Group Case: Jerry Sanders X Cardia Corporation * Jerry sold his company‚ X Cardia Corporation‚ 10 months after founding it with partner‚ Ascher Shmulewitz‚ for 33 million (1997) * Jerry‚ President/CEO‚ started with 180‚000 investment‚ lost half a million before selling company to UroHealth * Built company with assistance from prominent physicians‚ investors‚ professional service firms San Francisco Science * After selling X Cardia‚ Jerry and partners Ascher Shmulewitz and Marguerite
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PESTEL Analysis of Food Souvenir Industry in Macau POLITICAL: Bejing Visa Policy: The GDP of Macau is expected to increase by 30% this year which indicates that the economy is recovering from 2008 recession. That means‚ if the economy keeps its same speed‚ Central govt. might bring some new policy on visa restriction for Chinese visitors similar to that of 2008 & 2007. If the central govt. observes any negative impact of the gaming boom‚ they might tighten the visa policy. International
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Retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson approves of the medicinal use of marijuana‚ and while evangelical Christian actor Kirk Cameron‚ he is afraid that some people may use the plant irresponsibly. Last Tuesday‚ former Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson participated in a Facebook live interactive event in which he and Cameron explained why evangelical Christians should vote in the upcoming election. They also answered a caller’s questions about how believers should react to the push for legalization
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The PESTEL framework examines the six main macro environmental influencing factors of companies: political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological‚ environmental and legal. These influences determine the future success or failure of the corporate strategies. The political influence include the role of the governments; economics embraces the macro economic factors such as growth rate‚ exchange rates and business cycles; the social component stands for changing cultures and demographics; technological influences
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Ben & Jerry’s Homemade‚ Inc.‚ produces super premium ice cream‚ frozen yogurt‚ and ice cream‚ filled with big chunks of cookies and candy. Ben & Jerry’s was founded in May 1978. Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield opened an ice cream shop in Burlington‚ Vermont. In the beginning‚ Ben & Jerry’s store was selling 12 flavors‚ producing with an old-fashioned rock salt ice cream maker and locally made milk and cream. Currently‚ I can say in United States‚ the company is leading the market with their more than
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researches the market entry of the ice cream producer Ben & Jerry’s into the Indonesian market. The report critically researches the market entry of the ice cream producer Ben & Jerry’s into the Indonesian market. The International Expansion of Ben & Jerry’s to Indonesia The International Expansion of Ben & Jerry’s to Indonesia Ben & Jerry’s (Ben & Jerry’s‚ 2012a) Ben & Jerry’s (Ben & Jerry’s‚ 2012a) Table of Contents 1 Executive
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Geert Hofstede defined that culture is "collective programming of the mind distinguishing the members of one group or category of people from another". (HOFSTEDE‚ 2012a) Human culture derives from people’s background‚ education‚ gender and so on. Therefore‚ different people have various cultures. Culture can influence employees’ relationship in workplaces. (HOFSTEDE‚ 2012b) Geert Hofstede studied this question for more than six years‚ and found six groups of national cultural dimensions. The first
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Theoretical Economics Letters‚ 2012‚ 2‚ 109-113 doi:10.4236/tel.2012.21020 Published Online February 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/tel) The Effects of Income Inequality on Education Policy and Economic Growth Katsuyuki Naito‚ Keigo Nishida Graduate School of Economics‚ Kyoto University‚ Kyoto‚ Japan Email: k.naito.71@gmail.com‚ k.nishida@ft7.ecs.kyoto-u.ac.jp Received November 30‚ 2011; revised December 20‚ 2011; accepted December 28‚ 2011 ABSTRACT This paper presents a simple model
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Introduction Ben & Jerry’s is an ice cream brand that started in Vermont in 1979 by Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield. Originally started as a small parlour business‚ it saw steady expansion in its distribution over time. Its acquisition by Unilever in 2000 allowed the brand to undergo worldwide distribution through tapping on the conglomerate’s logistics and distribution expertise. Faced with an ever changing business environment and dynamic consumer preferences‚ Ben & Jerry’s has adopted unique
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creation of a relationship that allows the client to perceive‚ understand‚ and act on the process events that occur within an organization in order to improve the situation as defined by the client (Cummings & Worley‚ pg. 253). In the case involving Ben and Jerry’s a consultant was brought in to work with the founders‚ board of directors‚ managers‚ and employees in order to undertake organizational development and also to bring the people‚ functions‚ aspirations‚ and directions together (Cummings
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