S G Cowen Case Essays and Term Papers
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Zara Case Memo
To: Zara Management From: Subject: Zara's US Expansion Date: 2001 Background Following is an analysis of Zara's current expansion strategy into the US retail market and recommendations on future tactics to ensure a successful expansion. Zara's expansion strategy thus far has been quite successful; however, with every new store opened, its ability to maintain an efficient centralized production system and a strong, unique culture will be diminished. Analysis Let us first consider Zara's main competitive
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Case Analysis
Introduction The program for change at Acme Minerals has seen mixed success thus far. The Wichita plant changes have proven fairly successful in easing social tensions and increasing productivity. However, the Lubbock plant is not currently achieving the same level of success that was reached during the Wichita project. To fix this problem, it must be recognized that the solutions that were effective locally in Wichita do not necessarily comprise a perfect formula that can
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Historical Research Paper: Oil Spill Case Studies Burmah Agate
Burmah Agate 1979 For my historical research paper I decided to write about a spill called "Burmah Agate". It all began in the quiet morning of November 1, 1979. The Burmah Agate and the Mimosa collided at the entrance to the Galveston Harbor. The affects were absolutely devastating. The Mimosa struck the Burmah Agate on its starboard side, tearing an 8 by 15 foot hole in the hull. Before anyone could even comprehend what had
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Citibank Case Study
1. Are the items assessed in the performance scorecard fair? Do they fit Citibank’s stated goals & culture? Should measures that have “hard” data be treated differently from those that are more subjective? Why or why not? Are the items assessed in the performance scorecard fair? YES, they include important factors to the bank that should be understood by the professional managers and if they know the rules in advance then it is fair. Particularly
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Southwest Airlines Case Study
Situation Analysis Since day one, Southwest Airlines has been able to maintain a winning strategy. Starting with just three aircrafts in the state of Texas, Southwest implemented a low cost, low fare, no frills strategy that proved successful. As they have grown, more plans have been put into practice, such as a widely popular frequent flyer program and their now legendary customer service. These strategies have proved successful, as Southwest is the only airline to
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Sportswear Case Study
Sportswear Case Study Memorandum From: ABC To: XYZ Ltd Subject: Sportswear Case Study Date: October 21, 2007 Introduction The Apparel industry had the high growth in the 1980’s and later in nineties there were many players in the industry which increased the competition. Sportswear Company performs the assembly operations and supplies to the apparel manufacturers. Profits and sales revenue of the company are very high even after facing the recession in the economy. Later it
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Case Analysis of Citigroup
Citigroup Case Analysis The purpose of this paper is to debate the pros and cons of Citigroup’s entry into the Chinese financial market and their ability to adapt to this foreign culture. Team B debated both sides of the case with strong arguments for and against Citigroup’s ability to adapt. The paper will present both sides and conclude with Team B’s final agreement on Citigroup’s success or failure to adapt in the Chinese financial market.
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Daimler Crysler Case Study
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Self-Defense in Criminal Cases
Self-defense in criminal cases. One of the frustrations faced by many businesses is that after the perpetrators of crimes have been identified, the District Attorney's office will not pursue the case. One option is for victims to sue the DA in an attempt to compel him to prosecute, but this would be costly and proving dereliction of duty would be difficult. The DA is effectively immune. Other options are more promising. The law should
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Case 2. Healthy Foods, Inc.
Case 2. Healthy Foods, Inc. Healthy Foods, Inc. situation is a tough one. Profits, along with morale, are down. They have just recently broken off from their parent company and gotten a new president. Some of the policies and business practices they have in place aren’t working for them anymore. Healthy Foods has a line-forcing policy, which requires that any store wanting to carry its brand name must be willing to carry most of the
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Fannie Mae Case
Fannie Mae case. Federal regulators noted a growing string of high profile scandals at major U.S. corporations in recent years. The number of fraud cases investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission jumped 41 percent in the last three years (112 cases in 2001 compare to 79 cases investigated in 1998), resulting in tens of millions of dollars in fines to settle the charges. I have decided to take a closer look at Fannie May.
