Entrepreneurship: Successfully Launching New Ventures‚ 3e (Barringer/Ireland) Chapter 2 Recognizing Opportunities and Generating Ideas 1) Kathryn Kerrigan‚ the company profiled in the opening feature for Chapter 2‚ sells shoes. Kerrigan’s original idea for the company stemmed from her recognition that: A) there were no athletic shoes specifically designed for older women B) there were no fashionable shoes available for young girls C) there were no low cost women’s shoes available in the Chicago
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Abstract Living a healthy lifestyle is the biggest concern in creating a smart growth community in Malaysia. Towards building the community‚ the involvement of landscape architects who are capable and skillful in varies of aspects such as planning and designing is one the needs in visualising a smart growth community into reality. But through the process of creating it‚ there are few challenges that landscape architects in Malaysia should face and as for making it into reality‚ landscape architects
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CASE ASSIGNMENT-SMART CAR USA 1. IDENTIFY AT LEAST 3 BASES FOR SEGMENTING THE MARKET FOR SMART CAR IN THE US. PREPARE A MARKET-PRODUCT GRID ILLUSTRATING AT LEAST ONE OF THESE BASES. ➢ Geographic Segmentation: Larger cities that suffer from congestion ➢ Demographic Segmentation: Appeal to younger adults(Age)‚ Affordability (Income) ➢ Behavioral Segmentation: Park-ability‚ Less fuel‚ environmental consciousness 2. What criteria should Smart Car use in assessing
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Table of Contents Introduction History of the Microsoft Company History of the Yahoo Company Merger Conclusion Reference Introduction Voluntary amalgamation of two firms on approximately equal terms into one new legal entity called merger. Mergers are effected by exchange of the pre-merger stock (shares) for the stock of the new firm. Owners of each pre-merger firm continue as owners‚ and the resources of
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Background of Company Microsoft Corporation‚ incorporated in 1981‚ is engaged in developing‚ licensing and supporting a range of software products and services. The Company also designs and sells hardware‚ and delivers online advertising to the customers. The Company operates in eight segments: Windows & Windows Live Division (Windows Division)‚ Server and Tools Business‚ Online Services Division (OSD)‚ Microsoft Business Solutions‚ Microsoft Office Division‚ Microsoft Phone Division‚ Skype and
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acquisition of Skype • Understanding Skype’s and Microsoft’s business models and their product portfolio respectively • Microsoft’s reasoning behind the acquisition • How Microsoft got best benefits from the acquisition • To analyze data support of acquisition • Make your own critical conslusions KEY FACTS AND FIGURES 10th May 2011: Microsoft acquirers Skype at a price of $8.5 billion (cash) Financial multiples (Skype 2010): other companies Very high relative to Enterprise value/EBITDA: > 32x sector
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HOW SMART ARE SMART PHONES Ladies and gentlemen did you know nearly 20% of kids can operate a smart phone by the time they reach the age of 6‚ while only 9% can actually tie their shoelaces properly so says Nicholas Jackson of AVG. 58% of children polled can play basic computer games and not even yet ride a bicycle. Technology has stolen our child hood. Instead of having to protect us from the snakes in the grass and trees where we should be playing‚ our parents have to protect us from cyber bullying
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Running head: THE IMPACT OF SMART CARDS The Impact of Smart Cards Money and Banking I – BU322 March 17‚ 2010 The Impact of Smart Cards The Digital Age has changed the way we do business and one of them is a technological innovation called the Smart Card. Though users tout its advantages the concept has been slow to take off in the United States possibly due to the disadvantages that continue to plague the concept. However with the continued direction of business and banking in this
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From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia The first version of Microsoft Word was developed by Charles Simonyi and Richard Brodie‚ former Xerox programmers hired by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1981. Both programmers worked on Xerox Bravo‚ the first Microsoft WYSIWYGword processor. The first Word version‚ Word 1.0‚ was released in October 1983 for Xenix and MS-DOS; it was followed by four very similar versions that were not very successful. The first Windows version was released in 1989‚ with a slightly
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Case Study 1 1. What are UPS "Smart Labels?" What role do they play in UPS operations? Smart labels are computerized‚ bar-coded label that is used to provide shipping information. They play a huge role in UPS operations because they provide customer information for shipping which makes for faster and more reliable shipping. The label is scanned at each part of shipment and delivery so the customer can track their packages and it’s accounted for from start to finish. 2. Write out the steps
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