9-710-442 FEBRUARY 14‚ 2010 JAN W. RIVKIN Revitalizing Dell From the early 1990s until the mid-2000s‚ Michael Dell and his company thrived in the tumultuous personal computer industry. Revenue of Dell Inc. rose from $3.5 billion in 1993 to $55.9 billion in 2005‚ making Dell the world’s largest producer of PCs‚ while net income climbed from $149 million to $3.6 billion. In many of those years‚ Dell earned more on PCs than all of its main rivals combined‚ and among top vendors‚ only Dell
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How to Write Business Case Studies By Belinda Tucker‚ eHow Contributor updated: February 7‚ 2011 [pic] Research different facets of a business to write a case study. a puzzle image by Pavel Bernshtam from Fotolia.com Business case studies provide information for corporate management‚ investors and students. Use of case studies can help solve company problems‚ attract potential investors and train business students. Writing an effect case study involves research‚ writing and analytical skills
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Hilti 2003. Maintaining a Proactive Sense of Urgency As of 2003‚ the Hilti Group was a world leader in developing‚ manufacturing‚ and marketing added-value‚ top-quality products and services for professional customers in the construction industry and building maintenance. Hilti’s product range covered drilling and demolition‚ direct fastening‚ diamond and anchoring systems‚ firestop and foam systems‚ installation‚ positioning and screw fastening systems as well as cutting and sanding systems
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it since everyone’s interpretation of the term is different. “Corporate Social Responsibility means something‚ but not always the same thing to everybody.” (Votaw‚ 1972‚ p.25) and from my understanding of the concept‚ CSR to me is “The voluntary business activities within the boundary of law that contributes to the wider community for a more sustainable environment”. Since everyone has a unique interpretation of CSR‚ the range of relevant CSR practices across businesses has been quite diverse as
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Class Discussion Week 2 Chapter 3 Case Study: Read the case study described at the end of Chapter 3 “Pirates of Globalization” (p.112) and for the class discussion think about discussing your thoughts to the following questions as listed in the case. 1. What actions can companies and governments take to ensure that products cannot be easily pirated? Be specific. 2. Do you think that the international business community is being too lax about the abuse of intellectual property rights? Are
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level of security. With development of computer networks and the increasing use of Internet‚ the discussion of security in transferring data has been put forward as one of important subjects. The reason for it is the accessibility of data in Internet‚ and their easy access by authorized and unauthorized people. Data packets in Internet pass several intermediate public networks before they reach the target; this makes it easy that other people access data. In case of lack of protection of these data
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Introduction Hewlett-Packard is currently a successful company operating within the computer and printer industry. In addition to its huge market coverage‚ HP has also been earning billions of dollars through quality products and ingenious development of new technologies. Despite this success‚ the increasing competition in the industry encourages the company to apply new marketing strategies that will position its products better in the market. One of the possible solutions for this
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Table of Contents THE HISTORY OF MICROSOFT 3 Microsoft 7 FOUNDER OF MICROSOFT 8 Roots of Business Career 10 The Birth of Microsoft 12 EVOLUTION OF MICROSOFT 13 THE HISTORY OF MICROSOFT BEFORE MICROSOFT On October 28‚ 1955‚ shortly after 9:00 p.m.‚ William Henry Gates III was born. He was born into a family with a rich history in business‚ politics‚ and community service. His great-grandfather had been a state legislator and mayor‚ his grandfather was the vice president of a national
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ATLANTIC COMPUTER Atlantic Computer‚ a large manufacturer of servers and other high-tech products‚ has assigned Jason Jowers the responsibility of developing the pricing strategy for the new ‘Atlantic Bundle’. The bundle incorporates a new Tronn server and the Performance Enhancing Server Accelerator (PESA) software tool which allows the Tronn to perform up to four (4) times faster than its standard speed. The Tronn was specifically developed to meet an emerging U.S. marketplace opportunity and
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SOCI 2012 (SY23F) Social Change and Development Analytical Paper: Beckford and Levitt. “Persistent Poverty: Possibilities for Change and Development.” In The George Beckford Papers‚ edited by Beckford and Levitt The article “Possibilities for change and development” begins by stating that the persistence of underdevelopment in the plantation economies derives basically from the nature of the plantation system itself. Distinct features of the plantation society presented by Beckford
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