Chapter 1 PLASTICO‚ Inc. 1. What problems do you see with Stone’s first sales call? Feeling confident without being very well prepared. Running behind schedule & being caught in traffic. Arriving late & expressing her anger instead of apologizing for it. To build rapport she thought it was a good idea to have a little chat about her college‚ then when she realized it took a lot of time she switched back to business. Starting right away to talk about the details & benefits of
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Case Study: Blades‚ Inc – Assessment of Purchasing Power Parity Summary: Blades Inc‚ a US based company that manufactures roller blades‚ is currently importing from and exporting to Thailand. The decision to work with Thailand resulted from the realization that there were little to no foreign or Thai competitors and Thailand’s potential growth as a country was on the rise. As a result Blades entered into an agreement with Entertainment Product‚ a Thai retailer‚ for an annual purchase contract
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The food industry and how food is processed has changed dramatically over the past fifty plus years. The food industry is longer run by farmers. It is now operated more like an industry in a factory setting. Foods like chicken and beef are now produced in massive quantities from enormous assembly lines. The popularity of fast food brought the factory system into the food processing industry. McDonalds was the first restaurant to incorporate this system. Due to the demand for more food‚ the demand
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INTRODUCTION Coach‚ Inc. is a designer‚ producer‚ and marketer of a prestige line of handbags‚ briefcases‚ luggage‚ and accessories. The company made its reputation selling sturdy leather purses in unchanging‚ traditional‚ classic styles‚ and it remains one of the best-known leather brands in the United States and has a growing reputation overseas. In addition to its main product line‚ the company offers Coach brand watches‚ footwear‚ and home and office furniture through agreements with licensing
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PIXONIX INC. - Currency Exposure Answers Question #1 The company Pixonix Inc is based in Canada and its revenues are based in CAD‚ however Pixonix dealt with US firms‚ so a majority of Pixonix’s expenses were paid in US Dollars. Of key interest is the annual payment of US$7.5million at the end of January each year as well as the payments made at the end of June each year (which required the CAD to be converted to USD). Recently the CAD has been appreciating and positively affecting Pixonix’s
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Introduction SecureNet INC‚ a software enterprise that focuses on the e-commerce security‚ is trying to raise a first round of funding in October 2000. The company has been unsuccessful in attracting funding from venture capitalists‚ and raised a small round seeds from local investors in Virginia. In the following two month‚ SecureNet financed a $250‚000 bridge loan from an Angel investor called Trio LLC. Trio has proposed to offer a $ 1.4 million a Series A funding of convertible preferred stock
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Statement of Facts Funtime‚ Inc manufactures videogames machines. Funtime‚ Inc encountered decline in profits as a result of the modernized technology. To offset the decline in profits the management team focused on manufacturing economics and increased production by developing an incentive program for production managers whose contribution allowed for an increase in the amount of units produced and a decrease in its cost. The production management team improved manufacturing by increasing the
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implemented the "cost per intuition scheme". This scheme made money in spite of whether users clicked on it. (7) The management team. Sergey Brin‚ Larry Page‚ and Eric Schmidt were the management trio that brought Google to the forefront of the web search industry. Their keen business sense‚ innovative ideas‚ and engineering and business experience has made Google the powerful company that it is today. 2. Do you expect the search business to become more concentrated (that is‚ dominated by fewer firms)
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BUGusa‚ Inc. **This is just the legal protections for intellectual property portion*** Intellectual Property Protection The US has laws that can help BUGusa protect its intellectual property rights. Intellectual property is an intangible asset including processes unique to a business‚ designs‚ original creations‚ and products. The laws to protect these assets are patents‚ copyrights‚ trademarks‚ and trade secrets. Different types of intellectual property are protected in different ways‚
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DeVry University DeVry University was opened in Chicago by Dr. Herman DeVry in 1931. It was called DeForest Training School to prepare students for technical work in electronics‚ motion pictures‚ radio and later‚ television. It was in Chicago. In the 1940’s during WWII‚ DeVry University was selected by United States to educate Army Air Corps instructors on electronic devices. It was one of the first schools to be approved under the original G.I. Bill. In 1953 DeForest Training School became DeVry
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