Case 4: Progressive Corporation 1. How has Progressive’s strategy evolved over time? Is it sustainable? Answer: Progressive began in 1937 by Joseph Lewis and Jack Green‚ and over the years‚ it became the number three player in the US private passenger auto insurance industry through competitive pricing and by continuously improving our products and services. Progressive’s customer value proposition was “Fast‚ Fair Better”. The Progressive was constantly looking for ways to provide insurance to
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Statewide Development Corporation has built a very large apartment complex in Gainesville‚ FL. As part of the student-oriented marketing strategy that has been developed‚ it is stated that if any problems with plumbing or air conditioning are experienced‚ a maintenance person will begin working on the problem within one hour. If a tenant must wait more than one hour for the repairperson to arrive‚ a $10 deduction from the monthly rent will be made for each additional hour of time waiting. An answering
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locations world wide * Strong R&D orientation helped grow the Special and Niche categories * Strong operational efficiencies as sales growth is increasing with declining costs of sales Weaknesses: * Maturity of focused segment (OEM) has gradually resulted in low sales performance * IBD sales model was highly product/division centric lacking customer specialization * Emotional and cultural disconnection to the 3M brand and lack of unity between business managers and frontline
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a multinational corporation engaged in the business of global document-processing and financial services markets. The document processing product line included the manufacture‚ development‚ and marketing of copiers and duplicators‚ facsimile products‚ scanners‚ and other related equipment in over 130 countries. Meanwhile‚ its financial services operations included insurance‚ equipment financing‚ investments‚ and investment banking. Since it was founded in 1906‚ the company has a number of success
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Corporate Finance and Liability Note: Focus in this tutorial is on corporate contracting Problem Set 12: Read Chapter 23. 1. FWPL has traditionally transported its wine using a fleet of trucks that it owns. It is considering selling the fleet of trucks‚ which should sell for approximately $3 million. FWPL’s Board of Directors has not yet made a final decision to sell the trucks. Would a contract of sale be enforceable by the purchaser if the contract was executed: (a) By being
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Cerner is an international healthcare information technology corporation specializing in providing complete systems for hospitals and other medical organizations to manage and integrate all electronic medical records‚ computerized physician order entry‚ and financial information. Cerner is based out of Kansas City‚ MO and was founded in 1979 and was originally named PGI & Associates. It was renamed Cerner in 1984 when it rolled out its first system‚ PathNet. The company went public in 1986‚ and today
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commonly referred to as Sony‚ is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Kōnan Minato‚ Tokyo‚ Japan. Its diversified business is primarily focused on the electronics‚ game‚ entertainment and financial services sectors. The company is one of the leading manufacturers of electronic products for the consumer and professional markets. Sony is ranked 87th on the 2012 list of Fortune Global 500. Sony Corporation is the electronics business unit and the parent company of the Sony
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Revised April 7‚ 2003 Starbucks Corporation: Competing in a Global Market Starbucks Corporation is a Seattle‚ Washington-based coffee company. It buys‚ roasts‚ and sells whole bean specialty coffees and coffee drinks through an international chain of retail outlets. From its beginnings as a seller of packaged‚ premium specialty coffees‚ Starbucks has evolved into a firm known for its coffeehouses‚ where people can purchase beverages and food items as well as packaged whole bean and ground coffee
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Three Times My Life Has Opened The poem is written in a free verse style meaning‚ there is no rhyme scheme or meter to the poem. It is almost like you are reading different verses. One of the elements of this poem is visual imagery‚ and the reader experiences this when they read lines eight and nine. Hirshfield describes the sight outside her window as “But outside my window all day a maple tree has stepped from her leaves like a woman in love with winter‚ dropping the colored silks” (Hirshfield
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Written Analysis of the Case –WAC Benguet Corporation 1. Statement of the problem The Benguet Corporation refused to submit concentrate samples to the Philippine Associated Smelters and Refining Corporation (PASAR). The Benguet Corporation faces shortage in producing their products and complying its contract to Mitsubishi Metal Corporation and complying the LOI. 2. Analysis of the case Strengths The Benguet Corporation is the major producer of copper concentrates. It was the oldest
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