GROUP CASE STUDY ASSIGNMENT TOPIC: WORKING COMPUTERS‚ INC.1 Jennifer Sobey‚ an analyst in the headquarters of Working Computers‚ has been asked to evaluate whether or not Working should sell a division of the firm which has been losing market share and requires a great deal of new investment to remain competitive. The ailing product is a personal data appliance‚ or PDA‚ that once led the market in features and innovation‚ only to fall prey to competition from numerous firms once it had
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GOOGLE INC. History of Google Inc. Google ’s founders‚ Larry Page and Sergey Brin‚ met by chance on a Stanford University tour in the summer of 1995. Page‚ at the time‚ was working on a PhD research project involving the mathematical properties of the link structure on the internet. The research project‚ "BackRub"‚ used an algorithm to follow the links in a webpage and analyze all the connections. The PageRank algorithm generated a popularity index for each web page based on the quantity and
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‘Optical Distortion‚ Inc.’ Case Study December 02‚ 2013 Situation Executive Summary: Optical Distortion Inc. is a single product company that produces contact lenses for chickens. ODI believes that the use of contact lenses for chickens is a superior solution for poultry farms relative to the current alternative manners that farmers use to prevent cannibalism among their chickens – something that is the cause of mortality rates of up to 25% on some farms. Given the fact that
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ENTERNTAINMENT MARKETING CASE MARVEL ENTERPRISES INC ABISHEK BHASIN 2091775562 Marvel Enterprises‚ Inc. is an industry-leading firm whose core business is character-based entertainment. Marvel’s foundation and success is built on their proprietary library of over 4‚700 characters featured in a variety of media for nearly seventy years (1939-2004). Marvel utilizes its character franchises in licensing agreements‚ and publishing of comic books through the division of Marvel Comics. Marvel’s
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Westchester Distribution Inc.‚ a reputable beer distributor‚ received a concerning letter from a customer’s attorney. The letter stated that the customer‚ Mr. Moon‚ received “improper discounts” on a shipment of beer. The tone of the letter is hostile‚ and the attorney asks that Westchester refund the sale to “avoid any prejudice”. Vince Patton‚ the President of Westchester‚ investigated the situation and found that some of his employees were involved in illegal activities. It was revealed that they
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I. Statement of Financial Problem Should Continental Carriers‚ Inc. use debt or equity to finance the acquisition of Midland Freight in 1988‚ either by selling $50 million in bonds at a 10% interest rate to a California insurance company with a maturity of 15 years‚ or by issuing 3 million in common stock at $17.75 per share with a dividend rate of $1.50 per share? II. Financial Framework The outcomes of various financial alternatives can be examined through an EPS-EBIT analysis‚ where EPS
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Case Study Eastern Electronic‚ inc. Selecting a Program Manager The following Case study deals with a problematic situation within a company‚ named Eastern Electronic inc. Since the company developed a new BAT program‚ the need for a new Program Manager emerges. This case study will firstly illustrate the needed skills and properties the Program Manager Job requires. Afterwards‚ this paper will compare the skills and properties of the two perspective Job candidates and recommend a decision
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Action and Implementation Plan The decision that the group would take is to implement a web-based ordering system that would allow customers to configure their orders in accordance with the specification that they want. Through this the data entry error will decrease. The necessary steps for planning the implementation of a web-based ordering system are stated bellow. The first step in implementing this course of action is to determine the objectives of the company. As for our PSI it aims to
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The Vanguard Group‚ Inc. Background: The Vanguard Group‚ Inc. is one of the most successful mutual fund companies in the United States. Vanguard is a for profit company which was found by John C. Bogle in 1974. John C. Bogle is credited with the creation of the first index fund available to individual investors‚ the popularization of index funds generally‚ and driving costs down across the mutual fund industry. Its Vanguard Index Trust 500 is the largest of the domestic funds managed by the firm
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I. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Struggle in achievement of profitability II. BACKGROUND OF THE CASE Jeff Hawkins‚ a graduate of Cornell University with a degree in BS Electrical Engineering‚ did a short tenure at Intel before working at GRiD Systems in 1982. While at GRiD‚ he developed GRiDTask – a high-level programming language which fuelled further the technological advancements in handheld computing‚ particularly in the area of text entry. In 1986‚ Hawkins left grid to pursue further
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