The Southern Company is a utility holding company whose principal subsidiaries provide power in Alabama‚ Georgia‚ Florida‚ and Mississippi. With the gradual deregulation of the utilities industry in the 1990s‚ Southern Company expanded its holdings into New England‚ New York‚ the Midwest‚ and California‚ making it the largest power producer in the country. In addition‚ Southern now owns power generating operations in Europe‚ Hong Kong‚ the Philippines‚ and South America. The early 1980s saw a
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PepsiCo‚ Incorporated is one of the largest Fortune 500 companies in the world. It got its start as the Pepsi Cola Company in 1898 when a pharmacist from Chinquapin‚ North Carolina. A pharmacist named Caleb Bradham invented the Pepsi Cola soft drink. The soft drink was originally named “Brad’s Drink” but was later renamed “Pepsi-Cola” combining the terms “pepsin” and “cola.” Along with selling the soda concoction the many soda fountains‚ Bradham also bottled and sold the drink in his own stores.
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Gasland Problem Tap water isn’t supposed to catch fire. It does in Dimock. Josh Fox‚ the director of "Gasland‚" chronicles his search to discover what gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale might do to his beloved Delaware River watershed should he and his neighbors sign the leases they received in the mail. That search takes him first to Dimock and then across the United States‚ where he meets people struggling with unexpected consequences of gas drilling in multiple states. He spent time with citizens
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The iPremier Company: Denial of Service Attack 1. Company overview The iPremier is Web-based Commerce Company and established in 1996 by two founder students from Swarthmore College. The company is one of the top two retail businesses in online transaction which selling from vintage goods and to the luxury item. Its well knows that during fiscal year 2006‚ iPremier has grabbed profit $2.1 millions with sales of $32 million from their high-end customer. The company has also recorded with
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Background GEICO‚ the Government Employees Insurance Company was founded in 1936 in Texas‚ U.S. It is the third-largest auto insurance company Providing auto coverage nearly 8.5 million policy holders Insuring more than 14.4 million vehicles GEICO is rated A++ for financial strength by A.M. Best Company and ranks at the top of several national customer satisfaction surveys. Target Market Regardless of mood‚ status‚ income or location‚ various types of people drive and hopefully have
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in strategy implementation process is to define the actual strategy. The major strategy that the Rose Company is trying to pursue is to switch from a highly centralized type of manufacturing organization to a decentralized system‚ in which the general manager will coordinate activities at the actual production sight. The company decided to build a new plant‚ where it can implement new processes and methods. However‚ the major concern in this case is not strategy evaluation but its implementation.
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and India to save on labor costs. What factors should you consider when making your decision? Is labor outsourcing to developing countries a legitimate business strategy that can be handled without risk of running into a sweatshop scandal? Once company decide to expand new factory in new place‚ there are couple factors that manager should concern. Government regulations would be first priority. It is necessary to know each country labour laws because some countries restrictions are tough. Those
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business of Pharmaceutical companies:- Pharmaceutical companies are not especially big in terms of revenues‚ but they are very profitable. For instance‚ in 2001‚ Pfizer was ranked 127th in the world on total revenue (US$32·2 billion) but 7th in terms of profit.29 The pharmaceutical industry is the most profitable business sector‚ with an average 16·2% profit‚ ahead of financial companies (11·6%) and beverages (10%).30 However‚ net income growth has declined‚ and growth in the value of drug
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FIN 485 – Brief Case #5 The Morrison Company December 5‚ 2013 Case Overview/Key Issues The Morrison Company is a manufacturer of Radio Frequency Identification Tags (RFID). These tags can be scanned from small distances away and are used to track items in the shipping and supply chain process. The Morrison Company provides RFIDs to companies in the Pharmaceutical and Retail industries. The company has seen a large increase in sales over the past year‚ which has forced production to increase as
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Introduction Medoc Company is faced with some problems in its transfer pricing policy between 2 of its 15 investment centres within the firm‚ namely the Milling Division and the Consumer Products Division. The transfer price set by the firm actually created some friction between these 2 divisions. Dealing with warehousing‚ shipping‚ billing‚ advertising and other sales promotion efforts for the consumer products and a fraction of the flour produced by the Milling Division‚ the Consumer Products
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