------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Case 2: Williams‚ 2002 ------------------------------------------------- Introduction In 2001‚ the Tulsa‚ Oklahoma‚ Williams Company was in financial distress. The primarily energy-industry company was struggling with a shrinking energy trading market‚ which was marked by distressed entities such as Enron’s broadband unit and Global Crossing. Williams also suffered internally with a floundering telecommunications division
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CBE‚ Qatar University 12 Case Report: HBR TiVo in 2002 (Consumer Behavior) Marketing Management‚ Fall 2012 Eagles Team 1. Introduction: This brief report attempts to tackle the HBR TiVo in 2002 case study. The report highlights the main issues facing the company in 2002 and then proceeds to analyze the internal and the external environments around TiVo at the time with a special focus on relating the analysis to consumer behavior. The report finally ends with proposing a number of
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Tiffany & Co - Case Write-Up 1) In what way(s) is Tiffany exposed to exchange-rate risk subsequent to its new distribution agreement with Mitsukoshi? How serious are these risks? 2) Should Tiffany actively manage its yen-dollar exchange-rate risk? Why or why not? 3) If Tiffany were to manage its exchange-rate risk activity‚ what would be the objectives of such a program? Specifically‚ what exposures should be actively managed? How much of these exposures should be covered‚ and
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Policy Sciences 35: 269^284‚ 2002. ß 2002 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands. 269 Bounded rationality and public policy: Herbert A. Simon and the decisional foundation of collective choice1 BRYAN D. JONES Department of Political Science‚ University of Washington‚ Seattle‚ U.S.A. Abstract. By 1958‚ a model of human behavior capable of serving as the micro-level foundation for organizational and policy studies was in place‚ due primarily to the e¡orts of Herbert Simon‚ organization
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subcategories of this literature in particular–teacher decision making and classroom assessment. A frequently mentioned premise of reflective practice is that it helps teachers make more informed decisions (Valli‚ 1993; Calderhead and Gates‚ 1993; Brubacher‚ Case‚ and Reagan‚ 1994). If teachers are more reflective‚ the argument goes‚ they will be better placed to make good judgments about appropriate instructional approaches‚ accurate evaluative criteria‚ helpful curricular sequencing‚ and useful responses
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Blue Block 3 APUSH 11/23/2012 2002 APUSH DBQ During 1825-1861‚ or the Antebellum Era‚ there were many different social‚ religious‚ institutional and educational reform movements. Though‚ the leaders behind these goals were aspiring for a surreal goal‚ a utopian society‚ what they formed was a vastly improved nation. Some of the reform movements were the temperance movement‚ the 2nd great awakening‚ abolitionist movement‚ and women’s rights movement. These reform movements
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Late 19th century America was a time of both prosperity and poverty. Although it is often remembered by the luxurious lives of those like the Rockefellers and Carnagies‚ the majority of the population was a struggling working class. Entire families worked for 10 hours a day‚ 7 days a week in dangerous‚ unsanitary factories just to have enough money for dinner and the issue of upgrading these working conditions quickly came to the forefront of American reforms. The movement towards organized labor
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Private Equity: Leveraged Buyouts Intro Case: Martin Smith Martin Smith—Case Objectives • Examine components of PE compensation and their relative weight – Case Exhibit 4 (difference between Salary and Total is Carried Interest) • Evaluate difference between IRR and Multiple on Investment (two return metrics) – Case Exhibit 6 • Begin to explore differences among funds as an employee and investor – trade-offs include compensation‚ track record‚ strategy‚ focus‚ reputation‚ risk
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MATSE 259 Solutions to classwork #8 1. For a 99.65 wt% Fe – 0.35 wt% C alloy at a temperature just below the eutectoid‚ determine the following: (a) The fractions of total ferrite and cementite phase. (b) The fractions of the proeutectoid ferrite and pearlite. (c) The fraction of eutectoid ferrite. (a) This part of the problem is solved by application of the lever rule employing a tie line that extends all the way across the α + Fe3C phase field. Noting that the alloy composition is 99
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