Situation Analysis Introduction This case study is concerned with HTC Corporation‚ an international Smartphone and technology manufacturer. Though HTC is a recent player in the technology market‚ its ability to produce highly technical and innovative solutions to real world technology problems‚ primarily through the design and introduction of the Smartphone‚ has made the company a global leader in the Smartphone market. Problematically‚ the highly volatile nature of this market has seen HTC’s
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Chevron Corporation What began as the Pacific Coast Oil Company on September 10‚ 1879 in San Francisco transformed into what is now Chevron Corporation‚ recently ranked 8th among the world’s top oil companies by Petroleum Intelligence Weekly in 2011‚ second among US oil companies behind ExxonMobil. The company has a market capitalization of over $204.9 billion. They have expanded into essentially every area of the energy industry‚ including exploring for‚ producing‚ and transporting crude oil and
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strategy of producing low cost and high quality products. It had embarked on a program of acquisitions to meets its aggressive goals of growing sales 15% annually. It had acquired only financially successful companies. But in 1979‚ it acquired Skil Corporation‚ a financially mediocre performing company for $58 million. Skil was a leading manufacturer of portable power tools serving the professional and consumer markets‚ the circular saw being the strongest and best seller amongst those tools‚ which it
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Appex Corporation Overview In 1988 Appex Corporation was a relatively small entrepreneurial company‚ with loose structure and started to lose money. As a result‚ Appex has spent the last 3 years developing and trying out new organizational structures as it changes from a small organization of only 25 employees to a large one which is estimated to be growing by 50% every six months. In order to do this they have recruited Shikhar Ghosh to the position of COO with the promise of the CEO position
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Bose Case- Supplier Relationship Management Bose Corporation‚ created by Amar Bose and Sherwin Greenblatt is a successful high-fidelity sound corporation‚ which competes on quality. Their motto and mission both represent their focus on quality by stating‚ “Better Sound Through Research‚” and “providing outstanding sound experience to everyone in the whole world.” By 1990‚ Bose was a $720 million company and still committed to their quality of speakers and sound equipment. The production process
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Organizations are increasingly becoming dynamic and unstable. Teamwork is an essential component in achieving high reliability particularly in healthcare organizations. A team consists of two or more individuals‚ who have specific roles‚ performs interdependent tasks‚ are adaptable and share a common goal. To work effectively together‚ team members must possess specific knowledge‚ skills and attitudes‚ such as the skills in monitoring each other’s performance‚ knowledge of their own and teammate’s
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Rubatex Corporation‚ which manufactures rubber and foam for a variety of products‚ is having lots of problems‚ particularly at their Bedford plant. Although the sales have increased‚ the net profits have decreased. American Industrial Partners (API)‚ who purchased Rubatex‚ is demanding aggressive action to be taken to reduce the losses incurred. The working conditions at the Bedford plant are abysmal. The plant is hot‚ dirty and not air-conditioned. The equipment is old and outdated. The work in
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ways to produce a specific product do so in abundance and share it through global trade with the world‚ rather than it be extremely difficult and costly for a single state to do it alone. Through foreign direct investment‚ multinational corporations are able to invest in other countries by establishing their own facilities in foreign territories. This is the base of globalization. Through FDI and MNCs companies are locating closer to customers and introducing themselves in the same area as
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Problem Statement Zoecon Corporation sells a variety of animal-health-related and pest-control products. With a strong growth rate of 10% annually‚ Zoecon enjoys a 25% before-tax profit without a clear threat of declining demand. However‚ while the company’s trade relations with pest control operators (PCOs)‚ veterinary clinics‚ and pet stores‚ stay strong; the company has found the profit from its consumer-market sector lacking. In an attempt to conquer the consumer market‚ some of Zoecon’s top
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CASE STUDY: PolyMedica Corporation (A) Northwood University DeVos Graduate School of Management September 17‚ 2012 PROBLEM STATEMENT PolyMedica’s method of capitalizing direct-response advertising expenditures rather than expensing the cost is under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and has caused concern for investors who are questioning the legitimacy of this practice. ANALYSIS
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