Resort management analysis: seniors market Accepting the proposition that demography represents our destiny to a large degree‚ the example in Table 1.1 focuses on one factor that is expected to influence resort futures and is susceptible to management influence‚ namely the growing significance of our seniors market. The electronic newsletter Travel Impact Newswire reports on ‘The Impact of Demographic Change’ in one of its issues. One story relates to a Mastercard Insights Report on Japan’s
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53 FAIR PRESENTATION---AN ETHICAL PERSPECTIVE ON FAIR VALUE ACCOUNTING PURSUANT TO THE SEC STUDY ON MARK-TO-MARKET ACCOUNTING Sharon S. Seay‚ Macon State College Wilhelmina H. Ford‚ Macon State College ABSTRACT Fair value accounting has received a significant amount of blame as the cause of the current financial crisis. Fair value accounting does not cause illiquidity or volatility in financial markets. Banks‚ rather than accounting‚ caused the existing crisis‚ ultimately through bad lending
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Overall comments: need to tie narrative to terms/concepts from the book. Should stratify comments into uncontrollable and controllable forces. (like Todd did) Although Blue Ridge Restaurants had success with expansion and joint ventures in Australia‚ the UK‚ France‚ Italy‚ Brazil and Hong Kong through 1987‚ many differing factors were at play when Yannis Costas evaluated the market and strategy for the Spain in the 1ate 1990s. Factors described by D. A. Ball‚ et al‚ 1‚ considered relevant in
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Introduction Blue Ridge Spain is a joint venture established between an American fast food chain and a Spanish agricultural firm‚ Terralumen. Terralumen contributed the most to Delta’s success in foreign markets. After 15 years of a successful joint venture‚ Costas was shocked to find out that new owner‚ Delta‚ wanted to end the partnership despite of the joint venture’s profitability. Issues and Analysis Cultural Issues Cultural differences‚ as related to doing business‚ come into play here
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Fair or Not Fair As once said by Nelson Mandela “A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly‚ knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer‚ and thus emerge stronger. You don’t have that idea when you are arrogant‚ superficial‚ and uninformed.” Only when you meet that criteria can you be considered a good leader‚ however in Sophocles’ book Antigone once a crime has been committed not only is the guilty killer put on trial but whether or not Creon is a good leader is
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Case Study: Imposing Values on Clients Sharon Morrow Argosy University Imposing Values on Clients When Jill expressed her confusion about her sexuality‚ Joe’s body language was a dead give- away that he was judging her. This‚ in itself‚ can add to Jill’s anxiety and depression. Joe should know‚ and understand‚ the ethical guidelines that he is governed by. When he imparted his religious views on Jill’s thoughts and lifestyle‚ he crossed the boundaries of ethical treatment. According
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Statement –While Cedar Fair is steadily growing revenue to the 2013 estimated value of $1.1B‚ their operating profit percentage has ranged from 50% to -17% over the past 5 years and relies heavily on season pass sales and visitors over a limited operating period of 130 days‚ leaving them vulnerable to competitive moves by the market leaders in the Amusement Park Industry. Analysis Plan / Data Used / Key Assumptions – We will use the Porter 5 forces Model for the Cedar Fair and to compare with the
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A. Identify the potential value conflict in the case. State your position on the issue(s) brought up in the case study. What are your values related to this case/patient? Do the patient’s values presented in the case conflict with your own values? State yes or no and support your answer with details and examples on how your values are aligned or in conflict with the patients. In the case of Mrs. Brown‚ I see the potential for conflicting values over various issues‚ such as fidelity‚ sexual orientation
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CASE BLUE RIDGE MANUFACTURING 1. Context and Problem Definition Blue Ridge Manufacturing produces and sells towels for the U.S. ‘sports towel’ market. A ‘sports towel’ is a towel that has the promotion of an event or a logo printed on it. Their most popular use is distribution in connection with major sporting events such as the Super Bowl or the U.S. Open. The firm designs‚ knits‚ prints and embroiders towels in three sizes: regular (18”x18”)‚ hand (12”x20”) and mid-range (15”x24”). Occasionally
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The Man from Snowy River The Man from Snowy River is a film about a man who loses his father‚ as well as his horse to a pack of wild horses. During the course of the film‚ the viewer experiences how the relationship between two of the main characters develops. Jim Craig‚ the main character who loses his horse and Jessica Harrison‚ Jim’s eventual love interest are different‚ but similar as well. Jim is an adventurous cowboy that lives in the mountains of Australia. Jessica is a young woman
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