lead to impulsive and often unpredictable behavior on the part of the hostage taker. It is sometimes impossible for negotiators to anticipate possible outcomes and complications that could arise from these incidents. Negotiators use a wide variety of tools‚ information‚ and strategies to try and resolve whatever grievances and demands the perpetrator is exhibiting. The main focus on the part of the negotiator is to keep the hostage alive‚ then try to negotiate a surrender. There is a considerable risk
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10/24/2014 American Tool Works Case American Tool Works Case GOAL: Increase ATW’s sales in small and midsize dealers BACKGROUND: American Tool Works want to compete with other competitors in small and midsize dealers in order to increase their sales and market share. CURRENT CONDITION: * Large distributors have a vendor-managed inventory (VMI) agreement with ATW‚ not with midsize and small distributors * Distributors not only sales ATW products but also ATW’s competitor product * Space is limited
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The Standard Oil Company of California(Socal) is trying to determine how much to bid on the Gulf Oil Corporation. George Keller‚ the CEO of Socal‚ would need to borrow 14 billion dollars in order to make a substantial bid. While banks are willing to lend the money because of Socal’s low to debt ratio‚ the loan would put the company in a highly leveraged position. In order to alleviate that debt‚ some of Gulf’s assets could be sold. Keller has to consider the value of Gulf’s exploration and development
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To what extent did Japanese nationalism lead to the bombing of Pearl Harbour in 1941? Japanese nationalism had a significant impact in the decision to bomb Pearl Harbour in 1941‚ due to the tensions it caused towards the U.S. However‚ this was not only the contributing factor‚ others including American actions which restricted and aggravated Japan and Japanese foreign relations and policies all contributed to the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbour. At the turn of the 20th Century Japan was beginning
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Facts * This negotiation was an important one from a career point of view as it involves a salary negotiation for an existing job. I have never been in a situation where I have actually negotiated a salary for a person working under me‚ so it was a good experience for me. I was playing the role of Pat Lynch‚ V.P. of marketing for Rapid Leatherhead Goods Company. There are 4 main product lines which comprise the major portion of the company’s online sales. A new director for marketing was hired
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Case study for seminar work -Pacific Sunwear of California‚ Inc. 1. Discuss the different types of control that SOX implies for PacSun; what action‚ results‚ personnel and cultural controls are used? Action control: Section 302 of SOX required both the company’s CEO and CFO to personally certify the “appropriateness of the financial statements and disclosures contained in the periodic report”. PacSun top management required their subordinates to share the certification responsibility. Through
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is address the issue of turnaround time in contract negotiations. We will present recommendations on how to streamline the contract negotiation process by implementing a change in the current process and creating a standard contract. Background Liferay‚ Inc. is a software and service oriented company who has an open-sourced product. It was founded in 2004 in response to growing demand for Liferay Portal‚ the market’s leading independent portal product that was garnering
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Pacific Healthcare According to Burt‚ "Pacific Healthcare and its subsidiaries with Pacific Cabrillo‚ Pacific Memorial‚ and Pacific Isla Vista‚ is the biggest healthcare provider in the Santa Barbara County with over 1‚500 beds"( Supply management). Barney Rubble is the director of supply management for Pacific Healthcare and the director of radiology. For the past 15 years‚ Mr. Howell handle all the X-ray films for Pacific Healthcare. He decline the use of any other provider but Kodak because
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Cosmetics With low-barriers to entry‚ the competitive business environment of the cosmetics industry requires companies to secure stable sales channels‚ and make great marketing efforts to differentiate its products. However‚ the cosmetics industry is closely related to the fashion industry which is constantly changing and offer potential growth opportunities. Consequently‚ cosmetic products typically have short product life-cycles because which require mass-customization capabilities and production
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A Scandinavian Case 1. Why did Conquip send an RFQ with a 10 percent price-reduction requirement rather than calling de Winter in for a negotiation? Is there any downside to having run the negotiation this way? Conquip sent the RFQ possibly attempting to anchor the negotiation and to prove its strong position towards the negotiation. This strategy is risky and could be harmful if the other party doesn’t have this value between its reservation and target price‚ thus‚ if this value is out of
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