1|Page Dell ’s Direct Business Model Dell ’s Direct Business Model Presented by Riti Behal – FT 14459 Gagan Dawar – FT 14221 Vaibhav Agarwal – FT 14276 Great Lakes Institute of Management‚ Chennai Riti Behal‚ Gagan Dawar‚ Vaibhav Agarwal 2|Page Dell ’s Direct Business Model Describe the “Direct Business Model” The direct model has become the backbone of our company and the greatest tool in its growth. – Michael Dell. Dell ’s direct business model bypasses the dealer in the supply chain
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Chapter 6 Case Study 1 Job Candidate Assessment Test Go Virtual 1. What do you think are the prime advantages and disadvantages of National City Corporation’s virtual tryouts? The advantages of using virtual tryouts are competitive edge against other companies. Allows them to pick candidates better suited for their work environment‚ allows candidates the knowledge that they are applying for a company that is at the cutting edge of technology and they want to move forward with the times. Unfortunately
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Define (What it is and why is it important; who what where when why how): Wage labor o Who- women working outside the house o What the socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer‚ where the worker sells their labor under formal or informal employment contract getting payment for a certain consistent amount of time for example an hourly pay or a daily pay getting paid o Where- in the north; at job o When- 1800s o Why- labor under contract o How- Women working in factories
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How sensitive is return on capital to the forecast assumptions in case Exhibit 8? An increase in cash operating expenses decrease NOPAT‚ which in turn makes ROC extremely sensitive when this ratio goes up; in general when total operating expenses go up NOPAT goes down‚ thus ROC goes down. In addition if the COGS increase this drastically drops ROC. The total assets has a big impact on ROC an increase of 1000m increased ROC by a full 1.5 percent. The ROC is also very sensitive to the Price to Earnings
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September 24‚ 2014 Dr. Lee Cerling Director of Corporate Communications PAC-10 Consulting 1234 USC Drive Los Angeles‚ CA 91385 Dear Dr. Cerling: After completing extensive research in an effort to decide whether PAC-10 Consulting should take on its prospective client‚ the Business Improvement District (BID)‚ I have arrived at the conclusion that doing so is not in the best interests of PAC-10. Representing BID means marketing the LA Fashion District in a favorable light‚ which would prove
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Case Study #10 - Sue Summery Sue comes to us today reporting an incidence of abuse in her current same-sex relationship with a woman named Marsha. Sue is an out of state college freshman currently enrolled at a local university. The client reports‚ she chose to attend this particular college in order to keep her parents in the dark about her sexual orientation fearing they would cut her off financially based on their strict religious values against homosexuality. Sue claims‚ she was previously
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The paper will focus on the Books and Music that was formed in 2001 as a result of a merger of the two largest book stores in Canada- Chapters and indigo. The smaller of the two‚ Indigo‚ bought 50.1% of Chapters’ shares in February 2001 amidst protestation of the latter’s board of directors. During the course of 2001 Indigo slowly but sure acquired more Chapters’ shares completing the takeover at the end of the same year. The merger of the two companies obviously presented major challenges to the
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1. Describe the multiple locations from which customers can submit orders and the information technology components customers would need (on their end) to accomplish this activity. Location IT Example/Explanation Company Website – therefore anywhere once you have the appropriate IT Hardware – Input Output Storage Processing Keyboard‚ Scanner‚ Mouse‚ PC‚ Laptop‚ Tablet Screen‚ printer Internal memory (RAM/ROM) Software Operating systems‚ web servers and browsers Network - WAN
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Chapters 9 and 10 Previews Between the ages of 11 and 18‚ young people cross the great divide between childhood and adulthood. This crossing encompasses all three domains of development—biosocial‚ cognitive‚ and psychosocial. Chapter 9 focuses on the dramatic changes that occur in the biosocial domain‚ beginning with puberty and the growth spurt. The biosocial metamorphosis of the adolescent is discussed in detail‚ with emphasis on factors that affect the age of puberty‚ sexual maturation‚ and changes
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Case Study Chapter 5 Discussion Questions 1. What role do database and DBMS play in assisting with the Genographic Project? “Without the automation provided by database tools‚ this research would not be possible. Dr. Spencer Wells‚ National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence and Scientific Director of the Project‚ stated that “With hundreds of thousands of samples‚ researchers could easily become lost in our collected data. But‚ by working with IBM‚ we can distill this information into something
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