a mess of the lead crisis. Michigan Governor’s office was informed in March about the Legionnaire’s disease outbreak‚ which sickened more than 80 people and killed 10 in flint‚ was linked to river water. However‚ this information wasn’t made public for months and hence no one took precautions. Now‚ Harrington‚ plans to have a liver biopsy to see how much lead he may have absorbed‚ and determine if he has been poisoned by the lead contamination of water. The Flint water crisis are a result of Flint
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Inside Toyland‚ written by Christine L. Williams‚ is a look into toy stores and the race‚ class‚ and gender issues. Williams worked about six weeks at two toy stores‚ Diamond Toys and Toy Warehouse‚ long enough to be able to detect patterns in store operations and the interactions between the workers and the costumers. She wanted to attempt to describe and analyze the rules that govern giant toy stores. Her main goal was to understand how shopping was socially organized and how it might be transformed
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Levendary Café: The China Challenge By: Anna-Lena Mayer‚ Tobias Jüngst and Florian Beck Agenda Executive Summary Company Overview Market Analysis Market entry China Recommendation Implementation Executive Summary • The headquarter needs all numbers of all subsidiaries in the same reporting format • The US Version of Levendarys will not work throughout China • If the necessary adjustments in some places are too much‚ Levendary China should get a new name Executive Summary Company Overview
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Crisis Hotline Angela L. Artis HN 220 Prevention and Crisis Intervention Unit 4 Assignment Kaplan University Lifeskills‚ Inc. is a non-profit corporation serving 10 counties in south central Kentucky. Each county has a service center providing outpatient care for local clients. Warren County is where the corporate office is located‚ as well as the Adult Crisis and Stabilization Unit (ACSU). The ACSU handles a number of programs offered by Lifeskills‚ Inc. including an inpatient unit for adults
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Case #8: Mattel and Toy Safety Case # 8 Mattel and Toy Safety Do you believe that Mattel acted in a socially responsible and ethical manner in regard to the safety of its toys? What should or could Mattel have done differently‚ if anything? I do believe that Mattel took an initiative of social responsibility and acted in an ethical manner. The issue of lead paint was introduced to the business. The company then addressed it to their overseas production facilities and took all
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External Analysis Substitutes: High. Fad toys‚ electronic products‚ videogames‚ online activities could easily be substitutes of Lego products. Threat of new entrants: Moderate to high. Rapid imitation and limited protection of intellectual property lowered entry cost. Suppliers: 1) For raw material‚ suppliers such as chemical factories should have more bargaining power. Mold suppliers have more power than the company‚ if mold was not manufactured by Lego itself. 2) As Inferred from the case‚ Lego
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Video Case 2 Are Chinese Business Partnerships A Good Deal For U.S. Companies? Case Assignment Questions: 1. Compare and contrast joint ventures and wholly owned subsidiaries. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each form of market entry? Why might a company choose one over the other? A joint venture is a partnership between two or more people or businesses/companies who will share all expense‚ profit‚ loss expertise and control in a specific project. A wholly owned subsidiary
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2008 ACADEMIC CASE STUDY SERIES Bertelsmann China: Supply Chains for Books (B) An Academic Learning Case Study written for the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Professor Stephan M. Wagner‚ WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management Andreas Breiter and Gunnar Froh **Professor Stephan M. Wagner‚ WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management‚ Andreas Breiter and Gunnar Froh prepared this case to provide material for class discussion. The authors do not intend to illustrate either
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The Intel in China case presents a valid issue. But deep beneath the surface‚ this case has many other issues associated with the one presented. At the surface it is evident that Li is an emotional worker who puts his whole hearted effort into his job. This presents a challenge for any manager because of the emotional attachment that the employee presents. But the question is whether it is just Li that feels this way in the organization. Perhaps‚ this behavior stems from other organizational issues
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The Roman or Chinese Method in Governing? Tang Dynasty of China Empire and the Byzantine Empire existed on a similar large scale in the same period. (143 HSW) The territory of Tang Dynasty China expands even larger than the previous dynasty after Taizong Tang gaining territory from the Turks. (189 HSW) Tang China Empire stretched further based on the Han Dynasty’s territory which reaches Korea in the east‚ Taklamakan Desert in the west‚ Gobi in the north and Vietnam in the south. (177 HSW) The Byzantine
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