Introduction Tennessee Sunshine Inc. is a mid-sized Tennessee company that specializes in creating exotic sauces from imported fruits and vegetables. The CEO Bill Stooksbury saw the pressing need to institute an enterprise risk management program in the company and has asked the firm’s financial analyst to prepare a report to brief the firm’s executives on this topic. In this case study‚ the concepts of enterprise risk management‚ the various components of an ERM framework‚ the reasons risk manage
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Research Unit Education and Inequality: The South African Case by Nicola Branson‚ Julia Garlick‚ David Lam and Murray Leibbrandt Working Paper Series Number 75 About the Author(s) and Acknowledgments Nicola Branson is a senior researcher at the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU). Julia Garlick is a graduate student in Economics at Yale University. David Lam is Professor of Economics and Research Professor in the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan. Murray
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To: Cost4Life Inc. From: Mr. Pat Brown Subject: Strategic Recommendations for the cost saving and revenue generation during upcoming industry downturn. Date: 21st January 2014 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Identification of Issues 3 Major Strategic Issue 3 Identification and Prioritization of Issues and Alternatives 4 Alternative 1: Divesting the Fraser dry dock 4 Alternative 2: Targeting more profitable market segment 4 Alternative 3: Register
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The case about misappropriation of a trade secret that I researched is Best Buy Co. v. TechForward Inc. What happened was that Los Angeles-based TechForward sued Best Buy for misappropriating an original TechForward trade secret for the Best Buy “Guaranteed Buyback Program” (Star Tribune). The issue with the lawsuit involves what TechForward’s business does for its consumers. What they do (a much smaller business than Best Buy Co.) is calculate the buyback value of various consumer products such
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2008 → John Dragasevich (president)‚ small water filtration company based out of Toronto‚ Ontario‚ considering expansion‚ increasingly strict regulations on wastewater management implemented by government‚ invest in new technology (membrane biological reactors)? Industry: → increased demand for water and water treatment‚ trend expected to continue → market projections reaching $348 billion → demand growing for safe drinking water in developing countries → sustainability challenges and advancements
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Company Introduction NetApp‚ in the past called Network Appliance‚ Inc.‚ is a company founded 24 years ago in 1992 by David Hitz‚ James Lau and Michael Malcolm headquartered in Sunnyvale‚ California‚ USA‚ which has over 12.000 employees worldwide and 150 offices around the world. NetApp is one of the companies that work on providing computer storage and data management solutions to make things easier for their customers. (NetApp‚ 2016) NetApp storage systems are hardware and software based data storage
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Textron Inc. Brief and explanation: In 1984‚ appellant Elaine Tennimon‚ as personal representative of decedent’s estate filed suit for wrongful death against appellee helicopter manufacturer. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of appellee helicopter manufacturer on the ground that appellant’s wrongful death suit was barred by the statute of limitations. Appellant‚ Elaine Tennimon appeals the district courts grant of summary judgment in favor of Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. Facts:
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CASE: DOUGLAS ELECTRICAL INC Summary: Jim Essinger is a management consultant and training specialist from St. Louis who specializes in continuous process improvement and total quality management. Each month‚ he goes to Springfield‚ Illinois and provides three days of training to employees of a privately owned electrical wholesaler-distributor‚ Douglas Electrical Supply Inc. One of the attendee is Tony‚ from Quincy branch. Based on Jim and Tony’s conversation‚ Tony seem to be confused
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This case is about an individual named Alex Sander‚ who is 32 years old and a MBA graduate from MIT‚ is a new product manager in the toiletries division for Landon Care Products Inc. Alex is hard working yet narcissist and strives to be flawlessness in his job not understanding that everybody’s ability towards work is different. Alex may be an exceedingly gifted individual‚ a quick learner‚ has entrepreneurial talent with wide market and product knowledge‚ may be self-confident‚ and self-driven.
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Toucon is currently in a position of being pushed out of the marketplace if the company does not begin to compete more aggressively. Originally‚ the company was considered a reputable marketplace leader in the jewelry and pottery industry for South American- and African-style artifacts. The company has currently identified eleven major competitors while a decade ago there were only 5. Due to the uniqueness of Toucon’s products‚ the company faces several obstacles in obtaining authentic jewelry and
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