Team Project #1 Home Depot‚ Inc. in the New Millennium (HBS 9-101-117) Question 1. Assess Home Depot’s financial performance from 1986 to 1999. What explains the decline in performance in 2000? (See Question #1 Exhibit) The slowing economy in 2000 combined with Home Depot’s aggressive expansion efforts was the reason for Home Depot’s poor financial performance. Between June 1999 and May 2000‚ the FED had raised interest rates six times – or a total of 1.75 percentage points – in an effort
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Floating Market - Damnoen Saduak One of the must-see one-day trips is The Damnoen Saduak Floating Market at Ratchaburi Province‚ about 110 km to the west of Bangkok. This is one of the most popular and most photographed destinations in Thailand. Damnoen Saduak Floating Market is the largest of its kind‚ attracting a large number of tourists each day. You will be impressed with the lively and colorful images of boat vendors trading their agricultural products‚ the most fascinating scene you will
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Time Frame: 1984 Perspective: As a consultant Statement of the Problem: • Union strike at Alabang and Cabuyao Plants of Filipro Inc. because of unfair labor practices. Objectives: • To solve the problem between the management and the employees of the Filipro Inc. Areas of considiration SWOT Analysis: Strength • Products are in demand in the market. • Stable and profitable organization. Weakness • Unfair
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Motorola Inc. Questions: 1. What are the key success factors for Motorola’s ASIC division? * The opening of a new production facility in Chandler was an opportunity for them to make changes within the division. * New plant floor layout that was designed for a JIT philosophy. * Products were able to move from cell to cell instead across large distances on the production floor. * The fast turnaround time for new IC’s which allowed items to be shipped within 3 weeks from the time
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Juan Carlos Quintas Instructor: Mr. Hicks Smart Home Juan Carlos Quintas Instructor: Mr. Hicks Smart Home Michelle Kaufmann is an architect‚ designer and advocate for smarter ways to design‚ build and live. Her firm‚ Michelle Kaufmann Studio‚ specializes in sustainable lifestyle design including single-family homes‚ eco-luxury resorts and multi-family communities. Her goal is to make it easier for people to build green and live a more sustainable lifestyle. She also shares this vision in
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If you were starting over in an empty house without any of your accumulated belongings‚ what would you need to make it feel like home? That’s the question four of us‚ longtime good friends‚ were discussing over a cup of tea. And the question continued nonstop in my thoughts after our tea-drinking stopped and I went home. Understand – my home is my joy‚ my hobby‚ my comfort. I love the antique clock on the mantel‚ the family photographs that make me smile‚ our wedding-gift silver that can turn
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Home-schooling: Cons to the Home-schooling Debate While home-schooling can do a great deal of good‚ there are also a number of disadvantages. First‚ there are the time restraints. Whether you work‚ are a single parent or simply choose a time-intensive schooling method‚ there is a great deal of factors limiting the time available for home-schooling. Financial restrains are another concern‚ as a source of income is often lost when the decision is made to home-school. The closeness of home-schooling
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‘Home schooling is better for children than mainstream education’ – AGAINST To begin for our motion‚ as the opposition‚ I believe it is necessary to propose the following problems with Home Schooling for pupils. I would first like to begin with briefly addressing the advantages of home schooling. Home school education is good for the child‚ as there is no one to distract
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College Inc In Response: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/collegeinc/view/ This film focuses on the ethics of for profit educational institutions. With most of the coverage revolving around what critics characterize as the unethical and disloyal failure to inform students of the huge debt burden they will incur. Also the low graduation and retention rates to which they may fall victim‚ and the struggle they will likely face to obtain employment after graduation. The Huffington Post
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illegally copied and redistributed. Digital watermarking is a promising technology that can provide lifetime protection by adding any traces of piracy to the content. Watermarks can represent information‚ such as the ID of the recipient and the time and place of delivery‚ which are transparently embedded into the content‚ by slightly changing the pixel values of the video frame‚ for example. This information can later be extracted from an unauthorized copy to identify the source of the leak. Unfortunately
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