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HKU575 ALI FARHOOMAND DELL: OVERCOMING ROADBLOCKS TO GROWTH You don’t get a big result if you don’t challenge people with big goals. - Kevin Rollins‚ president and CEO‚ Dell1 In spring 2005‚ Dell‚ Inc. (“Dell”)‚ the world’s largest personal computer (PC) maker‚ announced a new goal: to reach US$80 billion in annual sales by 2009. The goal was fairly ambitious for Dell‚ which at the time had revenues of about US$49 billion.2 In an effort to meet its goals‚ Dell had woven together a broad
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American Home Products Corporation1. CASE SUMMARYAHP Chief Executive"I just don ’t like to owe money"‚ said William F. Laporte‚ AHP chief executive‚ when asked about his company ’s almost debt-free balance sheet and growing cash reserves. Mr. Laporte had taken over as chief executive of American Home Products in 1964. Throughout 17 subsequent years of his tenure Mr. Laporte has not changed his opinion of debt financing and AHP ’s abstinence from debt continued‚ while the growth in its cash balance
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The high technology level connected to the new tool requires that the company is able to adapt to changes within the process. Takata Corporation has always been a company that has tried to be flexible over time it has developed security tools in step with the times. (Takata‚ 2015) However‚ it is necessary that the process will be able to include a more sophisticated level of technology. It also need a quickly understanding of car databases and also the need to adapt the process to the police system
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Sony Corporation Time Context: End of the fiscal year in March 2000 Viewpoint: Marketing Analyst Facts: March‚ 2000 - Sony Corporation began to redesign itself as a forward-looking company in the network era of the 21st century. Consolidated net sales in the given fiscal year: 6‚687 billion yen Operating income: 241 billion yen Sony’s market capitalization: 9.1 trillion yen 4th among the Japanese companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as of May 18 2001 (Top 3 companies- NTT Docomo‚
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Fluor Corporation (NYSE: LFR) - a publically traded company on the New York Stock exchange‚ founded in 1912. The company offers many services as a part of its five segments business: oil & gas‚ industrial & infrastructure‚ government‚ global services‚ and power subsidiaries. Fluor Corporation provides engineering‚ procurement‚ construction‚ fabrication and modularization‚ commissioning and maintenance‚ and project management services worldwide. The business operates in the United States and Canada
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4. Responsibility of Corporations: Rationale‚ source and limits Whether there is social responsibility or obligation proper to speak of towards corporations is a topic of debate. However‚ the suspicious perception of business personnel towards CSR is understandable‚ essentially because the policy choices and actions of government may directly impact their operations‚ with a spillover effect on their responsibility to their stakeholders especially their employees and customers. a. Theoretical
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Matching Dell Case Analysis a. How and why the PC industry has such a low average profitability? The PC industry has started to develop fast in the 80’s when IBM launched its first PC series and later on when numerous small companies entered the market. PC is a new product and companies had to create the demand to it from the scratch. We shall apply the Porter’s 5 Forces model to examine the PC market and see how forces of competition influence the profitability of the market players. Entrance
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Findings Dell started out as a direct seller‚ first using a mail-order system‚ and then taking advantage of the internet to develop an online sales platform. Well before use of the internet went mainstream Dell had begun integrating online order status updates and technical support into their customer-facing operations. By 1997‚ Dell’s internet sales had reached an average of $4 million per day. While most other PCs were sold preconfigured and pre-assembled in retail stores‚ Dell offered superior
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Case Cerberus Corporation This case illustrates the conflict that can arise between a project team and its stakeholders. 1. If you were Steele‚ what would you do? Some students may feel that Susan Steele should stand her ground and attempt to convince Jon Wood to change his mind. However‚ this is an emotionally charged situation‚ on the verge of turning into a shouting match. Susan needs to acknowledge Jon’s concerns about money and restore civility if she has any hope of depolarizing the situation
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