David Dawei Liu 860919297 Bus 174 Case Study 2 Q1. Compare Pandora’s original business model with its current business model. What’s the difference between "free" and "freemium" revenue models? Pandora’s original business model was to provide users with 10 free hours of access to their website contents. Once the 10 hours has been used up‚ they will then be asked to subscribe to Pandora at a rate of $36 per month for continual access. Whereas‚ their current business model is designed where
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Apple Case Study -- The advantages and disadvantages of Non-GAAP earnings relative to GAAP earnings based on subscription accounting Advantage: 1. Management believes investors will benefit from greater transparency in referring to these non-GAAP financial measures when assessing the Company’s operating results‚ as well as when forecasting and analyzing future periods. Non-GAAP financial measures can be a supplement to the Company’s GAAP financial measures‚ which helps analyst know more about
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Do you think this ad fulfill the premises of the equal employment opportunities? What are your comments about this ad? We don’t think that ad fulfill the premises of the equal employment opportunities. Because the requirement of “help wanted ad” which is mentioned about the “female Chinese‚ age 40 and above‚ preferable” that is against the equal employment opportunity (EEO). Equal employment opportunity (EEO) is making sure that everyone has equal access to available employment by ensuring that
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Case Study: Social Problems in Global Perspectives ETH/125 Life for the elderly is not as easy as people may think it is in the US. Today’s economy has made it tougher for the elderly to support themselves. The rising costs of healthcare have made it very hard for older people to support themselves. Many elderly people are getting jobs after retirement in order to have enough money for living and medical expenses‚ but many jobs do not want to hire an older person‚ because they know that they
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CASE STUDY Aeronautica Civil: Achieving Competitive Advantage in a Noncompetitive Industry As noted in the chapter‚ competitiveness in government agencies can sometimes be expressed as “competing against yourself.” Essentially‚ an organization sets goals that are significantly higher than current performance and puts processes and systems in place to meet those goals‚ thus effectively competing against its former performance. Aeronautica Civil (aerocivil.gov.co) is Colombia’s aircontrol agency
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HBR CASE STUDY Good Money After Bad? Jack Brandon’s initial idea has not panned out‚ and the cash is nearly gone. But he’s got a new plan. Will you back him a second time? by John W. Mullins F Daniel Vasconcellos overlooking the sparkling lights of San Francisco‚ Christian Harbinson gazed across the bay to the hills above Sausalito. “There’s nothing like a vigorous hike‚” he thought‚“to clear the mind before a crucial meeting.” It was a mild March evening‚ and the 35-year-old venture
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CASE 17 Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute: Competing in the LASIK Eye Surgery Market* Dr. Mark Everett‚ clinic coordinator and optometric physician (OP) of the Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute (PCLI) office in Spokane‚ Washington‚ looked at the ad that Vancouver‚ Canada-based Lexington Laser Vision (LLV) had been running in the Spokane papers and shook his head. This was not the first ad nor the only clinic advertising low-priced LASIK eye surgeries. Dr. Everett just could not believe that
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Case studies for use in Groups (First in first served! Once a group has chosen a case study‚ it is no longer available for another group. Choose carefully‚ some are more difficult than others‚ offering the chance to shine! Remember: you need to carry out ethical due-diligence. Good recommendations foresee different possible outcomes and challenges.) 1. You are a management team at a bank that is feeling competitive pressures: the financial crisis has made international borrowings more expensive and
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Case Study Chapter 5 “ carter Cleaning Company “ If you were to ask jennifer and her father what the main problem was in running their firm‚ their answer would be quick and short hiring good people. Originally begun as a string of coin-operated laundromats requiring virtually no skilled help‚ the chain grew to six stores‚ each heavily dependent on skilled managers‚ cleaner-spotters and pressers. Employees generally have no more than a high school education (often less) and the market for them
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Case study carnival cruise lines:exploiting a sea of global opportunity Background Q&A Take Home Messsage What global forces have contributed to the growth of the cruise-line industry? the change in the competitive environment brought about by the advent of transoceanic airline service increasing discretionary incomes 2\What specific steps have Carnival Cruise Lines taken to benefit from global social changes? : Carnival has adopted many measures as follows Institude very strict security
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