HBR CASE STUDY Too Far Ahead of the IT Curve? Peachtree Healthcare’s patchwork IT infrastructure is in critical condition. Should the CEO approve a shift to risky new technology or go with the time-tested monolithic system? by John P. Glaser F Daniel Vasconcellos after their squash game‚ Max Berndt drank iced tea with his board chairman‚ Paul Lefler. Max‚ a thoracic surgeon by training‚ was the CEO of Peachtree Healthcare. He’d occupied the post for nearly 12 years. In that time the
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Case 12-9 Rough Waters Ahead Smooth Sailing is a private company that operates one cruise ship. Smooth Sailing’s purchase of the cruise ship was financed with nonrecourse debt. (Nonrecourse debt is a loan that is secured by a pledge of collateral‚ in this case the cruise ship‚ but for which the borrower is not personally liable. If the borrower defaults‚ the lender can seize the collateral‚ but the lender’s recovery is limited to the collateral.) The cruise ship has its own identifiable cash flows
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a wild ride ahead The energy and resources industry can expect a wild ride in coming years as the standard-setters turn their attention to this sector. Story Debbie Smith CA The energy and resources sector‚ despite its status as a globally important industry‚ has received little specific attention over the years from the standard-setters. Recent proposals from the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)‚ its interpretations committee (IFRIC)‚ and even the Australian Government
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MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM Case Study Analysis ZIMBRA ZOOMS AHEAD WITH ONEVIEW Submitted by: GROUP 2 Adriano‚ Maricris P. David‚ Regine P. Dela Cruz‚ Jeleen Christelle F. Dela Paz‚ Klarinn A. Dioniso‚ Marmiliza E. Doniso‚ Dayanarose O. Mateo‚ Luigie Carl P. Pascual‚ Ma. Christine B. Velasco‚ John Angelo E. Submitted to: Jonathan R. De Jesus‚ MBA Professor October 2014 ZIMBRA ZOOMS AHEAD WITH ONEVIEW Company Background Zimbra
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customer satisfaction‚ as a result of their strategic low cost carrier business model‚ of implementing budget pricing and ancillary services to increase profitability and market competitiveness. 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 AIRLINE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION "Being on par in terms of price and quality only gets you into the game. Service and customer satisfaction wins the game." (Alessandra‚ 2003‚ p.1). Within today’s worlds vibrant and rapidly growing international tourism industry
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Comparative Financial Analysis of Ryanair & EasyJet for financial years ending 2010‚ 2011 and 2012. Submitted by Muhammad Sufyan Sadiq CONTENTS Chapter No. Topics Page No. 1 Executive Summary ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 3 2 Introduction ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 3 PESTEL Analysis ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Go ahead- NOTES FOR ROLE PLAY Recession The transport group behind nearly a third of UK rail journeys suffered a profits fall as the double-dip recession hit demand for one of its key commuter lines. Go-Ahead said operating profits at its rail arm fell 17 per cent to £40 million in the year to June 30‚ with its Southern franchise‚ which connects Brighton and much of Sussex with London‚ seeing revenues at the end of the period 2 per cent weaker than it forecast when it bid for the franchise in
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Case of the Pricing Predicament In the case of Standard Machine’s pricing predicament‚ Occidental Aerospace’s loyalty might have been established on Standard being the exclusive supplier‚ and not on Standard efficaciously exhibiting the value of their product. Whether the client is truthful or not in what is being conveyed concerning the former competitors‚ opposition to Standard Machine’s price potential is a consequence of one of four things: Standard Machine’s product is not extending very
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Spring Days Ahead Spring is a magical season for me. I love the sound of birds chirping‚ the smell of rain in the air‚ and the vibrant colors of the flowers starting to bloom. It awakens the senses. The winter cold is gone‚ yet the unbearable heat and humidity of summer in the south has yet to arrive. I love that daylight savings time puts an end to the long dark evening hours of winter. The phrase "spring forward" is a reminder to set our clocks ahead one hour during spring. Springing
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MARKETING Session III: Pricing Policy Question I: Why is pricing policy so important in the marketing mix of a product ? What is pricing? Pricing is the process of determining what a compagny will receive in Exchange for its products. Pricing strategy is important for several aspects in the compagny wich are: Survival : short-term objectives are set in order to survive Profit :the objective is to maximise profits Return on investment : prices are set to attain a specified return on
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