Harvard Business School 9-598-021 Rev. February 9‚ 1998. WESCO Distribution‚ Inc. Late in June 1997‚ Jim Piraino‚ VP marketing for WESCO Distribution‚ Inc. (see Exhibit 1)‚ was preparing for a yearly review meeting with his CEO Roy Haley. At the top of the agenda was the performance of the National Accounts (NA) program during the first half of 1997 (see Exhibit 2). Haley had ambitious plans for WESCO over the next five years. He had charted out a course that called for an annual growth rate
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MATTEL: CRISIS MANAGEMENT or MANAGEMENT CRISIS Introduction In late 2006 and early 2007 a number of imports from China were found to pose health risks. In the most serious case the deaths of 200 people in Haiti and Panama were linked to syrup from China containing the chemical diethylene glycol used in antifreeze‚ British Airways withdrew Chinese toothpaste from its in-flight pouches for the same reason. Large quantities of imported dog food were found to contain the chemical melamine‚ resulting
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Law Environment and Development Journal LEAD THE BLUE LADY CASE AND THE INTERNATIONAL ISSUE OF SHIP DISMANTLING Florent Pelsy COMMENT VOLUME 4/2 LEAD Journal (Law‚ Environment and Development Journal) is a peer-reviewed academic publication based in New Delhi and London and jointly managed by the School of Law‚ School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) - University of London and the International Environmental Law Research Centre (IELRC). LEAD is published at www
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store and not with his mother is still unknown and can’t be said in this report due to rumour. In another part of Liverpool near to the New Strand shopping centre‚ two ten year old were seen by several eye witnesses stealing paint‚ a troll doll‚ batteries and a can of paint from different stores in the area. The two boys took the short walk to the New Strand Shopping Centre‚ they were spotted by eye witnesses looking at children that they could use as targets. At 3:40pm‚ Denise Bulger (Jamie’s mother
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Case Summary: Mattel‚ Inc has the vision of being the world’s premier toy brand‚ for the present and the future. It currently sells products in over 150 nations. The company was founded in 1945 by Harold Matson and Elliot Handler. It has gone to be 30‚000 employees strong working in 43 countries. Mattel‚ Inc includes a number of toy brands such as Barbie‚ Fisher Price‚ Hot Wheels‚ American Girl‚ Tyco‚ and others. In 2008‚ the company was recognized by FORTUNE magazine as one of the “100 Best
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Pasha Ghaemi MKTG 4850-001 Practice Case: Janmar Coatings‚ Inc. 21:03:38 I. Central Problem: Fundamentally‚ Janmar Coatings‚ Inc. faces two concurrent issues that pose threats to their current and future sales. The main issues that must be addressed by Janmar Coatings are how to maintain and/or increase sales in an estimated maturing market while also facing a highly saturated market of competition. Furthermore‚ Janmar Coatings products are being sold to respectively‚ two differentiated customer
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Cash Flows at Amazon.com Abstract: This instructional case illustrates how Amazon.com’s strategy has evolved over time and how these characteristics are reflected in the financial statements. A particular emphasis is placed on the cash flow statement. Students evaluate the cash flow statement and examine its articulation with the other financial statements. Students create a direct method cash flow statement in the year of Amazon.com’s initial public offering using the information available
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Jones Blair Case Analysis Executive Summary: Jones-Blair needs to increase their sales while keeping their margins consistent with limited resources on advertising and sales promotion. With the four different alternatives present‚ the chosen alternative is to hire another sales representative rather than cut prices by 20%‚ increase advertising to $350‚000‚ or keeping everything the same. WIth the additional sales force‚ JB should set forth their focus on the non-DFW household market. Problem
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• Compare the two cases in terms of methods‚ costs (if applicable)‚ and effectiveness of the outcomes (3 points). Both cases are a form of an alert identification subsystem belonging to the parent HELP System. Furthermore‚ both cases did not explicitly state vocabulary and ontology used. However‚ I can infer based on my knowledge in the field now that diseases‚ diagnoses‚ laboratory and procedures follow ICD 10‚ SNOMED‚ LOINC and CPT ontology for coding and that interoperability is achieved by
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There have been a number of cases of feral children raised in social isolation with little or no human contact. Few have captured public and scientific attention like that of young girl called Genie. The girl was given the name Genie in her case files to protect her identity and privacy. "The case name is Genie. This is not the person’s real name.She spent almost her entire childhood locked in a bedroom‚ isolated and abused for over a decade. Genie’s case was one of the first to put the critical
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