1. Go to teradatastudentnetwork.com and find the paper titled “Data Warehousing Supports Corporate Strategy at First American Corporation” (by Watson‚ Wixom‚ and Goodhue). Read the paper and answer the following questions: a. What were the drivers for the DW/BI project in the company? b. What strategic advantages were realized? c. What operational and tactical advantages were achieved? d. What were the critical success factors (CSF) for the implementation? 2. Go to fico.com. Use the information
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Alabama by Dixon Corporation from American Chemical Corporation in October 1979. The reason for this stems from the fact that American Chemical Corporation was attempting at the time to buy a controlling stake in Universal Paper Corporation‚ but the management of Universal contested this on the basis that it would be anti-competitive‚ given that they were both producers of sodium chlorate. The US government supported Universal in this belief and in order to prevent court action American had to agree
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Bilal Al- Qureshi‚ Said Business School‚ University of Oxford 2010 American Chemical Corporation HBS Case Number: 9-290-102 Executive Summary The American Chemical Corporation (AMC) is a large‚ diversified chemical producer. In 1979‚ AMC was forced to issue a tender to sell a Sodium Chlorate plant‚ near Collinsville‚ Alabama. Dixon‚ a specialty chemicals company‚ was willing to purchase the aforementioned plant for $12m with the option to invest a further $2.25m on laminate technology. The
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American Corporation Analysis ACC/561 September 19‚ 2013 Mr. Ponteja American Corporation Analysis Wal-Mart is one of the biggest retailers not only in the United States‚ but also internationally. The corporation was founded in Arkansas by Sam Walton in 1962 and has grown to produce revenue of over $460 billion while employing 2.2 million employees (Seeking Alpha‚ 2013). Wal-Mart is known for the low cost structure and has succeeded in the retail market. Although the corporation has been successful
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Introduction Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) is a proprietary hospital management company. The company has been following an acquisitive strategy by taking over hospital companies and not-for-profit hospitals. The firm is also considering expanding into new health service areas like home health care and outpatient surgery. The company is at a crossroads with regard to its financial goals; HCA currently faces the likelihood of adverse changes to the Medicare/Medicaid policy which could strain
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As of 2012‚ all of the worlds Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) are manufactured by three large companies Seagate‚ Western Digital and Toshiba. According to Fang Zhang analysis‚ Western Digital and Seagate have 90 of HDD market shares (Goodspeed‚ 2012). Since these two companies control majority of HDD market shares‚ team A has decided to do comparative analysis on these two companies. In this paper‚ the financial performance of WDC and STX for years 2011-2014 will be assessed by comparing the financial
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GROUP SUBMISSION: Due 27 June 2011 Midnight American Chemical Corporation CASE QUESTIONS Read the American Chemical Corporation case that was handed to you. The underlying question to be answered is should Dixon acquire the Collinsville plant. In your case write-up‚ you can discuss the questions given below. Please note that the given questions are to be used only as a guide for your discussion. You do not need to answer the questions in the sequence they are presented. You can use the spreadsheet
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Case: AMERICAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION 1. Executive Summary Dixon‚ an American specialty chemical producer‚ wants to buy Collinsville plant from American Chemical Corporation‚ another typical chemical company in 1979. Dixon wants to diversify its product line buy acquiring the aforesaid plant‚ which produces sodium-chlorate to supply to paper producers in Southeastern part of the US. This plant initially cost 12 mln. USD and additional 2‚25 mln. USD needed to buy laminate technology to increase efficiency
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Executive Summary Statement of the problem In October of 1979‚ the American Chemical Corporation (ACC) began looking for a buyer for the Collinsville‚ Alabama plant after successfully acquiring 91% of the shares of Universal Paper Corporation. Dixon Corporation‚ a specialist chemical company with customers primarily in the paper and pulp industry agreed to the possibility of purchasing the Collinsville plant for $12 million. This purchase will diversify Dixon’s product line‚ adding the sodium
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Executive Summary American Chemical Corporation’s Collinsville plant in Alabama is being sought by Dixon a speciality chemicals company. This plant mainly specialises in Sodium Chlorate production and fits well with Dixon’s strategy of supplying chemicals to paper and pulp industry. It would also complement Dixon’s existing product line. The plant costs $12million in investment and requires up to$ 2.25 million for upgrading to new technology. An in-depth investigation and analysis is conducted
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