ISSUE IDENTIFICATION The issues surrounding Holey Soles include • The inability to have a high market share due to dominance from Crocs. • How to reach the goal of $40 million revenue while deciding upon expansion. But the current impending issue is how to reach the goal of $40 million by 2009. THE INJECTION MOLDED FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY ANALYSIS Strengths • Fast growing company. • Focused on innovative lifestyle products. • Unique SoleTek and Smartcell foam technologies. • Competitive pricing
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Holey Soles experienced rapid revenue growth. During this period‚ Holey significantly increased the production capacity‚ warehouse space and inventory in an effort to meet demand. Now Holey has excess manufacturing capacity beyond the actual manufacturing plan‚ this works extremely well when actual demand exceeds forecasted demand (pre-booked orders)‚ but is it robust enough to handle the opposite scenario? In other words‚ the model is “optimized” for large upswings in product demand‚ thus allowing
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Executive Summary This case analysis will focus on the issues surround the lifestyle product company Holey Soles. Psychologist Ann Rosenberg founded the company in September 2002. She initially operated in her garage and backyard‚ until she recruited Joyce Groote (now current CEO of Holey Soles) and expanded the company into other parts of North America. Holey Soles focuses on creating innovative footwear made from their trademarked technology SmartCel and SoleTek‚ which is an injection-molded
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Models 12 Jick`s “The Ten Commandments” 12 Orlikowski & Hofman 14 McKinsey’s 7-S Framework 16 Nadler & Tushman “Framebending” 19 TTA/TTI 20 Tactics to Emulate 20 Things to Avoid 21 Implementation Plan 22 Overview Holey Soles Holdings Ltd‚ a Vancouver-based injection-molded footwear company‚ was soaring to new heights in 2007 when they realized that it might be time for some strategic focus. Over the last two years the company had grown at a rate of 300% each year and
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Questions – 1 1. ‘Sole proprietor forming a partnership’ Explain. There are different types of private sector organizations and some shift from one type to another. Often‚ this shift happens when the organizations are faced with difficulties or in order rise from the current level. Sole proprietor forming a partnership is a typical case of such a transition which has both benefits and drawbacks. Sole proprietor and partnership are significantly different from each other. Sole proprietor refers
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As the story of the Sole Remaining Supplier was told to me‚ the Board conversation went pretty much the way the case describes it. Legal was saying‚ "This is a time bomb waiting to happen. Why are we even talking about this?" Engineering was bemoaning the lack of standards for testing the electronics of pacemakers‚ and the majority of the Board understood that they had a problem with no easy solution. One of the people on the Board told me later that the founders of Silicon Valley were the sons
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The Case of the Sole Remaining Supplier Though we live in a fast-paced ever-changing world today‚ we all still retain in us‚ an image of what an ethical community‚ an ethical society‚ or an ethical business should look like. We are all responsible in all levels of our society to act ethically as individuals and also as a community for the well being of all. “The Case of the Sole Remaining Supplier” exemplifies one of many such cases in business that puts board executives in a risky position
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CHAPTER FOUR SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP I. INTRODUCTION The sole proprietorship is the simplest form of “business association” we will examine. It is perhaps a bit odd to describe it as a form of “association” given that the “sole” proprietor will be the only “equity” investor and thus doesn’t “associate” with anyone else as a co-equity investor. However‚ there will almost invariably be “associations” that the sole proprietor will have in order to carry on the business. These can include associations
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Sole Proprietorship in the U.S. A sole proprietor is an individual who owns an unincorporated business. There are nearly 23 million sole proprietorships‚ not counting single-owner farm businesses‚ in the United States‚ and many of these engage employees in addition to their sole proprietor owners. Sole proprietorships are subject to state laws regarding registration and licensing‚ which are similar but vary from state to state. Formation Every state has its own code of business laws authorizing
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LIT1 TASK 1‚ PART A Sole Proprietorship- Sole proprietorships are the most common form of business in today’s world. These are your mom and pop shops built from the ground up and owned by one person. Sole proprietorships are unincorporated so any contract or legal agreement the company agrees to‚ it is actually the owner that is entering into the contract. Being a sole proprietor has obvious advantages in that it is very easy to create a sole proprietorship and and all profits made by the
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