appealing investment opportunities. Alternative strategies and recommendations suggest that Sonic should concentrate on a low cost strategy and focusing on niches such as the health food market. History and Strategy of Sonic Corporation Sonic Corp. franchises and operates the United States’ largest chain of drive-in restaurants and the fifth largest hamburger chain. As of August 31‚ 2000 there were 2‚172 Sonic restaurants‚ of which 1‚860 were owned and operated by independent franchisees; the
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you are communicating with a manager on work changes within your role or one to one’s between you and your manager. Memos: are used within a business environment to instruct employees of fire and health and safety procedures or new equipment. Memos are useful in order to remind when staff need to remember an important date or time for instance an upcoming monthly meeting. Memos also highlight changes in staff roles
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A career in the Marine Corps has its roots in my childhood. As a kid‚ I was always reading one of two types of books. The first type was fantasy books filled with valiant‚ selfless heroes. The second type was books on planes. My childhood aspirations were to be either a warrior or a jet pilot‚ but as I grew up I realized I could be both. I could be a Marine. In doing so I could not only fulfill my dreams but my duties to my family and country as well. My parents came to this country with nothing
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1. Summary of the case study The focus of the story is Burgmaster Corp.‚ a Los Angeles-area machine tool maker founded in 1944 by Czechoslovakian immigrant Fred Burg. Holland covers the 1944 founding of Burg Tool‚ its transformation into Burgmaster Corporation‚ the Houdaille takeover‚ the 1979 leveraged buyout‚ the campaign for protection against Japanese competition‚ and‚ finally‚ the auction of Burgmaster property in 1986. 2. Statement of the problem encountered Too many machine tool and auto
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INTERNAL RESEARCH MEMO Date: September 12‚ 2014 Preparer: ABC Reviewer: Jack Client: Ann RE: Dependency Exemption Facts: Ann and Jeff Burns divorced in 2011 when their daughter Kim was three and Ann filed an agreement that allowed Jeff to take a dependency exemption for Kim as long as he continued to provide child support payments. Last year Ann wished to take the dependency exemption for two reasons. First‚ she has provided more than half of the cost of raising Kim. Second‚ the agreement
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Memo Assignment English 250 Mr. Malone Deborah Byrd UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CLINIC MEMORANDUM TO: Incoming Students FROM: Deborah Byrd RN. DATE: March 23‚ 2014 SUBJECT: Your Upcoming Graduation As a recent Bryant Stratton College nursing student‚ I have recently had the challenge of competing with the stressful task of job searching. During my search‚ I have encountered several situations where my skills obtained in other areas would
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Measuring Economic Health Gwendlyon J. Weaver ECO/212 December 1‚ 2010 Hugh Adamson MEMO: TO: All Team Members FROM: Gwendlyon J. Weaver DATE: December 1‚ 2010 SUBJECT: Measuring Economic Health This memo is to all team members who have been assigned the task of determining the country ’s economic health. This memo will explain how the team will recognize and realistically determine the tool is used to determine Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to
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Target Corp. Strategic Analysis MAN4720 Section 22 -Wednesdays 7:30pm Team: Risky Business Christine Majewski Jake Morgan Kristin Stearker Cory Verez Executive Summary The purpose of this analysis is to inform the board of team Risky Business’ strategic proposal related to Target Corporation’s Health & Wellness category. Target is already a multi-million dollar company‚ but after analyzing the company‚ our team has come up with a few strategic recommendations to aid in the continued success
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Health Care Challenges Memo Tina Cooper NTC/361 August 18‚ 2014 Bruce Yamashita Health Care Challenges Memo There are many challenges that happen within the health care field. The most important is protecting the patient’s personal information and who is able to access this information. The National Health Information Network (NHIN) was formed to help improve upon the sharing of health care data. This was to help link data together for all involved to keep data secure when transferring over the internet
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RUNNING HEAD: RISK Risk and Return Tradeoff Memo The process of portfolio construction can be quite complex. Analysts go through reams of statistics – past performance‚ future potential‚ and industry knowledge and rely on personal insights into the market to arrive at the final list (UOP‚ 2009). Every investor aims to maximize returns while minimizing risk. Individual securities must be evaluated not only on the risk-return trade-off in isolation but also on their contribution to the
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