models. 2 Must-Read Article Inventory • • • • “Decision trees”‚ Robin Greenwood (HBR‚ March 2006) “Note on Linear Programming”‚ Jonathan Eckstein (HBR‚ November 1992) “Sampling and Statistical Inference”‚ Arthur Schleifer (HBR‚ August 1996) “Decision Analysis”‚ (HBR‚ December 1997) 3 Widely used Books for Quantitative Methods • Dance with Chance • Black Swan 4 QUANTITATIVE METHODS CASE MAPPING Chapter Basic Concepts of Scales & Measurements Detailed Syllabus Nominal‚ ordinal
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Redbox Case 1. What are the chief elements of Redbox’s strategy? What are the key success factors of this industry? a. Attracting customers with low prices and convenience. Charging customers $1 dollar per day as a rental fee is very attractive to customers‚ because their nightly entertainment is very cheap in comparison to other alternatives. It is beneficial to Redbox‚ because in the event that the customer forgets to return the movie‚ they are charged double the rental amount which doubles
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HBR CASE STUDY ON “THE BEST OF INTENTIONS” - John Humphreys Submitted To Prof. Neeta Jain FORE School of Management Analysis Submitted By – Aayushi Singh (221002) Anjali Gera (221001) Ankit Arora (221022) Deeptiman Dasgupta (221039) Gaurav Maheshwari (221049) Gagandeep Chawla (221046) Analysis 1 – Issues in the case The major issues in the case are: i. Discrimination between employees – a) On grounds of gender : Some territories of business at AgFunds were conservative and the customers
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for everyone inside their houses without having them even to get out and leave their houses is a very good advantage but the only negative thing is that whoever doesn’t have internet cant enjoy their services. 2. Perform a SWOT analysis for Netflix. What are its biggest threats? Which opportunities should it pursue? Strength: they supply their services via internet so that makes the customer base huge and since the made their services also available on gadgets and phones that makes the user
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CBE‚ Qatar University 12 Case Report: HBR TiVo in 2002 (Consumer Behavior) Marketing Management‚ Fall 2012 Eagles Team 1. Introduction: This brief report attempts to tackle the HBR TiVo in 2002 case study. The report highlights the main issues facing the company in 2002 and then proceeds to analyze the internal and the external environments around TiVo at the time with a special focus on relating the analysis to consumer behavior. The report finally ends with proposing a number of
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HBR CASE STUDY Good Money After Bad? Jack Brandon’s initial idea has not panned out‚ and the cash is nearly gone. But he’s got a new plan. Will you back him a second time? by John W. Mullins F Daniel Vasconcellos overlooking the sparkling lights of San Francisco‚ Christian Harbinson gazed across the bay to the hills above Sausalito. “There’s nothing like a vigorous hike‚” he thought‚“to clear the mind before a crucial meeting.” It was a mild March evening‚ and the 35-year-old venture
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Chapter Case Study Explain Netflix’s marketing strategy? Can it sustain its competitive advantage? Why or why not? Netflix strategy has no brick and mortar stores‚ big stores with a variety between 300 to 4000 movies in stock. Netflix relies on the internet for customers’ orders and mail system for the delivery. The company does not have late fees‚ fluctuating monthly fees‚ predetermined rental periods‚ instead has a flat fee. Netflix‚ let customers view unlimited streaming of movies and TV
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Introduction International Business Professor Dr. Sjoerd Beugelsdijk Case 6.2 Sony: Managing the International R&D Network [pic] December 2‚ 2009 Group #22 Jaime Ríos Balandrano s1797077 CHAPTER SIX – SONY 1. How did Sony internationalize its R&D activities? What were the initial motivations for Sony to establish technology centres abroad? How would Kuemmerle categorize the R&D centres at Sony? Sony’s internationalization was in a slow-cautious way. Sony
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1) Hertz makes five adjustments (ignoring ‘Other adjustments’) to net income before including the changes in operating assets and liabilities. List each of these five items and explain why each of these items is added (subtracted) from net income to calculate Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities. Answer: The five adjustments to net income before including the changes in operating assets and liabilities in the consolidated statement of cash flows of Hertz Global Holdings‚ Inc. are listed
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Management Information Systems Cases Gerald V. Post Copyright © 2012 by Gerald V. Post Management Information Systems Cases ............................................................................. 1 Introduction to Case Studies ................................................................................................. 1 Overview ................................................................................................................................ 1 Amazon.com ......
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