Teaching Notes FRESHDIRECT‚ AS OF OCTOBER‚ 2004 Case Uses & Objectives The FreshDirect case presents a strategy analysis and formulation problem in an entrepreneurial e-business environment. It provides students with a case that contains all the elements necessary to lead them through a course overview in a practical real-world setting. This case can be used to augment discussions of strategic analysis‚ specifically both internal and external environmental analysis (Chapters 2 & 3 in Dess‚ Lumpkin
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Page 1 1. Indirect labor is a part of: B. Conversion cost. Labor that cannot be physically traced to particular product is treated as indirect labor and as manufacturing overhead. Conversion cost is the sum of direct labor and manufacturing overhead. These costs are incurred to convert materials into the finished product. Indirect labor is treated as part of manufacturing overhead. 2. Prime cost and conversion cost share what common element of total cost? B. Direct labor. Prime cost
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statistics it would appear that the community is overwhelmingly focused on graduation and higher education and are career/job minded. In order to prepare future graduates for college and the workforce‚ I feel as though Indirect Instruction would be an appropriate choice. Indirect Instruction makes the student an active learner getting them involved in hands-on type activities and builds on their natural curiosity. This type of approach will foster creativity and build problem solving skills which
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In “The Scarlet Ibis”‚ James Hurst uses indirect characterization to display the idea that pride is wonderful feeling‚ but too much of it can control someone and hurt them and others by having Doodle be the older brother’s pride‚ than by having his pride overcome him and end up hurting him. Towards the middle of the story‚ Doodle‚ the protagonist‚ is taught how to walk by his older brother. When they decide to show their family the surprise‚ everyone walks over to Doodle’s older brother to give him
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throughout the play with direct and indirect characterization that John Proctor is eaten by guilt‚ and that he has things to hide.. Like in act he said‚ “ ...I should have roared you down when you first told me your suspicion. But I wilted‚ and like a christian‚ I confessed!...”(Miller 1164). John Proctor was a angry man who could not let go of his guilt and pride. He could not accept his wife Elizabeth”s forgiveness because he could not forgive himself. The author author also uses indirect characterization
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Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a direct investment into production or business in a country by an individual or company of another country‚ either by buying a company in the target country or by expanding operations of an existing business in that country. Foreign direct investment is in contrast to portfolio investment which is a passive investment in the securities of another country such as stocks and bonds. Definitions Broadly‚ foreign direct investment includes "mergers and acquisitions
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which is the Bureau of Democracy‚ Human Rights‚ and Labor (DRL). With the people’s opinion and such organizations‚ American politics become filtered‚ corrupt‚ and in many cases‚ stalemated. There are many types of democracy‚ including direct and indirect democracy. Direct Democracy is a type of political decision making where policies are decided on by the people‚ rather
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FreshDirect Case 19 I. Statement and description of central issue (1 page; 2 minutes) II. Identification/description of alternatives (2 pages; 4 minutes) III. Rationale for selection of best alternative (3 pages; 6 minutes) IV. Description of implementation plan (1 page; 2 minutes) V. Conclusion (1/2 page; 1 minute) Statement/description of central issue • Clearly states issue to be responded to with recommendations • Explains underlying tension to justify why this is an
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Foreign Direct Investment You are the international manager of U.S. business that has just developed a revolutionary new personal computer that can perform the same functions as existing PCs but costs only half as much to manufacture. Several patents protect the unique design of this computer. Your CEO has asked you to formulate a recommendation for how to expand into Southeast Asia. Your options are (a) to export from the United States‚ (b) to license an Asian Firm to manufacture and market
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discuss what is most likely to go wrong in the analysis of direct material and other direct costs and what could be done about it. The analysis of direct material and other direct costs and what could be done about it is that when a particular organization prepares for the budget in relation to the cost of direct material or direct labor then‚ it has to consider the inflation rate and the standard rates in the industry. In relation to the direct labor cost‚ the organization has to analyze of the industrial
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