Case Exam 2—Amazon.com Inc. Amazon’s most recent business initiatives serve small and medium sized businesses by providing data storage‚ computing capacity‚ logistical and distribution support. Amazon founder and Chief Executive‚ Jeffery P. Bezos‚ recently began initiatives to help businesses run the burdensome technical and logistical aspects of their businesses in an effort to become a 21st century digital utility (Cravens & Piercy‚ 2013‚ p. 608). Amazon’s vast array of technology services allows
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on the research I conducted about Gap‚ I would characterize their culture as adaptive. They would be stupid not to be in the fashion industry with trends constantly changing‚ they need to be up to date with the latest fashions. Ever since 1969‚ Gap Inc. has expanded not only horizontally but vertically as well. They created stores such as Old Navy and Banana Republic. In addition to Gap opening new stores‚ they have expanded globally to reach a new customer base. Their innovation and creativity has
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MetLife‚ Inc. is a leading global provider of insurance‚ annuities and employee benefit programs‚ serving 90 million customers in over 60 countries. MetLife‚ Inc is the organization that I want to work for. For 140 years‚ MetLife has been insuring the lives of the people who depend on us. Their success is based on their long history of social responsibility‚ strong leadership‚ sound investments‚ and innovative products and services. MetLife announces that insurance is not merely a business proposition
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Apple Inc. De Andre Washington MGT/230 12/07/2010 Instructor: Maggie Ellison-Lohkemper Apple Inc. Apple has had many successes since its beginning. It has been ranked first place among Fortune magazine
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Size-Up Narnia Inc is in the manufacturing industry‚ and is competing against three companies‚ that are newly releasing the same unique products as Narnia’s. Narnia originally competed through their new innovative products‚ but will be forced to compete through low cost when the other companies release their products. The organization needs to take control and allocate their costs appropriately in order to be able to price their products lower‚ to where the new companies have said to be pricing
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Case1: BSB‚ Inc.‚ the Pizza Wars Come to Campus 1. Does BSB‚ Inc.‚ enjoy any competitive advantages or core competencies? a. BSB enjoys both competitive advantage and core competencies. Their first competitive advantage is their experience. With their 10 years of service inside the university‚ they have all the knowledge with regards to their customer’s preferences and needs. Survey results also give them competitive advantage over their competitor. In terms of core competencies‚ I think they have
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Motorola Inc. Questions: 1. What are the key success factors for Motorola’s ASIC division? * The opening of a new production facility in Chandler was an opportunity for them to make changes within the division. * New plant floor layout that was designed for a JIT philosophy. * Products were able to move from cell to cell instead across large distances on the production floor. * The fast turnaround time for new IC’s which allowed items to be shipped within 3 weeks from the time
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fastest-growing -- and most controversial -- sectors of the industry: for-profit colleges and universities that cater to non-traditional students‚ often confer degrees over the Internet‚ and‚ along direct quote taking out of the College Inc. PBS. In College‚ Inc.‚ a man named Martin Smith investigates the explosive growth for-profit colleges such as The University of Phoenix‚ now the largest college in the US with total enrollment approaching half a million students. Its revenues of almost $4 billion
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CHEMALITE‚ INC. | Financial Report | Period of January‚ 2003 1 to June 30‚ 2003 | Financial report of Chemalite‚ Inc. for six months period ended June 30‚ 2003 is to include cash transaction‚ income statement and balance sheet. This report will also to include comment on Chemalite‚ Inc’s actual loss for the period. | In early 2003‚ Chemalite‚ Inc. was established by Bennett Alexander to market his invention‚ Chemalite‚. During the first six months‚ Chemalite‚ Inc. was preparing for initial
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Dell Inc. in 2008 Can it overtake Hewlett-Packard as the world leader in personal computers? By Georges Bali 1 Brief History of the company Vision and Mission statement Answers to questions: Outline Question 1: Evaluation of Michael Dell’s performance Question 2: Elements of Dell’s strategy Question 3: Expansion into IT products evaluation Question 4: Financial Assessment of Dell in the years 2000 through 2008 Question 5: SWOT analysis Question 6: Competition with HP
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