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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I. BACKGROUND Staples Inc. founded in 1985 by Thomas G. Stemberg and Leo Kahn in Brighton‚ Massachussets. It is headquartered in Boston and employs 89‚000 employees worldwide. Staples sells office supplies at more than 2‚000 stores as well as through its catalog and call centers‚ the internet site‚ and contract sales force. In additional to typical office supplies‚ stores offer computer hardware and software‚ furniture‚ art and school supplies and printing and copy services ( Staples 10k‚ 2012)
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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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company competitive advantage by creating value and delivering it to the customers. Google Inc. (Google) is global technology company focused on improving the ways people connect with information. The company generates revenue primarily by delivering online advertising. As stated in the case‚ Google Inc.’s mission was to “organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.” Google Inc.’s core competencies are what makes Google very user friendly to customers and successful
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Product/Service Gap Inc. is an American clothing and accessories retailer based in San Francisco California. The company was founded on August 21‚1969 by Donald and Doris Fisher. Gap is one of the largest specialty retailers. They operate four of the most recognized apparel brands in the world:Gap‚ Banana Republic‚ Old Navy and Forth and Towne. Place/Distribution Gaps main opportunity to reach out to its customers through its stores. Gaps operate stores in the United States‚ Canada‚ the United
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Introduction: Cranfield Inc. is a leading producer of juices for range of cranberry cocktails. After a market research experiment Cranfield Inc. has many different business decisions to make. One to introduce a new line called lite cocktail which requires space and machinery and will eat into sales of currently offered products. Or not to introduce the new product and lease out it’s space‚ or do nothing to save the space until it’s needed for its current product line. 1) Incremental cash flows
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Assignment #1: Company Background 1. FIRM NAME: Apple Inc. 2. HEADQUARTER LOCATION: 1 Infinite Loop CUPERTINO‚ CA 95014 United States Phone: +1-408-996-1010 Fax: +1-408-996-0275 Website: http://www.apple.com KEY EXECUTIVES Name | Since | Current Position | Arthur Levinson | 2011 | Independent Chairman of the Board | Timothy Cook | 2011 | Chief Executive Officer‚ Director | Peter Oppenheimer | 2012 | Chief Financial Officer‚ Principal Financial Officer‚ Senior Vice
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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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