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    1. Oil companies do not allow dealers (franchisees) to buy gas from distributors. Dealers must buy gas from the central oil company. Dealers often complain that this is unfair. The practice has been the subject of antitrust lawsuits. Oil company executives argue that this policy is important because it limits free-riding on the part of the distributors. Explain the executives’ arguments in more detail.   The Oil Company executives argue that allowing dealers to buy gas from distributors would be

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    Specialization The definition of specialization is‚ “the degree to which organizational tasks are subdivided into separate jobs” (Daft‚ 2013). Perdue Farms uses vertical integration in its management of tasks. “As a vertically integrated agribusiness‚ the company is able to ensure quality at every step in the supply chain” (Perdue Inc.‚ 2008). Perdue breeds and hatches all of its eggs‚ hand-picks their growers‚ designs/builds chicken houses based on individual engineering formulates and manufactures

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    “The greater a firm‟s ownership extends over successive stages of the value chain for its product‚ the greater the degree of vertical integration” (Grant‚ 2010‚ pp354). The consumer electronics industry value chain is depicted below: Thus a firm can be said to be vertically integrated if it owns and operates each of these stages of the value chain. The consumer electronics industry has many players who produce goods for purposes such as entertainment‚ communication and work. There are many determinants

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    A big week of announcements for Starbucks as it continues to emerge from the global economic downturn. It has announced plans to accelerate its store opening programme‚ with 400 new stores outside the USA alone. And it has also decided‚ for the first time‚ to start growing its own coffee beans‚ as a way of supporting its ambitious growth plans in China. The cost savings associated with outsourcing overseas (most often to China)‚ while once significant in the short term‚ is not as great as it

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    margins‚ which made them invest little in new technology and productivity improvement of the product process. If they were to encounter technical issues or problems‚ they generally added more labor or scheduled overtime. Vertical Integration Sourcing: With vertical integration sourcing the process is fully owned and operated by the VF Corp. This mode of sourcing had a proven track record of producing high quality products‚ very efficient and reliable. However‚ this sourcing is capital intensive

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    and effective. Brothers spent much time elaborating the layout of the kitchen in their first restaurant‚ so they achieved the goal. Inspire of the fact that later they sold their business and their family no longer the owners of it‚ nowadays mcdonalds have the same efficient system of production and sales that it is able to introduce and maintain all over the world using different strategies and methods. External Environment External environment is a bunch of various outward forces that may

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    The University of Chicago The Booth School of Business of the University of Chicago The University of Chicago Law School Vertical Integration‚ Appropriable Rents‚ and the Competitive Contracting Process Author(s): Benjamin Klein‚ Robert G. Crawford‚ Armen A. Alchian Source: Journal of Law and Economics‚ Vol. 21‚ No. 2 (Oct.‚ 1978)‚ pp. 297-326 Published by: The University of Chicago Press for The Booth School of Business of the University of Chicago and The University of Chicago Law School

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    Chapter 10: Vertical boundaries Chapter 10: Vertical boundaries Aim of the chapter To understand the factors that influence the ways in which transactions on a vertical chain (value chain) should be/are located on the market–organisation continuum. Learning objectives On completion of this chapter and the essential reading‚ you should have a good understanding of the following terms and concepts: • transaction cost economics • strategic calculation. Essential reading Buchanan‚ D. and

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    Introduction The McDonald’s is the global fast food giant‚ introduced in 1940‚ in San Bernardino‚ California by Dick and Mac McDonald of Manchester‚ New Hampshire. It places its headquarters in Oak brook‚ Illiona US. Their introduction of “Speedee Service System” in 1948 established the principles of the modern fast food restaurant. It revolutionized the American restaurant industry by imposing discipline on the production of hamburgers‚ French fries‚ and milk shakes. The McDonald’s Corporation’s

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    ------------------------------------------------- CASE ANALYSIS REX V MCDONALD AND MCDONALD St Qd [1904] 151 ------------------------------------------------- INTRODUCTION In order for criminal liability to be placed‚ an accused must not only commit a specific act but also a breach of a duty concerned1. This concept was brought to the forefront in the case of R v McDonald and McDonald St R Qd [1904] 151. The Supreme Court of QLD2 was called to consider the case of Angus and Flora McDonald‚ appealing against joint charges of

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