Phillips 66 Since reporting its latest results on January 29 this year‚ shares of Phillips 66 have rallied 7%. In fact‚ its shares are up approximately 5% since year-to-date‚ due to persistent low oil price that kept improving refining margins for midstream & downstream companies. Last year‚ the crack spreads (profit from a barrel of oil) were strong except in the fourth-quarter that witnessed larger inventory builds. This is due to the fact that the steep decline in the crude oil price had a negative
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Marvel Enterprises‚ Inc. 1. In your view‚ what strategic direction should Marvel Enterprises’ Vice Chairman Peter Cuneo and his colleagues pursue? Why? How? I think that Cuneo and his colleagues should put their focus on characters less-known by the general public. I think they should try to incorporate them with larger characters to draw interest to them‚ similar to how the newest Dark Knight movie ended with Robin. Once they have a basis of characters then they could focus on more
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Brian Rivera February 13‚ 2012 BMGT 364 Why does the Varsity team lose to the JV team? There were many reasons why the Varsity team began losing to the JV team. It initially started when Coach P. finalized the teams‚ and soon raced against one another. In their first exhibition run‚ as expected the Varsity prevailed‚ but there were a few members of the varsity team that were not satisfied with the win. Rather than brainstorming ways they could do to improve as team‚ they were very egotistic
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Case 10-2: Philip Morris International Background Philip Morris International is the leading international tobacco company. PMI owns a total of 56 manufacturing sites‚ over 78‚000 employees around the world‚ and product availability over 180 countries. PMI holds an estimated of 28.1% international market shares‚ where US and China accounts for 12.1% of their total market shares. They are the largest company in 13 markets. They are the current owner of top international tobacco brands around
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Case summary Apple Inc. in 2012 Apple and its History Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple in California in 1976. Their mission was to introduce an easy to use computer to market‚ which led to a computing revolution and quickly became the industry leader by selling more than 100‚000 Apple IIs in 1980. After IBM entered PC market‚ IBM PCs‚ which used Microsoft’s DOS (OS)‚ gained more market share and became the new standard for the PC industry. At the same time‚ Apple introduced the
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Google Case What were the key factors behind Google’s early success? The main key factor for Google’s early success was the creation of PageRank algorithm. Stanford graduate students Sergey Brin and Larry Page transformed the spam problem of all search engines into an opportunity by creating an algorithm that favored pages that were referenced by other pages rather than simply counting key words. The page’s importance was determined by counting its inbound links‚ weighting the links more heavily
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Sephora Direct: Investing in Social Media‚ Video‚ and Mobile Summary The company Sephora since 2008 through the creation of a new group has moved into direct marketing and digital initiatives‚ namely in the social networking world‚ initially through Facebook. Entering a new world where there are no clear rules or similar experience to help you make the best decisions in this area has been a real challenge. After more than two years in this new digital environment‚ Sephora are conducting the
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Ducati is looking to continue to drive growth by taking market share from current competitor Harley Davison. The firm plans to attack the market niche of Harley Davison with the Ducati interpretation of its cruiser. This is a misguided way to drive sustainable growth in the long term. Harley Davison is a major American motorcycle manufacturer‚ and dominated the U.S. heavy weight motorcycle market. In 2000m Harley produced 204‚500 motorcycles a 15.5% increases over 1999. Relative to other major
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Wendell Phillips was born in Boston on 29th November‚ 1811. Educated at the Harvard Law School‚ he open a law office in Boston in 1834. Phillips was converted to the abolition of slavery cause when he heard William Lloyd Garrison speak at the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society in 1835. Phillips was particularly impressed by the bravery of these people and during the meeting a white mob attempted to lynch Garrison. Phillips was so outraged by what he saw that he decided to give up law and devote
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Joseph Taj Ahn Nyguyen J Yu Fin 423 Haddad Nov 18‚ 2014 Philip Morris Inc.: Seven Up Acquisition (A) This case discusses Philip Morris Inc. intentions to acquire the Seven-up Company in an effort to diversify their consumer goods. The decision has already been made‚ however they must decide on an offer price to buy out the company. This report will discuss PM’s acquisition strategy and its appropriateness‚ along with whether or not 7up fits the criteria of PM’s strategy. The report will further
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