Case Recap This case outlines the various regulatory obstacles faced by the CEO and co-founder of Yorktown Technologies‚ Alan Blake‚ when marketing the new GloFish genetically modified tropical zebra fish. GloFish are originally zebra fish that come from India and other surrounding countries and more than 200 million of these ornamental fish are sold in the United States. This case focuses on the struggles face by the founders of Yorktown Technologies‚ Blake and Crockette‚ to find a successful
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Case Study: Yorktown Technologies 10/1/2014 Executive Summary The Problem I have been asked to evaluate the marketing strategy for Yorktown Technologies.Specifically‚ what strategy they should use to become more successful by reaching their full potential and operating at an increased profit. Yorktown Technologies‚ in the beginning‚ had projected sales of $4‚000‚000. Unfortunately‚ with the absence distribution strategies and a marketing strategic plan‚ they only made a profit of $500
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Case Report Akamai Technologies 6/20/2010 Problems: In 2001‚ Akamai Technologies was faced with decreasing revenue and an economic recession. In order to grow and remain a strategic asset to its partners‚ Akamai has been challenged with the expansion of the internet as well as a choice to move away from a content delivery network (CDN). Problems Akamai is faced with over internet performance include fast technical growth such as file sharing and streaming media‚ reliability of services
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story “The Backdraft of Technology” Stephanie Alaimo and Mark Koester indicated the many disadvantages of technology in our society. Although there are many advantages to advance technology; Alaimo and Koester still warn the readers about the negative effects of technology in the present time and the future. They strictly blame corporations for bringing the technology to replace human service to earn more profit. Alaimo and Koester claim that because corporate brings the technology such as self-checkout
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With access to technology in the classroom greatly surpassing that of the 20th century‚ students of today are now accustomed to different modes of enquiry and have therefore developed different modes of learning. As such‚ the need for teaching methodologies to adapt to both the new technologies and the students at which they are targeted has greatly increased. Furthermore‚ in an age where advancements in technology have become a quotidian occurrence‚ there have consequently been many theories about
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Authority Displayed Through Technology “Technology is the knack of so arranging the world that we don’t have to experience it.” Max Frisch‚ a swiss playwright and novelist of the mid twentieth century‚ displays his adverse opinion on increasing technological development. He justifies‚ by implementing more technology into society‚ people become content and ignorant in their daily lives. Technology allows people to see the world without actually going anywhere. In 1984 by George Orwell‚ The government
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media nowadays are an established part of society. They can’t be neglected from anyone’s life due to people depending on them so much. They are a necessity; however‚ they can also be a burden. This technology is improving rapidly‚ which makes people wonder have we taken it too far? In “Has Texting Killed Romance?” by Ashton Kutcher and “Is Technology Destroying Social Bonds?” by Shawn Ghuman shows that cell phones and other social media are supposed to keep everyone connected but they may just drive us all apart.
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Technology as a Distraction Technology is surrounding almost everyone in today’s world. It is nearly impossible not use some type of technology today. Since it is swarming humanity‚ it must come with some consequences‚ right? These consequences are a mix of good and bad. Writers such as Sherry Turkle and Andrew Sullivan discuss the bad and unintended consequences of the overuse of new devices like smartphones. These consequences all fall into one main idea which is that without its users even realizing
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The main purpose of the report is to make a decision for Linear Technology on dividend policy. The report analyzed the impact of changing future dividend policy on the value of the company‚ based on its historical performance‚ financial history and market trends. Linear Technology is a large-scale company which focus on the analog segments within semiconductor industry. It went public in 1986 and announced its dividend policy on 1992. Nowadays‚ under the market environment where dividends are
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Uber Technologies Inc. altered the opportunity for transportation type of services; giving many individuals the capacity to procure salary with their vehicles while offering straightforwardness to the explorers or travelers in finding the quicker and more productive transportation services. This transportation application propelled its operation in San Francisco C.A in 2010. From that point forward‚ it conveyed promising reaction starting with one city then onto the next in U.S. Since it was established
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