1. Should Robert McMillan roll out Autograph nationally? Why or why not Dear Mr. McMillan‚ In this e-mail‚ I will expose my opinion about the question whether or not to expand the Autograph on the national level. Summarizing all the information provided‚ I came to a conclusion that we should not roll out Autograph nationally at this point of time. Such a strong opinion of mine is mainly based on the point that I don’t think Progressive will make profit from this system. It is a very
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TUCK CONSULTING CLUB CASE BOOK 2006-2007 Edition 1900 Disclaimer: This case book is a collection of contributions made by student members and friends of the Tuck Consulting Club. It does not represent the views or opinions of the Tuck Consulting Club or the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. © Tuck Consulting Club‚ 2006 – NOT FOR SALE – NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION – TUCK CONSULTING CLUB CASEBOOK TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION .....................................................
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A. The SEC’s problem with Groupon including ACSOI in their financial statements was due to the fact that such a measure is not standard for public companies. Their reporting methods led to Groupon looking more profitable than it actually was. It is not unusual for companies to go to great lengths to disguise financial issues‚ and Groupon was hardly an exception. A majority of the controversy can be derived from the fact that Groupon’s metrics did not include expenses such as advertising costs in
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1 Why is the story of Phineas Gage considered so extraordinary? What does his story teach us about the brain? Phineas Gages’s story is so extra ordinary because a metal rod was impaled through his head and destroyed most of his frontal lobe. His story has taught us that different parts of the brain control different things and the part of his brain that got injured effects a person’s memory‚ personality‚ and emotion. 2 New research is using functional MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)‚ a scan of
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FINS5530 HBS Case Assignment Semester 2‚ 2013 Instructor: Lixiong Guo Readings: 1. Note on Bank Loans. 2. US Bank of Washington case. Assignment: Please prepare a Credit Proposal Memo similar to the one shown in Exhibit 1 of “Note on Bank Loans”. Given the limited information you have from the case‚ you are not expected to include all components of Exhibit 1. The following is a suggested structure of your report: Purpose of the credit extension o Keep this part short
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that Groupon still enjoys is the first mover advantage. They were the first ones to explore the market space and designed a group purchasing model with the use of Internet. This helped them to have a strong brand recognition and gave them the time to expand their subscriber and merchant base over the period of years. Currently Groupon is available in 45 countries around the world and in all the 50 states in US with 10‚000 Employees‚ ___ Subscribers and ___ Merchants. 2. Innovation: Groupon is the
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HBS 9-501-050 Customer Value Measurement at Nortel Networks ’’ Optical Networks Division Nortel Networks was a global player in telephony‚ data and wireless and wireline Internet solutions. Maureen Conroy and Nathalie Sauve‚ members of the Customer Value Management (CVM) Team at Nortel Networks Optical Networks‚ must recommend one of three customer value measurement methodologies to ON President Greg Mumford. In December of 1997‚ ON took a “right-angle turn” ’’ innovative cultural‚ operational
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In this question I will explain the leadership crisis at Groupon. Then I will examine whether the new CEO would be able to meet the challenges of leading the organization. Finally‚ I will briefly assess the leadership management and its impacts on the operations of organization. Groupon faced many managerial problems and challenges. It reported a sudden transition from rapid growth to net loss. In 2010‚ it reported to $ 1 billion revenues in the shortest period (Bhatnagar & Thadamalla 2013). However
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HBS- Airborne Express Background Information Seattle based Airborne Express was the third largest express mail business in the 1990s. The product of two specialist airfreight carriers‚ Airborne Express began operations in 1968 and targeted businesses requiring regular‚ high-volume shipments of urgent items. Airborne maintained low cost operations by focusing on efficiency. We discuss how the express mail industry evolved throughout the 1990s and what Airborne did to remain competitive. How and
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Magazine; Meet the Fastest Growing Company Ever; August 30‚ 2010 Chicago Magazine; On Groupon and its founder‚ Andrew Mason; August 2010 Inc. ; Groupon Goes National With Gap Deal; Aug 20‚ 2010 The Wall Street Journal; Groupon Moves Into TV Land‚ Does Deals With Top Chefs; August 4‚ 2010‚ Los Angels Times; ’Daily deals’ sites turn discounts into a social media phenomenon; October 26‚ 2010 The Wall Street Journal; Groupon And The Clone Wars; September 16‚ 2010 CNN; Man tries living on coupons for a year;
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