Veronica Germanovich Chapter 2 case MISC 311-40 04/14/2014 Case Study: Your Next Car on a Tablet 1. Edmunds developed the Inside Line iPhone app because we are in a huge technological era. Edmunds needed to find a way to get the most customers possible because he is in a competitive market. A lot of people use tablets or smartphones now‚ by developing a mobile app it increases the chance that more people will take the time to go look at Edmunds app. Companies that provide free services‚ such as
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Case study # 2: The apple of your “I” This case study will describe why Apple Inc. is a very successful company and has become the second largest public company in the world. It all started in the 1980’s when Apple started producing home computers. This helped those who were full-time students and workers by also producing a particular computer‚ the Macintosh computer. However‚ in 1985 Steve Jobs lost against the Apple board‚ and because of the unfortunate negative outcome of the meeting‚ Steve
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Stinson‚ Margie Biology 210 Lab Questions: Phylum Annelida You will learn the answers to most of these questions in class and in lab. Great resource: http://www.bumblebee.org/invertebrates/ANNELIDA.htm 1. What does the word annelida mean? 2. Recall‚ some of the nematode worms appeared superficially to have external rings. Describe true segmentation in annelids. How is the true segmentation in annelids differ from having rings around the ectoderm as in nematodes? 3. What two layers
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This work MGT 401 Week 2 Discussion Question 2 Scenario contains solutions to the following tasks: "Isopropyl alcohol (I.P.A.) has a flash point of 53 degrees Fahrenheit. The outside temperature is 68 degrees Fahrenheit. While this product is being unloaded from a truck‚ several cases fall to the floor and the product spills. Several large pieces of machinery and a welding operation are running nearby. Is there a potential danger from fire in this scenario? Justify your response. Respond to at least
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The Fashion Cannel 1. What are the pros and cons of the three segmentation scenarios? Read carefully the case and make a list of the pros and cons of each segmentation scenario. Use the following table to summarize your findings. Scenario 1: Broad-based Segmentation Targeting Scenario 2: Fashionista focus Scenario 3: Fashionistas + Planners/Shoppers Pros Already have male audience interest‚ 55% male Segment is strong with 18-34 year old females Smaller
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Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior Amy Chua is the author of “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior‚” where she describes the differences in Chinese parenting versus American parenting. In the book‚ Chua‚ describes Chinese parents as very structured‚ only expecting the best from their children. Anything less than the best is not good enough. This structured way of living is stressed in both education and sports. Chua details that the Chinese mother‚ will spend up to 5 or 6 hours a day with their children
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2.1 Assuming that data mining techniques are to be used in the following cases‚ identify whether the task required is supervised or unsupervised learning. a. Supervised-Deciding whether to issue a loan to an applicant based on demographic and financial data (with reference to a database of similar data on prior customers). b. Unsupervised-In an online bookstore‚ making recommendations to customers concerning additional items to buy based on the buying patterns in prior transactions. c. Supervised-Identifying
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Globalization of Wal-Mart Ye Myint Tun California Mirama University Case Study 1: Globalization of Wal-Mart Please refer to the Mini-Case 9.1‚ “The Globalization of Wal-Mart” on page 251 and answer the following questions: 1. Why has Wal-Mart viewed international expansion as a critical part of its strategy? International expansion is different from the domestic expansion because geography areas‚ culture‚ tradition‚ behaviors and characteristics of the consumers are not similar‚ thus
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Case 2-1 Cynthia Cooper and WorldCom Cynthia Cooper details her trials and tribulations about her experiences at WorldCom in the book Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower. The following excerpts from the book describe the actions she took to uncover the fraud at WorldCom and reactions of key players in the accounting department‚ top management‚ the audit committee and the external auditors. Cooper was first alerted to the fact that there may have been a problem
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COM/156 - UNIVERSITY COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION II Week 2 Discussion Questions Discussion Question 2 Does the opinion of an expert in the field carry more weight than the opinion of someone that is not? Why or why not? I think it is easy for me to detect if someone has a bias opinion‚ especially when I know their bread and butter depends on sales. I work as an equipment reliability supervisor (maintenance). Early in my career‚ I noticed we developed a technical staff that was one of
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