In the Zipcar Case‚ Chase is an emerging entrepreneur‚ with hopes of starting a successful company. They come up with the idea of timesharing a car‚ which will eventually get the name of Zipcar. Chase and her friend Danielson had initially funded the startup and forgone a salary for the company. While Chase and Danielson did not have a lot of experience in the car rental business‚ other than Danielson having some car sales experience‚ they sought out a lot of advice from many resources. Chase
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DON DON The case of a Slovenian Gazelle As said Mozetic‚ there are three groups of potential market segments for the international expansion of DON DON. The first one concerns the Italian markets‚ the second one includes Austria and Germany and finally the last one concerns the Visegrad group of countries (Hungary‚ the Czech Republic‚ Slovakia‚ and Poland). So we will focus our analysis on these countries. SWOT analysis Strengths: * In 2005 DON DON was among the leading suppliers of fried
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Key Issue From the case‚ we see that the primary source of concern is what Mabe should do with its Joint Venture in Russia in spite of the opportunities‚ benefits and threats of doing business there. In a nutshell‚ Mabe is trying to decide whether or not to continue with the Joint Venture (JV hereafter) or seek ways to improve the JVs performance and gain more market share. Internal Analysis VRINE Analysis Resources/Capabilities Value Rarity Inimitability Non-substitute Exploitability Internationalization
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well. According to the case‚ their service employees found that customer used their washing machine to wash food‚ the employee report this situation to the company. And then Haier launch that special product in Sichuan. From this story‚ I know that communication in this company was doing really well. Employees report what they saw from the market immediately‚ and then company could discuss the possibility of create this product. Also‚ distribution in Haier was efficient. The case mentions that Haier
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TNT case Steven R. Koonin had a speech generally talking about what TNT is focusing on and TNT’s development. I’m going to illustrate my insight on TNT’s business. TNT relaunched itself‚ with a slogan‚ "We Know Drama‚" which emphasized the channel’s new focus on programming with drama and energy‚ such as sports and network TV dramas like Dallas‚ Law & Order‚ Charmed‚ NYPD Blue and so on. It is in direct contrast to sister channel TBS‚ which shows more comedy related programming‚ and by
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What is Fraud? Fraud occurs when individuals purposely materially misstate facts with the intent of coercing someone to believe these misrepresentations. Upon believing the misrepresentation‚ individuals will act upon them and suffer a loss or damages. Fraud occurs in various forms: 1. Misappropriation of assets 2. Fraudulent financial reporting 3. Employee fraud 4. Management fraud The Fraud Triangle * Motive/Incentive: a reason to commit the fraud * Opportunity:
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A07-03-0013 Copyright © 2003 Thunderbird‚ The American Graduate School of International Management. All rights reserved. This case was prepared by Professors Michael Moffett and Kannan Ramaswamy for the purpose of classroom discussion only‚ and not to indicate either effective or ineffective management. This case draws upon information presented in “Planet Starbucks (A)” by the same authors. Planet Starbucks (B): Caffeinating the World Ten years ago‚ we had 125 stores and 2000 employees. [Today
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if it is able to create a communication with dealers‚ it will effect to improve customer satisfaction and experience. Also‚ it helps to cut manufacturuing costs‚ which caused to compete effectively against competittor. Is the business case for the joint venture convincing? Back your answer up with a financial analysis Yes‚ it is. First‚ lets have a look at what was the situation for Fiat India before this JV. Some of their products failed to provide sufficient volumes
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w rP os t S 910D05 OPERATIONS STRATEGY AT GALANZ op yo Dr. Stephen Ng and Barbara Li wrote this case under the supervision of Professors Xiande Zhao‚ Xuejun Xu and Yang Lei solely to provide material for class discussion. The authors do not intend to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a managerial situation. The authors may have disguised certain names and other identifying information to protect confidentiality. Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation
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Issues Identified: 1) The first issue of the case is whether Harry Hepburn‚ the president of Southern California Division of Robinson Brothers Homes should make the projection on the specific project more optimistic or not. By making the revenue forecasts more optimistic‚ the most likely outcome is that the project will be undertaken and his team of employees will keep their position. Otherwise‚ at the current estimated return projections‚ the project is expected to be declined‚ and Harry’s team
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