Chapter 4 Case Study “Google In China” 1. What philosophical principle did Google’s managers adopt when deciding that the benefits of operating in China outweighed the cost? When deciding whether or not to operate in China‚ a utilitarian approach was clearly adopted. “Utilitarian approaches to ethics hold that the moral worth of actions or practices is determined by their consequences” (Hill‚ 2009‚ p. 144). In 2002‚ Google was unexpectedly blocked by the Chinese for two weeks. When it was finally
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based & not forced upon. HurryDate in particular uses short date (only 3 minutes)‚ virtual team‚ and training‚ performance evaluation of hosts to provide quality service. Its decentralized operations through hosts and centralized database are strategies to manage operations. This eliminates the need of fixed cost1. And subsequently they don’t have to rely more on credit. This coupled with media exposure‚ growing age group‚ sufficient site functionality‚ well organized events (leading to word-of-mouth)
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to chapter 6 “mobile commerce and ubiquitous computing”. And the topic is “Hertz goes mobile all the Way”. The contents have 5 parts… 1. We will show you the video History of Hertz. 2. The problems‚ technical limitation of hertz. 3. Solutions: the first video relating to “super easy and quick rental‚ Instant return and Additional customer service”. The second video relate to “neverlost onboard‚ car location‚ public service and Wi-Fi connection” 4. The results. We have talked about
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Evaluate 7.1 Group Wiki: Case Study No. 3: “Decision-Making Culture: The Case of Google” Read and review Case Study 11.1 “Decision-Making Culture: The Case of Google” in Organizational Behavior. You will use your group Wiki to conduct your analysis of this case study. In your analysis begin by considering Google’s decision making culture. What type of decision making approach does Google use? What factors have led to this approach? Will Google’s approach to decision making have positive or negative
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1) What caused the existing system at ETO to fail? This system was based on the assumption that direct costs and overhead are consumed in the same proportion for all product testing. However‚ this is not the case and therefore the system failed. For example‚ due to the implementation of the vendor certification and the just-in-time delivery‚ some products are already tested and do not need any further tests‚ and ETO faces a decreasing number of the tests performed. On the other hand‚ new components
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Summary of Case: Google –An Entrepreneurial Juggernaut: The birth of Google was in 1998 by two young doctoral students from Stanford University‚ Sergey Brin and Larry Page. They dropped out of Stanford to start up their business. In the mid-1990s searching on the internet was not efficient and time consuming. Therefore search engines helped with organizing the internet like yahoo and Alta Vista. They still did not perfect searching on the internet‚ so Page and Brin analyzed Web links‚ and they
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Q. What are the unique features of Shouldice’s services‚ as compared to that of a typical hospital? A. The hospital focused on this new procedure for treatment of external types of abdominal hernias. Some differentiating features of the Shouldice process were the arranging of abdominal muscles into three distinct layers‚ reinforcing the abdominal wall with six rows of sutures and did not involve any insertion of screen and mesh under the skin. Beyond the surgical procedure‚ it was the service
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2. How much value is generated from cost savings associated with the project? In order to answer this question‚ we need to pay attention that all the revenue we used should be the number before tax‚ then Cost Baseline-Cost Upside=Net Income of Upside-Net Income of Baseline+ Revenue of Baseline-Revenue of Upside=693492‚ which is the value gathered from cost savings in five years. 3. How much value lies in improved revenues? As shown in the Excel above‚ the improved revenue accumulated in five
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Ducati & TPG – A “Wild Ride” LBO Case Study December‚ 2010 Q1. The nature of the opportunity and the question of brand expansion 1.1 The situation of the target firm Positives: (1) The Ducati brand was world famous;(2) The product was great in terms of technology and quality and it had won the 1990‚ 1991‚ 1992‚ 1994‚ and 1995 World Superbike championships against strong competition;(3) Ducati’s product family was broad offering 15 models in four families based on seven different engines;(4)
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QUESTIONS 1. Explain the importance of risk adjustment in the capital budgeting allocation process by answering the following questions. a. Explain why risk adjustments are important and how they can affect firm value. Without the correct risk adjustment the firms stock will lose value by taking on high risk projects. The firm could also be considered uncompetitive if they reject low cost/low risk projects. b. Explain how the single hurdle rate currently used by Northern Forest Products can change
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