Virtual Organization Strategy Paper Companies have numerous options when determining how to meet their capital needs or when faced with a lucrative opportunity for expansion. Businesses must decide whether offering an initial public offering of stock‚ merging with another business‚ or acquiring another company presents the best option. Each method possesses
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LaFleur Trading Company XMGT216 LaFleur Trading Company is an international food supplier located in Vancouver‚ British Columbia. They handle a large amount of different food and wine products and ship to consumers around the world. Their trading partners are listed to be in 38 different countries and they are based in Canada (which makes 39). LaFleur’s website lists the company mission as “We will provide our customers with the highest quality foods at a reasonable price.” (LaFleur‚ 2009) The
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Virtual Organization Strategy Paper Kathy Kudler founded Kudler Fine Food. She was once the VP of marketing for a large defense contractor. Weary of the constant travel and the pressures of corporate life‚ Kathy was looking for other opportunities. As it happened‚ Kathy relieved her stress through gourmet cooking and on a shopping trip for ingredients for a gourmet meal. Kathy suddenly realized there was an opportunity for an upscale epicurean food shop in La Jolla. Kathy developed a business
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employs over a thousand personnel divided between drivers and support personnel. Team B analyzes the best option for Huffman Trucking between going public through an IPO‚ acquiring another company within the same industry‚ or merging with another organization. Comparing the strengths‚ weakness‚ opportunities‚ and threats of all three options will help Team B to make a smart decision. Strengths of Each Approach Huffman’s Trucking has many advantages for a going public. The most distinct advantage
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IntroductionRiordan Manufacturing is a global plastics injection molding company‚ employing 550 people with estimated annual earnings of $46 million. Dr. Riordan‚ a professor of chemistry‚ who had obtained several patents relative to processing polymers into high tensile strength plastic substrates‚ was also the founder of Riordan Manufacturing. Sensing the commercial applications for his patents‚ Dr. Riordan started Riordan Plastics‚ Inc. in 1991. Owned by Riordan Industries‚ which is a fortune
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of lingering concern” (Mamis‚ Robert A. (1997). Going public puts a lot of people in a position to create an opinion immediately and this might be a bad thing because business could slow. Some of the threats that could take place if another organization from the same industry is acquired the company that is being acquired (if it is the buying company) will end up in quite a bit of debt because it will end up costing more in the long run. “Because a public company’s stock is relatively liquid‚
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Integrative Problems and Virtual Organization Strategy Finance for Business 370 March 21‚ 2012 Integrative Problems and Virtual Organization Strategy Team A has been assigned the task of examining expansion methods for the Riordan Manufacturing Company. Team A will perform an evaluation of the strengths‚ weaknesses/limitations‚ opportunities‚ and threats relating to the challenges of going public through an Initial Public Offering. Team A will draw a conclusion concerning the success that the
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Virtual Organization Strategy Paper Melisa O’Neal‚ Nathan Reade‚ Jamie Vazquez‚ Scott Marquez FIN 370 April 4‚ 2011 Thomas Rietta Virtual Organization Strategy Paper Kudler Fine Foods was founded in June 1998 by Kathy Kudler. Within nine months the store reached the break-even point and showed a profit by the end of the year. In the next five years Kudler Fine Foods would expand to three locations and has proven to be a profitable business. Currently‚ Kudler Fine Foods is a privately
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Integrative Problems and Virtual Organization LaShell Johnson Lynnette O’Neil Thomas Hernandez University of Phoenix Finance for Business FIN 370 Bruce Fox December 14‚ 2011 Integrative Problems and Virtual Organization Lafleur Trading Company is a private company that has supplied the world with the finest food and wines over 3 dozen trading partners across the planet. Recently‚ they have decided to expand their operations. Looking at their options‚ they may expand by acquiring
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Organization Strategy Research Paper Organization is a skill that comes very naturally to some. Things must be organized in order for me to perform well at work and at home. It is a waste of time and energy searching for something when you need it. There are times that nothing seems to be where it belongs and I feel like the house is in such a mess that it will just be easier to go to the store and replace the item that I am searching for. The problem in my life is with organization
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