Case #4 * From my point of view‚ I think that the example of Maktoob can be found again in the Arab world especially that we have the resources along with hard working and innovative developers. Investment from the western region also is important for the developers to reach new limits. Maktoob was very successful innovative story of excellence that aimed to bring Arabic used in the internet to new ages and make it available for more users. At that time‚ the number of the Arabic users was sharply
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CHAPTER 9 CASE: The Fall of Barings Bank The story of Barings Bank shows how overconfidence‚ coupled with poor internal control‚ can even bring down an historic financial institution. Below we provide a few teaching points. Nick Leeson seemed to have all the characteristics of an overconfident trader. As described in the chapter‚ excessive trading‚ lack of diversification‚ and too much risk were obviously present. Self-attribution bias seemed to play a major role. One commentator notes
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Introduction Competitive advantage can be defined as anything a firm does better compared to rival firms or do or own something that other firms doesn’t. We chose First National Bank (FNB) Namibia Holdings‚ given the highly competitive market it is trading in as well as the type of products and services they deal in. Here are some of the questions we are going to try to answer in this paper. How big is the market and how tight is it? What is FNBs financial position? What strategies do they have
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Southeastern University ~ H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business & Entrepreneurship Assignment for Course: OPS-5095 Submitted to: Dr. Kimberly Deranek Submitted by: Amy Monasterios Date of Submission: May 21‚ 2015 Title of Assignment: Commerce Bank Case Study CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORSHIP: I certify that I am the author of this paper and that any assistance I received in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in the paper. I have also cited any sources from which I used data‚ ideas or
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for which she received antibiotics and completed that cores of antibiotics she developed some ulcerations in her mouth and was instructed to discontinue the methotrexate approximately 10 days ago‚ she showed some initial improvement but over the last 3 to 5 days she has had delays‚ low grade fever‚ and severe oral ulcerations with difficulty in swallowing‚ although she can drink liquids with less difficulty. Patient denies any other problems at this point except a flare of arthritis sence discontinuing
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Case 1: Chemical Bank: Implementing the Balanced Scorecard see page 233-252 Questions for the case: 1. What does Mike Hegarty want to accomplish with the BSC ? 2. Comment on the BSC implementation at Chemical’s Retail Bank ? 3. What pitfalls need to be avoided for a successful BSC project? Balanced Scorecard Implementation Pitfalls to Avoid There are many Balanced Scorecard implementations where companies don ’t seem to get all the benefits described above. Research and experience have
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Using the information contained in the case‚ conduct a five-forces analysis of the U.S. Steel industry. What conclusion can you draw from this? 1. The risk of entry by potential competitors: High a. Capital Requirement: Steel industry is a capital intensive business. b. Economies of scale: Research and Development expenses and better bargaining power while sourcing raw materials. It may be noted that those steel companies‚ which are integrated‚ have their own mines for key
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Deutsche Bank and the Road to Basel III Deutsche Bank made its entrance into the world in 1870 and it was one of the first banks to adopt universal banking as it promoted and facilitated trade relations between Germany and other overseas markets. Deutsche Bank acquired smaller banks in Germany in order to be the most prominent bank in their home base in addition to having a global reach. Following World War I‚ inflation took over Germany causing many borrowers to default on their loans forcing the
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admitting to his mistakes Leeson continued to dig a deeper hole. He traded based on emotion versus taking calculated risks. 3.Why did Nick Leeson establish a bogus error account (88888) when a legitimate account (99002) already existed? Leeson created this account to try to cover his tracks and not be noticed. If things went bad he could deny that account being his. 4.Why did Barings and its auditors not discover that the error account was used by Leeson for unauthorized trading? Leeson
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Case 4.1 Amy’s Ice Cream Amy’s Ice Cream is a business that was founded in Austin‚ Texas‚ and now has 13 locations in Austin and one each in Houston and San Antonio. When asked about the driving force behind it‚ Phil Clay‚ the production manager‚ explained that "while the product is of excellent quality and does come in some unique flavors‚ ultimately ice cream is ice cream. One can just as easily go to Swensen’s or the Marble Slab to get great ice cream. Service is what differentiates Amy’s from
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