Introduction Greyhound Lines‚ Inc.‚ headquartered in Dallas‚ Texas is the only nationwide provider of scheduled intercity transportation in the United States. As seen on Greyhound’s web site in 2001 they had more then twenty five million passengers aboard their bus lines and consolidated revenue was $1‚022.4 million. Greyhound’s fleet consists of more then 2‚300 buses which arrive and depart from one hundred and twelve company-operated terminals and approximately one thousand seven hundred agency-operated
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Greyhound Dial Case What environmental factors affected Greyhound’s businesses? Macroenvironment affects the intensity of rivalry within an industry. Demographic Technological o High production costs‚ inefficient plants o Products they would acquire are easy and inexpensive to imitate by much larger companies Cultural o Trautmans style vs Teets (new) Trautmans: ambitious about expansion and diversification Teets: cost cutter‚ effective hands on manager‚ liked to stay close
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Greyhound Lines is the intercity bus transportation company which operating on low profits and unable to meet the customer demand (Greyhound‚ 2011). Based on the case study‚ in order to reduce operating costs and improve customer service‚ reduction in employees‚ routes and services has been done. However‚ this action leads to discourtesy of customers. Besides this‚ the introduction of Trips which is mainly to resolve problems in the highly complex software actually creates lots of problems. The problems
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Racing Greyhound Greyhound racing is one of the popular action sports‚ the sport of racing greyhounds. It started in 1974 in Western Australia‚ controlled by the Canning Greyhound Racing Association. In 1981‚ the Western Australian Greyhound Racing Authority‚ a government appointed committee‚ took over the control of the sport (Racing and Wagering Western Australia‚ 2002). In the race‚ dogs chase after an artificial hare on the track which leads them to the finish line‚ the first to arrive is the
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Greyhound Lines History Greyhound Lines‚ Inc.‚ was founded in 1914 by Cark Eric Wickman and its first business was providing bus transportation for mine workers. After that the company continued to grow and expand its bus routes‚ by 1930 the name Greyhound Corporation was adopted and the running dog logo that became their unique brand sign was introduced. Over the next 20 years Greyhound continued to acquire bus interests in order to consolidate routes either by purchase‚ stock swaps or mergers
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Limited is a bus building company located in Toronto‚ Canada. The company produces and sells a variety of buses designated for public transport within cities. The main customers are in the United States and Canada. Five years ago (about in 1994)‚ due to the bad financial situation‚ the company was bought by the Dutch entrepreneur ‚ Mr Jan de Koning. He introduced several new techniques and designs to the production and management process of the company. He also changed the company structure from
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Everytown Bus Company 7849 Castro Valley Blvd. Everytown‚ CA 94546 Re: Barbara Schultz v. Everytown Bus Company Case No. 24-C-08-080463 Dear Bus Company: I have been requested to file suit against you for the injuries suffered by my client‚ Ms. Barbara Schultz‚ while riding on one of your buses. Ms. Schultz suffered injuries on one of your buses‚ on November 10‚ 2008. As a result of the accident she sustained a broken left arm‚ which at her age of 75 it takes
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The Border Collie and the Greyhound are fascinating breeds. They have similarities and differences which make them a great subject for this assignment. This assignment is to inform the reader about Border Collies and Greyhound. Elizabeth picked this subject because it fascinates her and every one already picked dogs and cats. Border Collies and Greyhounds have a lot of similarities. Border Collies and Greyhounds are both hypoallergenic which means that they will most likely not give allergies. They
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Greyhound Lines is a bus transportation company that had problems with operating costs and customer service. It did not have union in solving vital problems‚ more concretely‚ while Greyhound’s executive faced with these issues by reorganizing such as massive cuts in personnel‚ routes’ and service‚ along with computerization‚ middle managers in computer programming‚ human resource and terminal managers considered that executive’s solution was inappropriate. As a result‚ it was impossible for them
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Camp Greyhound: What You Aren’t Supposed To Know Aug 29th 2005‚ that day will forever go down in infamy in the history books of New Orleans. It was on this day that Hurricane Katrina touched down in New Orleans and absolutely destroyed the city in the catastrophe that left at least 1‚800 dead. I heard all about the hurricane‚ on the news‚ the internet‚ the radio‚ school‚ everywhere. I thought I knew all about Hurricane Katrina‚ I thought I was well aware of all the horrible things that happened
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