To: Dan DiMicco From: McKensie Booth Subject: Strategic Management Date: 11/9/2010 Nucor Corporation Memo Response: Per your request I have analyzed Nucor Corporation and the steel industry. After performing both strategic and financial analysis I offer my recommendations. Executive Summary: Nucor Corporation was the most profitable steel producer in North America in both 2005 and 2006. It is regarded as a low-cost steel producer in the United States‚ and one of the most
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1. This gentleman (shown in Pic 1) was famous as an astronomer‚ astrologer‚ and alchemist during his lifetime. In his 1573 book De nova stella‚ his precise measurements indicated that the ‘new stars’‚ (now known as supernovae) lacked the parallax expected in sub-lunar phenomena. After his death‚ his body has been exhumed twice (in 1901 and in 2010)‚ in order to examine the circumstances of his death. This was also done to verify what material his artificial nose was made of. The result was that his
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Analysis of case 1.4 Sunbeam: The Revenue Recognition Principle 1. Company history ← In April 1996‚ Sunbeam appointed Albert Dunlap as its CEO and chairman. ← Immediately‚ the CEO began replacing nearly all of the upper management team and led the company into aggressive corporate restructuring. ← As at end of March 1997‚ the company arranged special sales contract with the wholesaler provided that the wholesaler could return all of the merchandise‚ with Sunbeam
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Case Study: Project Selection and Change Management In a Kerzner (2003) case study‚ Corwin Corporation is an internationally known rubber products manufacturer with a reputation for quality. Corwin’s management is conservative and favors expanding markets for existing product over new product development. The company receives frequent requests to manufacture specialty products. A strict management policy and a risk adverse culture results in a 90% no bid on specialty product inquiries. However
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Case Analysis: Ford Motor Company Global Strategic Management March 4‚ 2013 Ford Motor Company: Organization Profile Ford Motor Company Staying “Ford Tough” Henry Ford established the auto company in June 16‚ 1903. An engineer by formation‚ Henry had a vision of making vehicles that would change society. He wanted to offer an affordable product to the public‚ one that his own workers could buy. His vision took him to model T in 1908‚ and to improve the manufacturing process with the conveyor
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APPEX CORPORATION Background Appex Corporation’s business is supplying management information systems and intercarrier network services to various cellular phone companies. In 1986‚ Appex entered this fast-growing market as a very small organization. Between 1986 and 1990‚ revenues grew 1600%. Similar growth was also seen inside the company as the number of employees rose from 26 to 180 between 1988 and 1990. Due to the relative youth of both cellular phone technology and Appex‚ the company
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Ciba Specialty Chemical’s Case Analysis 1.) What caused Allied Colloids to become a takeover target? On March 12th 1998 Ciba Specialty Chemicals (SC) announced its acquisition of Allied Colloids‚ a company known as a global leader in water treatment. Allied Colloids acquisition aligned with Ciba’s goals in the form of establishing a new pillar for profitable and sustainable growth in the area of water treatment additives. Being the ambitious company that Ciba was‚ they realized that Allied Colloids
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contemplating invest an additional 10 million in advertising in order to increase their brand awareness‚ create value and increase market share. This 10 million is 33% increase in advertising and promotion budget of Drypers. Market and Industry Analysis: Diapers market is worth $ 4.525 Billion. The user of these diapers is infants and children below age 4. Buyers are the parents. Market is saturated due to the trend of lower infants and diaper improvements. The grocery store accounted 51 %
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Nova Scotia Nova Scotia‚ one of the three Maritime and one of the four Atlantic provinces of Canada‚ bordered on the north by the Bay of Fundy‚ the province of New Brunswick‚ Northumberland Strait‚ and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and on the east‚ south‚ and west by the Atlantic Ocean. Nova Scotia consists primarily of a mainland section‚ linked to New Brunswick by the Isthmus of Chignecto‚ and Cape Breton Island‚ separated from the mainland by the Strait of Canso. On July 1‚ 1867‚ Nova Scotia became
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Case 1: Chemical Bank: Implementing the Balanced Scorecard see page 233-252 Questions for the case: 1. What does Mike Hegarty want to accomplish with the BSC ? 2. Comment on the BSC implementation at Chemical’s Retail Bank ? 3. What pitfalls need to be avoided for a successful BSC project? Balanced Scorecard Implementation Pitfalls to Avoid There are many Balanced Scorecard implementations where companies don ’t seem to get all the benefits described above. Research and experience have
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