HARVARD CASES Case 14 WESCO Distribution‚ Inc. Synopsis In June 1997‚ Jim Piraino‚ VP of marketing for WESCO Distribution‚ Inc.‚ is preparing for a yearly review meeting with WESCO CEO Roy Haley. Haley wants the firm to reach annual growth goals of 6% to 8% in revenues and 12% to 16% in profitability over the next five years. The centerpiece of this growth strategy is the National Accounts program‚ which WESCO has developed to serve its major industrial customers in response to recent
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Caselet 1: Elektra Products‚ Inc. Questions: 1. How might top management have done better job changing Elektra products into a new kind of organization? What might they do now to get the empowerment process back on track? The top management of Elektra Products‚ Inc. introduces a new era of involvement and empowerment in their organization. They only assigned selected managers to work on several problem-solving teams to come up on ideas on how to implement empowerment campaign. With this
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The documentary Food Inc. provided a shocking view of corporate farming in the United States. It exposed the unhealthy‚ harmful‚ and the inhumane process behind the farming industry. The documentary addresses the problems in the typical supermarket today and the conception of the meats. They talk about how the producers of the products in the grocery store care about is how the packaging of the products is viewed. They bring out the issue that most of the products in the shelfs are often showed to
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Argument found in Food‚ Inc.: The industrial production of meat‚ grains‚ and vegetables are being mass produced‚ which leads to health issues‚ economic and environmental instability‚ and overall‚ inhumane acts. AGREE: Mass production of meat‚ grains‚ and vegetables is a terrible system that is in today’s society. Large companies that follow this system want a better and cheaper way to produce their meat. This leads to unsanitary production and inhumane ways of handling their cattle. These companies
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anonymous. Since this is a fictitious company there were no information available for research‚ all information is based on the case study. Byte Products‚ Inc.‚ headquartered in the midwestern United States‚ is regarded as one of the largest volume supplier for the production of electronic components used in personal computers. Byte Products‚ Inc.‚ was a privately owned firm that has now entered to be a publicly traded company. The majority of the stockholders are the initial owners of Byte‚ when it
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Analysis of Apple Inc. Name: Course: Institution: Date: Planning is the activity of preparing a scheme‚ program‚ or method that is worked out beforehand for the accomplishment of some set objectives. There are different types of planning which include strategic‚ tactical‚ operational and contingency planning. Apple Inc. is one of the most successful and recognizable companies in the world. It was founded by the renown and celebrated Steve Jobs. It is an American
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| Goodweek Tires‚ Inc. | A Case Study | | | | | Table of Contents: * Case Overview * Project Information * Capital Budgeting Analytical Measures * Forecasted Sales Numbers * Depreciation Schedule * Investment Cash Flows * Recommendation & Conclusion GOODWEEK TIRES INC. Case Overview Goodweek Tires‚ Inc. recently developed a new tire‚ SuperTread. This tire was meant to be ideal for drivers who do a lot of wet weather‚ off-roading‚ and normal freeway driving
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The Recalcitrant Director at Byte Products‚ Inc.: corporate legality versus corporate responsibility BYTES PRODUCTS‚ Inc. is an American based company involved in the production of electronic appliances incorporated in personal computers‚ mostly used for business and engineering applications. The company has three plants at different locations in the U.S.A‚ totals a current sale of about $265 million and has a market share of approximately 32%‚ making her the leader in her industry. James M. Elliot
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BOSTON CHICKEN‚ INC* At the end of 1996‚ Boston Chicken was one of the hottest names on Wall Street. Operating in the highly competitive restaurant industry‚ the chain had grown from 18 stores in 1991 to over 1‚000 stores in 1996 and in its short history had raised over $1 billion in public offerings. EPS had grown from just $0.06 in 1993 to $1.01 in 1996‚ representing an annual growth rate of well over 100%. At the end of 1996‚ Boston Chicken traded around $40‚ representing a price-earnings multiple
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Case # 2 SureCut Shears‚ Inc. Applied Corporate Finance 1. In his predictions‚ Mr. Fisher assumed that growth of sales in the year (July 95 till June 96) would be -0.4% – which in the case of a company that has shown sustainable growing profits since 1958 should reflect some negative economic expectations that would be confirmed by the retail industry downturn – with monthly values for 1996 similar to homologues registered in 1995; production would
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