Case study: PETRIE’S ELECTRONICS Jim Watanabe looked around his new office. He couldn’t believe that he was the assistant director of information technology at Petrie’s Electronics‚ his favorite consumer electronics retail store. He always bought his new DVDs and video games for his Xbox 360 at Petrie’s. And now he worked there too. The company had made some smart moves and had done well‚ Jim knew‚ but he also knew that competition was fierce. Petrie’s competitors included big electronics retail
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Team Consultation Case Scenario #1: CPS The team meeting: Your job is to be supportive and reflective as you process the problem and help the worker establish a plan of action. You must reach a consensus about the plan. Follow the 5 steps. A family has just moved into the state and the FBSS worker has been working with this family for 2 months. She has developed close ties with the children and mother. The father has remained aloof. The children have made an outcry of physical abuse‚ the mother
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Introduction to Statistics and Econometrics Case Problem SPECIALTY TOYS Specialty Toys 1. Specialty faces the decision of how many Weather Teddy units to order for the coming holiday season. Members of the management team suggested order quantities of 15000‚ 18000‚ 24000 or 28000 units. The wide range of order quantities suggested indicate considerable disagreement concerning the market potential. The product management team asks you for an analysis of the stock-out probabilities
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UNILEVER IN INDIA: HINDUSTAN LEVER’S PROJECT SHAKTI – MARKETING FMCG TO THE RURAL CONSUMER Team: Can Do! Members: Roman Ivasyshyn Antonina Volkotrub Danylo Hauk CONTENTS Assumptions Current State & Goals Solutions & Recommendations Summary REINDEERS & SLEIGH At first‚ we sought to employ flying reindeers to distribute HLL goods to inaccessible villages with low business potential‚ but were not able to book them due to their tight schedules and decided to stick with a Shakti
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for permission from the teacher in charge of the class. I will be using pseudonyms to replace the children’s names in line with confidentiality procedures. Any information I have gained will be kept for use within my study and not shared with anyone who is not connected with my studies in line with date protection. Children’s profile Child A‚ male - age 7 - Ks2 – with special educational needs. Child B‚ male - age 7 - Ks2 – with special educational needs. Child C‚ male - age 7 - Ks2 – with no special
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What Is Opportunity Recognition? Opportunity recognition is a process used by entrepreneurs. * Opportunity recognition‚ a theory based on entrepreneurship‚ suggests that people use a specific cognitive process to recognize the potential in a new business opportunity. The idea is based on considering past experiences‚ risks and market trends to recognize the potential in and make a decision about a business venture. There are many different theoretical models of opportunity recognition process
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Case III: LATE MOVER ADVANTAGE? Questions 1. Why has the ‘late corner’s strategy’ of Toyota failed in China‚ though it succeeded in India? 2. Why has Toyota failed to capture the Chinese market? Why is it trailing behind its rivals? 1.ans – Toyota failed to get a strong hold in the Chinese market due to poor understanding of the market. The reasons being mainly due to high pricing of the vehicle with which it entered the market in China as Toyota followed the price skimming strategy
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CASE STUDY: THE GENERAL MANAGER I. TIME CONTEXT Acme Kemico‚ a small chemical outfit‚ was established in the early part of 1986. It was started as a single proprietorship selling paints and house sprays. The office set-up was composed of nine persons namely: a General Manager who was also the owner of the company; an Office Manager who served as the recruiting officer‚ accountant and overall supervisor; a lawyer who acted as the company’s legal counsel; five salaried salesmen who are directly under
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2004 What Is a Case Study and What Is It Good for? JOHN GERRING Boston University T his paper aims to clarify the meaning‚ and explain the utility‚ of the case study method‚ a method often practiced but little understood. A “case study‚” I argue‚ is best defined as an intensive study of a single unit with an aim to generalize across a larger set of units. Case studies rely on the same sort of covariational evidence utilized in non-case study research. Thus‚ the case study method is correctly
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I- TITLE THE BIG SQUEEZE ON WORKERS II- SUMMARY Spina says the downturn has force him to work even longer hours than he did during the boom-- about 15% more. The added hustling is one reason his team has racked up revenue gains of 46% this year in an abysmal ad market. “They’re working longer and harder.” says Spina. Although recessions usually bring slides in this efficiency measure‚ the fourth quarters outstanding 5% gain gave more credibility to the idea that technology has made the economy
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