSUQ9MzY4NTExfFR5cGU9MQ==&t=1 David‚ F. R. (2009). Strategic Management: Concept and Cases. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall. Dev‚ C. S. (2006‚ August). Carnival Cruise Lines: charting a new brand course. Entrepreneur ‚ pp. 58-62. Krell‚ E. (2009‚ April 15). Retrieved March 2010‚ 3‚ from Business Finance Web site: http://businessfinancemag.com/article/grc-case-study-carnival-corporation-0415?page=0%2C4 Unknown. (2009‚ 01 08). Visionary Concepts for Vessels and Floating
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