Case Analysis – BP America‚ Inc.: The Prudhoe Bay Oil Spill and a Commitment to “Being Green” Michelle L. Staton Case Summary The Angelo-Persian Oil Company was formed in 1909 by a wealthy Englishman named William Knox D’Arcy. It did not operate under the British Petroleum (BP) name until 1954. In early 1959‚ BP discovered hydrocarbons under the North Sea and Alaska‚ and found the West Sole gas field in 1965 which was the first oil exploration success in British waters. In 1969
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Assessment: | Group case analysis | Type of Assessment | X | Essay | Tutor’s Name: | Dr. Tariku Atomsa | Date Assessment Due: | July 27‚ 2013 | Table of Contents Acronyms 1. Introduction 4 2. Company Overview 4 3. External Environment Analysis 5 4. Five Forces of Competition Analysis 6 a) Threats of new entrants 6 b) Threats of substitute services 7 c) Bargaining power of customers 7 e) Intensity of competitive rivalry 8 5. Internal Environment Analysis 8 6. Success
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Vick International is one of nine operating divisions within Richardson-Merrell‚ Inc. Each division is given considerable independence in running their business‚ so long as they contribute to the company’s goals of stable growth‚ improving profitability‚ and product excellence. When Tom McGuire became the president of Vick International‚ Latin American/Far East (LA/FE) in 1969 and the division was having difficulty sustaining adequate growth and profitability. The division had missed its budgets
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To Mr. Morrissey: At the beginning‚ we great appreciate you to trust us to do this research for your business case. After analyzing the background and information you offered to our company‚ we did a large number of researches in your specific two products and the industry. At present‚ the quantitative production and demand of the wood stove are shrinking in the market because of the drastic competitive marketing. Otherwise‚ the marketing of owner is not significant in competition. Therefore‚ we
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eSkyWest‚ Inc. case Analysis Written Case Analysis Table of Contents 1. Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… pg. 2 2. External Analysis ……………………………………………………………………………………………… pg. 3-10 3. Internal Analysis ……………………………………………………………………………………………… pg. 10-14 4. Key Decisions ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. pg.14- 15 5. Alternatives …………………………………………………………………………………………………………... pg. 15 6. Recommended
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References: K. Palepu‚ ’The Home Depot‚ Inc. ’‚ the case‚ Harvard Business School‚ 1996Palepu‚ Healy and Bernard. ’Business analysis and valuation ’‚ Third edition‚ 2004Table 1: Stores Productivity198319841985Sales/Store ($million)Transaction/Store (000)Sales/TransactionSquare Foot/Store (000)Sales/Square Foot13.5446307418313.9460307718014
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Colgate-Palmolive’s International Assignment Policy? What Are Its Strengths And Weaknesses? Colgate-Palmolive’s (C-P) international assignment policy was designed to standardize entitlements for the expatriate managers. It covered tax equalization‚ goods and services‚ housing‚ the actual move and settling in‚ sale or rental of the principle residence‚ relocation allowances‚ living expenses‚ education‚ vacation‚ leave‚ post allowance and smooth transitions (Rosenzweig‚ 1994). The assignment policy was
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Motorola: Is a High Performance Culture Enough? Developed by David S. Chappell‚ Ohio University Motorola Inc.‚ world famous for its Six Sigma quality control program‚ was an early success story in the computer/electronics age. Motorola moved from being a decentralized but integrated‚ narrowly focused electronics firm at $3 billion in 1980 to being a decentralized and disintegrated broad portfolio firm at $27 billion in 1997.1 Motorola is one of the world’s leading providers of wireless communications
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Q 1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of a hands-off‚ decentralized management approach ? Advantages of Decentralization Decentralization will not work unless you really delegate both responsibility and authority. This means that the final decisions must be made at that lower level. You just can’t beat a decentralized system. It gets decisions closest to the level where the action really is. And it really does something for people. The executives are now essentially
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Overview Blades‚ Inc.‚ is a USA based company that has been in corporate in the United States for three years. Blade relatively is a small Company‚ with total assets of only $200 million. The company produces only a single type of roller blade. Ben Holt the CFO of the Blades Inc. Financial Information Total assets of was only $200 million and first year net income of $3.5 million. Return on asset is 7%. It stock price has fallen from high of $20 per share three years ago to $12
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