1. Summary of the case study The focus of the story is Burgmaster Corp.‚ a Los Angeles-area machine tool maker founded in 1944 by Czechoslovakian immigrant Fred Burg. Holland covers the 1944 founding of Burg Tool‚ its transformation into Burgmaster Corporation‚ the Houdaille takeover‚ the 1979 leveraged buyout‚ the campaign for protection against Japanese competition‚ and‚ finally‚ the auction of Burgmaster property in 1986. 2. Statement of the problem encountered Too many machine tool and auto
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Cigna Corp. Blurb about Cigna Corp.: Cigna Inc.‚ a publicly traded insurance company is the leading healthcare insurance provider headquartered in Bloomfield‚ Connecticut. If you are concerned about your unique life and health situation needs‚ Cigna fills in the void. Cigna is more than just an insurance company - they are also into global health services. They enable consumers to purchase various insurance policies‚ services and products through their subsidiaries. Cigna aims to achieve global
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Upon reading the case study on allocating the merit raises among the professors at Small State University‚ I have decided to use the attribute approach. The attribute approach is defined by Human Resource Management: Gaining a Competitive Advantage as: “ Focusing on the extent to which individuals have certain attributes (characteristics or traits) believed desirable for the company’s success. The techniques that use this approach define a set of traits-such as initiative‚ leadership‚ and competitiveness-
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McConomy Intermediate Accounting‚ Tenth Canadian Edition SOLUTION TO ASSIGNMENT #4 – COMM 3111 PROBLEM 9-4 (a)Investments (FV-OCI)—December 31‚ 2014 Securities Cost Fair Value Anderson Corp. Munter Ltd. King Corp. Total of portfolio $48‚750 580‚000 255‚000 $883‚750 $49‚580 569‚500 254‚400 $873‚480 Note: Balance in AOCI‚ December 31‚ 2014 = $10‚270 debit ($873‚480 – $883‚750) since all securities were purchased in 2014. The Anderson
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distinctive competencies‚ first discussed by (1957) and (1965)‚ was further reiterated by and (1990). In their analysis‚ key resources‚ skills and technologies are called core competencies. The following takes the Integrated Electronics (Intel) case and analyses the giant digital company’s core competencies by way of the three epochs that it has gone through since 1968. EPOCH I This first era that Intel has gone through‚ specifically between the years 1968 and 1985‚ has displayed
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Religare Enterprises Limited (REL) is the holding company for one of India’s leading diversified financial services groups. REL offers different types of financial services through its underlying subsidiaries and operating entities‚ including loans to SMEs‚ Capital Markets‚ and Wealth Management‚ Life and Health insurance and Asset Management. REL is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange The group has a presence across around 1‚700 locations in India and also
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Case Reading: Marvel Enterprises‚ Inc. 1. In your view‚ what strategic direction should Marvel Enterprises’ Vice Chairman Peter Cuneo and his colleagues pursue? Why? How? • I believe the company should focus on developing their lesser-known characters and making them known to their audiences. Granted they now have the resources to expand beyond the current business model to take on more capital-intensive activities‚ their efforts may be in vein if they don’t have well-developed characters
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SHERWOOD ENTERPRISES Sherwood enterprise is a business company owned by Robin Hood. Robin Hood is a great entrepreneur and the President of Sherwood enterprise. Sherwood enterprise is based in the Sherwood Forest‚ the world’s most loved heritage forest as a result of its exciting landscape that is esteemed by nearly every person who has heard of it. Robin Hood experienced a great success in the first year of the operation of the Sherwood Enterprise. The growth of his company has been extraordinary
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Biopure Corporation Written Case Study I. Current Situation Audit A. Issue Oxyglobin and Hemopure are two blood substitutes that Biopure Corporation was developing. Oxyglobin was recently approved by the FDA for veterinary use while Hemapure is estimated to be approved in two years for human use. If Oxyglobin is launched it will be the first blood substitute for the veterinary market a small and price sensitive market. There is a perceived risk by Ted Jacobs‚ the VP of Human Clinical Trials
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by modeling quality care‚ and building a strong community of like minded care givers.” I am the executive director of BK Enterprises which consists of Early Childhood‚ Youth‚ and Adult and Senior service programs. In the interest of brevity I will only expound upon the early childhood component of my venture in this paper. The Early childhood component of BK Enterprises includes Our Village Child Development Center (CDC)‚ an award winning‚ state-of-the-art childcare center serving children from
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