Case Study: Blades‚ Inc – Assessment of Purchasing Power Parity Summary: Blades Inc‚ a US based company that manufactures roller blades‚ is currently importing from and exporting to Thailand. The decision to work with Thailand resulted from the realization that there were little to no foreign or Thai competitors and Thailand’s potential growth as a country was on the rise. As a result Blades entered into an agreement with Entertainment Product‚ a Thai retailer‚ for an annual purchase contract
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College Inc In Response: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/collegeinc/view/ This film focuses on the ethics of for profit educational institutions. With most of the coverage revolving around what critics characterize as the unethical and disloyal failure to inform students of the huge debt burden they will incur. Also the low graduation and retention rates to which they may fall victim‚ and the struggle they will likely face to obtain employment after graduation. The Huffington Post
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Food‚ Inc is a film that lets people in on the food production in American. The film opens up in a grocery store‚ which has pictures of farmers giving you the idea that the food you are going to purchase is farm raised. However the film calls it a pastoral fantasy. Even though people would like to believe that their food is coming from a farm where that animal is raised the correct way that is not always the case. This film dug into certain aspects of food giving you the ins and outs on how all
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Chapter 1 PLASTICO‚ Inc. 1. What problems do you see with Stone’s first sales call? Feeling confident without being very well prepared. Running behind schedule & being caught in traffic. Arriving late & expressing her anger instead of apologizing for it. To build rapport she thought it was a good idea to have a little chat about her college‚ then when she realized it took a lot of time she switched back to business. Starting right away to talk about the details & benefits of
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Professor: Jon Gettman Subject: MGMT 670 Date: 04/06/2014 Case 14: Apple Computers in 2012 Background Apple computer Inc. is a multinational corporation that creates consumer electronic‚ personal computer‚ computer software‚ commercial servers and digital media. Apple‘s core product lines were iPhone‚ smart phones‚ iPads‚ tablet computers iPods‚ portable media players
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Chevron Corporation United States http://database.iprofile.net/company/Chevron_Corporation/companyOverview.html 1 Contents @ 2012 iProfile. All Rights Reserved. Corporate Overview Org Charts & Contacts Bios‚ Interviews & Presentations IT Infrastructure & Apps TABLE OF CONTENTS Chevron Corporation Corporate Overview Company Profile 6 Stock Performance Analysis 7 Org Charts & Contacts Executive Management 9 Senior IT Management 12 IT Management
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BUAD 490 3/14/13 Team Written Case Analysis (Concise) Biodel‚ Inc. BIODEL INC. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Biodel’s use of biotechnology expertise in the three prime areas of Cell Biology‚ Molecular Biology‚ and Immunodiagnostics has led their company into some great opportunities. Biodel created a synthetic serum to replace fetal calf serum and horse serum‚ and provide a more consistently available product for scientific researchers. Biodel’s Molecular Biology division used DNA technology to
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BUGusa‚ Inc. **This is just the legal protections for intellectual property portion*** Intellectual Property Protection The US has laws that can help BUGusa protect its intellectual property rights. Intellectual property is an intangible asset including processes unique to a business‚ designs‚ original creations‚ and products. The laws to protect these assets are patents‚ copyrights‚ trademarks‚ and trade secrets. Different types of intellectual property are protected in different ways‚
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INTRODUCTION Coach‚ Inc. is a designer‚ producer‚ and marketer of a prestige line of handbags‚ briefcases‚ luggage‚ and accessories. The company made its reputation selling sturdy leather purses in unchanging‚ traditional‚ classic styles‚ and it remains one of the best-known leather brands in the United States and has a growing reputation overseas. In addition to its main product line‚ the company offers Coach brand watches‚ footwear‚ and home and office furniture through agreements with licensing
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PIXONIX INC. - Currency Exposure Answers Question #1 The company Pixonix Inc is based in Canada and its revenues are based in CAD‚ however Pixonix dealt with US firms‚ so a majority of Pixonix’s expenses were paid in US Dollars. Of key interest is the annual payment of US$7.5million at the end of January each year as well as the payments made at the end of June each year (which required the CAD to be converted to USD). Recently the CAD has been appreciating and positively affecting Pixonix’s
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