PROBLEM-1 Prof. Hardtack gave four Friday quizzes last semester in his 10 student senior tax accounting class. Find the mean‚ standard deviation and coefficient of variation for each quiz. a) How do these data sets differ in terms of Central Tendency and Dispersion? b) Briefly describe and compare student performance on each quiz. Quiz 60 60 60 60 71 73 74 75 88 99 1 Quiz 65 65 65 65 70 74 79 79 79 79 2 Quiz 66 67 70 71 72 72 74 74 95 99 3 Quiz 10 49 70 80 85 88 90 93 97 98 4 PROBLEM 2 • •
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related diversification and unrelated diversification. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world; they not only sell coffee and coffee beans also sell other drinks‚ salads‚ sandwiches and snacks. Besides they bought the Hear Music Company and develop other business except coffee. Related diversification‚ occurs when a company develops beyond its present product and market whilst remaining in the same area. For example‚ Starbucks Corporation buys roasts whole bean coffees and sells
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1. What factors accounted for Starbucks’ extraordinary success in the early 1990’s? What was so compelling about the Starbucks’ value proposition? What brand image did Starbucks develop during this period? Is the value proposition still valid in 2002? The extraordinary success Starbucks experienced during the early 1990s resulted from Howard Schultz’s passion and vision to create a coffee culture in the United States similar to the coffee culture he experienced while traveling to Italy. Schultz’s
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Introduction The first Starbucks store was set up in 1971 by three individuals who had a common liking for coffee and exotic teas- Jerry Baldwin‚ History teacher Zev Seigel and writer Gordon Bowker. The store was named Starbucks Coffee‚ Tea and Spice in the tourist’s Pikes Place Market in Seattle. However‚ later the name was changed to Starbucks Coffee Company. The logo was designed to be a two tailed mermaid encircled by the store’s name. The name was inspired from the coffee loving character
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Identifying New and Untapped Markets 21 1.0 Executive Summary Starbucks Coffee Company was founded in 1971‚ when it opened its first location in Seattle’s Pike Place Market. Starbucks was named after the first mate in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick and is the world’s leading retailer‚ roaster and brand of specialty coffee with coffeehouses in North America‚ Europe‚ Middle East‚ Latin America and the Pacific Rim. In Canada‚ Starbucks is a major player within the specialty coffee market. The top speciality
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Starbucks Management Management clearly plays one of the biggest roles in how successful a company can and will\be. Starbucks profoundly shows exquisite and powerful connections with their employees and coffee suppliers. Their management skills shadow Mitz Berg’s liaison roles and Katz’s human and conceptual theories by taking it into their own hands to connect and support each supplier. Not only does Starbucks show these great managerial aspects‚ they portray the beauty of an open system and
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History of Starbucks In 1971‚ Starbucks’ opened its first store at Pike Street Market in Seattle‚ by three partners Zev Siegel‚ Jerry Baldwin and Gordon Bowker. Starbucks opened with the intent of being a gourmet coffee bean retailer and coffee equipment seller. The Starbucks name and logo came from two influences; a character named Starbuck in the classic book‚ Moby Dick‚ and a mining camp on the base of Mt. Rainier called Starbo. These two influences were combined to create Starbucks (Wikipedia
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The Leadership Styles of Howard Shultz Led Starbucks Success Howard Schultz is one today’s most influential corporate leaders. Although he no longer holds the Chief Executive Officer position at Starbucks‚ he is responsible for bringing Starbucks where it is today. Leadership is a process whereby an individual‚ in this case Schultz‚ influences others to achieve a common goal. Schultz has influenced a wide range of people from the highly educated and trained executives Orin Smith and Howard Behar
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covering the Starbucks Coffee Company which includes Starbucks Coffee Europe and Starbucks Coffee International. 2. Executive Summary Starbucks is the leader in the coffee retailing market‚ with purchasing and roasting top quality coffee beans. It has created a well respected brand with a dynamic image. The top quality coffee it offers‚ contributes to the “Starbucks Experience” that makes the company differentiating from its competitors. In order to understand the reasons behind Starbucks’ success
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and fall of Starbucks Coffee Company and its relationship to certain microeconomic principles. Thesis: While Starbucks has been an industry leader in the specialty coffee market‚ rapid overexpansion and current economic conditions have caused it to lose its market dominance. Is the company strong enough to recover? I. The origins of Starbucks A. 1971 Beginnings B. Starbucks goes public in 1992 C. Rapid expansion from mid-1990s to mid-2000s II. Starbucks provides microeconomic
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