INTRODUCTION Dell Computers was started by Michael Dell in 1984. Dell’s primary differentiator was its business model. It sold primarily on the B2C market and custom built personal computers on demand. Therefore‚ it had very low inventory by comparison to its competitors. As a result of this‚ Dell was able to operate quite efficiently and profitably in its niche market. By the late 1980’s – early 1990’s‚ Dell noticed that its market share was only 1% of total and that industry amalgamations
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HBR: “Introducing New Coke Case”: Discussion Questions: Directions: You are to write a report on the HBR Coke Case. The report consists of 10 questions. Each question is worth 10 points. Please write in a Q & A format and not essay. Questions: 1. What is the case about? Write a ½ page executive summary of the case which includes at least 3 consumer behavior theories that are evident in this case. Ans: In the late 80s‚ Pepsi market share was catching up with Coca-cola at
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Apple Case Apple Inc. recently told some customers they would have to pay $1.99 to download a software enhancement that enables a wireless-networking technology already included on some of its computers. Apple’s reason: Accounting rules forced it to make customers foot the bill for the enhancement. That’s an excuse‚ counter accounting experts and officials at the body that sets accounting rules‚ known as generally accepted accounting principles‚ or GAAP‚ for public and private companies. Rather
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Godrej and Boyce: Chotukool Case study Question and Answers Q 1. Assess the business case for Chotukool. What are the critical success factors for their product to succeed? Answer: Godrej and Boyce’s product-Chotukool is an example of Disruptive Innovation. Disruptive innovation‚ a term of art coined by Clayton Christensen‚ describes a process by which a product or service takes root initially in simple applications at the bottom of a market and then relentlessly moves up market‚ eventually
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To: Mr. Sam Glass From: Team 8 Date: March 2nd‚ 2013 Subject: Alex Sanders In response to your inquiry regarding Alex Sanders and performance management‚ we urge you to consider the following recommendations. Your perception of Alex as a go-getter is absolutely accurate; he has the intellect‚ drive‚ and ambition to accomplish goals with great success. In fact‚ much of the group’s success is correlated with Alex’s involvement. We realize that his personal motivators are compensation‚
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Southwest Airlines: 1993 (A) - Just Plane Smart -SummaryIntroduction: During the summer of 1003‚ the company was about to receive two uncommitted airplanes. The director of schedule planning needed to find a way to put these machines to work and meeting growth objectives without damaging the company’s focus. The main decision should be compliant with the Southwest Airlines’ organizational culture. History: Southwest started in 1971‚ after going through court battles caused by competitors that
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Being that Eskimo Pie is a small operation with fairly thin margins‚ they would not qualify for an A or AA bond rating. Thus‚ I am assuming that any bonds they have issued have a BB rating. The long-term bond yield for BB bonds is 11.44%. The case does not provide any information regarding the required return on equity. However‚ by imputing the data from Exhibit 8c into a spreadsheet we can calculate Beta for comparable companies. I calculate the Beta for Ben & Jerry’s to be 1.5994. I calculate
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Case Analysis The Treadway Tire Company Job Dissatisfaction and High Turnover at Lima Tire Plant July 26th‚ 2010 Submitted By (Group 3): Abhinav Gogia – 2010005 Aakash Tyagi -2010002 Aditya Gaurav – 2010017 Aditya Kalani – 2010018 Animesh Jain - 2010030 Objective Ashley Wall‚ Director Human Resources for one of the plants of The Treadway Tire Company situated in Lima has to submit an effective plan to resolve the issues that are faced in the plant and are impacting
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Josh Boger – R&D Portfolio Management in October 2003 Analysis of Pharmaceutical Industry: As mentioned in the case‚ Pharmaceutical industry was experiencing a significant growth between 1993 and 2003. New technologies and approaches such as Rational Drug Design‚ High Throughput Screening‚ etc. were advancing drug discovery process to a new level. There were many drugs being approved and commercialized during this period and some of them have become blockbusters in the market. As companies have
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Industry Analysis Used car market was a huge market with attractive growth opportunities during 1980s. It was estimated worth $ 375 billion market. Competition was so deeply fragmented that no single dealership could claim more than a few percentage points share of the used car market in any locale. New car dealerships were the largest sellers of used cars. 65 % of late model‚ used vehicles were sold by 21‚800 new car dealers through out United States. However most of these new car dealers considered
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