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Southwest Airlines Case Summary
Southwest Airlines Case Summary Southwest Airlines was originally named Air Southwest. It was started on March 15, 1967, by Rollin King and Herb Kelleher. Southwest Airlines is an American low fare airline based in Dallas, Texas. It is also the largest airline in the United States by number of passengers carried domestically in a year and the third largest airline in the world by number of passengers carried. Southwest is also one the most profitable
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White Castle Case Study
Running Head: WHITE CASTLE CASE STUDY White Castle Case Study Team B MKT 551/Marketing Management University of Phoenix (Online) Bill Copeland December 04, 2006 White Castle Case Study “More than 80 years. More than 380 restaurants. More than 500,000,000 burgers sold last year alone” (White Castle, About Us). This is White Castle’s mantra. Does this mantra mean that White Castle needs no marketing strategies? Of course not. Every company needs marketing strategies, no matter how
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Paul Cronan Case Study
Paul Cronan Case This case involves a corporate response to AIDS in the workplace. The return to work of Paul Cronan, a person with AIDS, after a much publicized law suit, led to a walkout of his coworkers. This case documents the circumstances which preceded the work stoppage. Analyzing this case from Paul Cronan's supervisors point of view there are three main ethical issues to be considered: duty to protect the interests of the company,
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Case Analysis Accor 2007
Introduction The current paper presents the structure, strategy and values according to which Accor has been based upon and tries to find answers to one challenging question about the acquisition of Motel 6: where should Motel 6 fit into Accor’s organization structure? Operating in nearly 100 countries, Accor is the European leader in hotels and global leader in corporate services. The Paris based company, one of the world's largest conglomerates, consists of hotels, restaurants, travel
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Supreme Court Case Miller V. California
Introduction There have been many Supreme Court cases that dealed with many concepts of the law, like obscenity for example. As a matter of fact, obscenity is a concept that Miller v. California deals with. To be more specific, this case deals with what is considered obscene, and if the specific obscenity mentioned in this case is protected by the first amendment, the freedom of speech. I will now explain this case in more
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Frito-Lays Inc Case Study
Frito-Lay Inc. has a very profitable dip product line. This is not only a great deal now, but also has shown tremendous sales growth over the past few years. In 1981 their sales reached 30 million dollars, with the sales figures almost tripling by 1985, reaching 87 million dollars. However, this success brings the corporation into a very unique situation as well as bringing up a very good question of “how to develop this further?”
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Mit Case - Compexity of Identity
“The Complexity of Identity” 1) What is identity marketing, and what how is it superior to demographic or psychographic segmentation and targeting? • Identity marketing, which recognizes the complex process of how customers become strongly attracted to the brands and products that help them to express who they are. • Identity marketing is better than demographic or psychographic segmentation. The potential identities that people possess are numerous and fluid varies over an individual’s lifetime and
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Use Case Template
Prepared by: Man0war777 Use case name: View courses offered by the department Primary actor(s): Academic Staff Brief description: The staff will be able to view the courses offered by the department upon logging into the system. Preconditions (what must be true before the use case can start): The staff must first log in to the University’s online registration system; the system then authenticates the staff’s information before granting access. Postconditions (what must be true
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Royal Caribbean Case Study
Introduction: In 1968, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line was founded with one ship. Over the next twenty-five years RCCL has expanded its fleet to 29 ships, with 2 more ships being built. RCCL has made its way in the cruise industry as one of the top three cruise lines. Over the past 5-7 years RCCL has experienced some problems with the external environment. These and other factors have placed RCCL in a situation of future organizational
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Tata Motors’ Acquisition of Daewoo - Case Study
Introduction: Over the past three to four years, overseas acquisitions by Indian firms have increased in terms of number and average deal size. According to UBS Investment Research Report 2007, they believe this is a consequence of Indian corporate' strong balance sheets and rising global ambitions. In this essay I am going to use a specific acquisition example based on the article named “Tata Motors’ Acquisition of Daewoo Commercial Vehicles” to illustrate the Indian Acquisition
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Mis Case Study Chp 7-Homeland Security
MIS Case Study: Ch. 7 Database Woes Plague Homeland Security and Law Enforcement 1. It is important to connect as much of the data in many of the federal, state, and local information systems because it will help stop future attacks and events to happen to the United States. After September 11, the federal government created a new cabinet called the homeland security. The cabinet has a database of thousands of federal, state and local
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Malacca Case Study
Brief History Malacca’s (one of the states in Malaysia) strategic location as the bridge between Europe and East Asia made Malacca a major regional entrepot in the 16th century, where Chinese, Arab, Malay, and Indian merchants traded goods. Ships from the east traveling to the west and vice versa have to pass through the Straits of Malacca which makes it a natural trading port. This potential jewel of economy attracted the attention of many European
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Netflix Inc. Case Study
Company Background Netflix Inc. incorporated in 1997 and made its first public offering in 2002. Netflix is an online movie rental service which provides its 3,000,000 subscribers access to over 40,000 DVD titles. Although Netflix stocks nearly every title available on DVD, it does not stock titles containing adult content. The Netflix program allows subscribers to rent as many DVD’s as they want, and keep them for as long as they want. Three DVD’s
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Case Analysis: Virgin Mobile Usa
Case Analysis: Virgin Mobile USA What we are analyzing here is pricing of a service in a market which is saturated, as it has reached maturity, is highly capital intensive and in which a large amount of competition prevails. Virgin however is a known brand name with an extremely diversified portfolio. It has experimented successfully with the telecom business in the UK but failed in Singapore. It now targets the USA market; the problems before
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