Writing Assignment 2: Mini Case Analysis ECON 634 Bangalore‚ Dec/Jan 2009/10 100 Points Due Date: Tuesday Jan 5 at 1pm; 25 point penalty per day late This is a team-based writing assignment. My strongly preferred team size is four‚ but I will consider team sizes of three or five on a case-by-case basis. Your assignment is to Read the Harvard Business Review short case study “Class- or Mass”. Write an analysis of the case following this outline (submit one report for your entire team):
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Mini Case: Guanxi and Gift (Grown up in China‚ I will address this case with my personal experience) As a growing market‚ China becomes increasingly appealing to western companies. To many of them‚ China is a country that is fundamentally different than most countries of the world‚ such as culture and social norm. Notorious corruptions have tarnished its reputation for attracting potential investors and businesses‚ who have been struggling to adapt the unique way of running business in this
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ISSN 0825-5822 The texts published in the series "Cahiers du CETAI" are solely the responsibility of their authors. Cahier de recherche THE NONORTHODOX CURRENCY BOARDS: THE CASE OF BULGARIA Nikolay NENOVSKY* and Kalin HRISTOV* 2001-01 January 2001 * Bulgarian National Bank‚ Research Department; University of National and World Economy‚ Department of Finance‚ Sofia‚ Bulgaria. Copyright © 2001. Centre d’études en administration internationale (CETAI)‚ École des Hautes Études commerciales
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Chapter 4: Mini Case 1: Smith‚ Smith‚ Smith‚ and Smith is a regional accounting firm that is putting up a new headquarters building. The building will have a backbone network that connects eight LANs (two on each floor). The company is very concerned with network errors. What advice would you give regarding the design of the building and network cable planning that would help reduce network errors? I have to make some assumptions regarding the network design for this new building. Since they
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Mini Case Study Mike Lancaster Tuesday April 22‚ 2013 Professor Shultz BUAD 3010-002 Table of Contents 2 Case question & Executive Summary 3 History 5 Situation: Media document company 2015 website 6 Discussion of Alternatives 7 Media Composition 10 Issues Moving Forward 12 Conclusion 14 Case Question What should Unilever’s Integrated Marketing Communication Goals and Media Strategy be for 2016 – 2020 ? Executive
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The trigger of the economic crisis in the 1930s is the crash in New York stock market. A few years ago before the crisis‚ New York stocks was rising continuously ‚ and Dow Jones stock index rocketed up from 191 points in early 1928 to 381 points in 1929 ‚ doubling within two years. New York markets suddenly crashed on October 24‚ 1929‚ stock prices plummeted one after another‚ the speed is so faster than an automatic recorder can keep track of ; On that day‚ 11 stock speculation investment veterans
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MINI-CASE A) Answer: Capital budgeting is the process of analyzing additions to fixed assets. Capital budgeting is important because‚ more than anything else‚ fixed asset investment decisions chart a company’s course for the future. Conceptually‚ the capital budgeting process is identical to the decision process used by individuals making investment decisions. These steps are involved: 1. Estimate‚ evaluate‚ & assess the riskiness of the cash flows 2. Determine the appropriate
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Chapter 8. Mini-Case Assume that you have just been hired as a financial analyst by Triple Play Inc.‚ a mid-sized California company that specializes in creating high-fashion clothing. Because no one at Triple Play is familiar with the basics of financial options‚ you have been asked to prepare a brief report that firm’s executives can use to gain a cursory understanding of the topic. To begin‚ you gathered some outside materials on the subject and used these materials to draft a list of pertinent
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Mini-Case Study: McDonald’s Corporation: Firing on all cylinders while preparing for the future McDonald’s Corporation is the largest fast food restaurant chain in the world‚ operating more than 32‚000 restaurants in 118 countries. In 2008‚ McDonalds and Wal-Mart were the only stocks in the Dow Jones to end the year with a gain. From 2007 to 2008 they raised revenues in billion dollars earning above average returns. Its ability to create value for its stakeholders is impressive‚ but this trend
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function in the planningorganizing-leading-controlling (P-O-L-C) framework. As much as individual- and team-level factors influence work attitudes and behaviors‚ the organization’s structure can be an even more powerful influence over employee actions. Case in Point: Toyota Struggles With Organizational Structure Figure 7.3. Toyota Motor Corporation (TYO: 7203) has often been referred to as the gold standard of the automotive industry. In the first quarter of 2007‚ Toyota (NYSE: TM) overtook General
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