Name: Aadarsh Raju Date: May 12‚ 2011 BBVA BANK (A): Innovation Initiatives 2003-2008 This case shows how a large corporation can appreciate innovation as their new organizational culture. For a bank that based its expansions on geographical spread‚ mergers & acquisitions & revenue growth‚ to change to a culture based on innovation is not an easy task but is a step in the right direction. However‚ with the advent of the financial crisis in 2008‚ consumers have lost faith in financial
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Executive Summary Over the past few years‚ Tri-Cities Community Bank (TCCB) has had strong financial success. To continue along the path of success‚ a new performance measurement system which directs decision-makers toward long-term value-creating activities is to be discussed at the next annual strategic direction meeting. The new performance measurement system consists of using a Balanced Scorecard to improve the financial performance of TCCB along with other helpful tools such as a Cause-and-Effect
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Xuan Thay National Park (XTNP) became the first Ramsar site in the South East Asia in 1989‚ and the core zone of the Red River Biosphere Reserve in 2004. These titles designated for XTNP emphasized its importance at the international level as a habitat for rare migratory birds‚ as well as a coastal ecosystem with high biodiversity for conservation that creates livelihoods for thousands of local people. The aquatic biodiversity of this wetland ecosystem provides food and livelihood for local
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3. Tankwa Karoo National Park (Northern Cape) In 1986 the Tankwa Karoo National Park (TKNP)‚ situated within the Succulent Karoo‚ was acknowledged as a national park (Bester et al.‚ 2012; Rubin‚ 1998; Van der Merwe et al.‚ 2015). It is therefore seen as a youngster amongst South Africa’s other National Parks (Bester et al.‚ 2012). The vision of the TKNP is to “endeavour towards the conservation of the TKNP through the integrated‚ effective and adaptive management of ecological systems‚ cultural heritage
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The national food stamp program called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides recipients cash and food benefits. The United States Government Accountability Office (2014‚ pg. 2) reported that in fiscal year 2013‚ SNAP‚ the nation’s largest nutrition support program‚ provided about 47 million people with $76 billion in benefits. The TANF and SNAP program is designed to prevent pregnancies and encourage two parent households. Floyd
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Tri-Cities Bank MEMORANDUM TO: Tri-Cities Bank; Board of Directors FROM: Chris Billings; SD President DATE: April 11‚ 2013 SUBJECT: BSC Performance Measurement I have proposed a plan to get what’s best out of our wonderful employees and make Tri-Cities Bank the most desirable bank to host customer’s deposits. It will increase financial performance from the bottom‚ up. The program is called the Balanced Scorecard (BSC). It works by using four business perspectives and lead/lag indicators
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Deutsche Bank and the Road to Basel III Deutsche Bank made its entrance into the world in 1870 and it was one of the first banks to adopt universal banking as it promoted and facilitated trade relations between Germany and other overseas markets. Deutsche Bank acquired smaller banks in Germany in order to be the most prominent bank in their home base in addition to having a global reach. Following World War I‚ inflation took over Germany causing many borrowers to default on their loans forcing the
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consumption will grow significantly over the next two decades. In order to improve the balance of trade and make us less dependent on foreign countries for our oil‚ new domestic supplies of oil and gas are needed to be explored and produced. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge‚ located in the northeast corner of Alaska is considered for oil and gas development since it potentially holds billions of barrels of recoverable oil and trillions of cubic feet of recoverable gas. Oil companies and supporters are
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Executive Summary Commerce Bank has been a pioneer in the banking industry by returning to customer service. This has driven customers to the bank‚ but in order to stay ahead on the curve they want to move away from the model that has worked for them. An analysis was performed regarding whether their new concept of “retailtainment”‚ entertaining customers throughout the banking service process‚ would be beneficial or not. After thorough consideration‚ it was determined that “retailtainment”
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[pic] UNITY BANK: REALIZING VALUE FROM AN M&A INTEGRATION EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Founded in 1982 in South Africa‚ Unity Bank was one of the few providers of global shareholder and employee management services and other value added services. Unity held more than 60 million accounts for over 10‚000 corporations across twelve countries and five continents‚ employing 8000 people worldwide and a market capitalization of $2 billion. The M&A integration of Delta with Unity Bank in itself was a great
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