...SM0374 – The Introductory Articles (2010-11/ Semester Two) Sources: 1. “Hewlett-Packard to buy Palm for $1.2 Billion” (Bloomberg news, 29th April, 2010) 2. “Actual Analysis: HP buys Palm, and the Earth does Move” (Betanews, 28th April, 2010) 3. http://www.hp.com 4. http://www.betanews.com 5. http://www.palm.com Hewlett-Packard to Buy Palm for $1.2 Billion By Connie Guglielmo and Ari Levy /Apr 29, 2010 Hewlett-Packard Co. agreed to buy Palm Inc., the money-losing handset maker that was once a Silicon Valley icon, for $1.2 billion to challenge Apple Inc. in the smartphone market. Palm’s common shareholders will receive $5.70 a share in cash, a 23 percent premium over the closing price, Hewlett- Packard said in a statement today. Elevation Partners LP, Palm’s biggest investor, gets $485 million for its preferred shares and warrants. The Palm deal moves Hewlett-Packard back into contention with the world’s biggest smartphone makers, including Nokia Oyj, Apple and Research In Motion Ltd. Hewlett-Packard’s current iPaq device hasn’t kept up with competitors. The company also gets a team headed by ex-Apple engineers and a Palm patent lineup that spans mobile hardware, software and power-saving technologies. “This is a low-price, low-risk way for them to at least attempt to penetrate the smartphone market,” said Brian Alexander, an analyst for Raymond James & Associates Inc. He has a “strong buy” rating on Hewlett-Packard’s stock, which he doesn’t own. “We always wondered...
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...Ten years ago, Palm, Inc. captured the imagination of road warriors everywhere with the first Pilot connected organizer, a mighty 5.7-ounce combination of calendar, contacts, to-do lists and notes. Today, having shipped more than 34 million mobile-computing products, the company continues to improve the lives of people and businesses the world over, staying true to one guiding vision: The future of personal computing is mobile computing. (Palm Inc website.). The Audit explores the environmental aspects , like where does palmOne stand in the current market. PalmOne, which was created from the 2003 merger of Palm and its former nemesis Handspring, has found a way to successfully capitalize on the next big thing in consumer electronics: the smartphone. Thanks in large part to the popularity of its Treo 600, a combination phone/messaging device/Web browser, palmOne's revenues in the first quarter of fiscal 2005 surged 62% from a year earlier. PalmOne competitors such as Sony and Dell , larger players on opposite ends of the handheld market, over the years have moved aggressively to develop products with flashy new features or tempt new customers with low prices. The objective of palmOne is to be the leader in the handheld computing and communications device market. The company believes that overtime, majority of mobile phones will be smartphones. Year-over-year the company grew revenues by approximately 39 percent and increased operating income by more than 10-fold, delivering a record...
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...Palm, Inc. Case Analysis (The title of your paper) Karen Smith (Your name) BUSN412 Business Policy (Course name and number) January 15, 2008 (Date of submission) CASE ANALYSIS PALM, INC. COMPANY NAME: Palm, Inc. INDUSTRY: Technology Palm, Inc. COMPANY WEBSITE: (www.palm.org) COMPANY BACKGROUND: Jeff Hawkins founded Palm Computing Inc, a hand-held computer business, in 1992 which has since changed names (Yoffie & Kwak, 2001). In 1999 it changed to Palm Inc (Yahoo Finance, 2006). The case study concentrated on Jeff Hawkins, the founder of Palm, and Donna Dubinsky the former CEO of the company. These two left Palm in 1998 and founded a company called Handspring, the only company as of 2001 to take a meaningful share of the market away from Palm (Yoffie, 2001). Currently the CEO at Palm, Inc is Edward T. Colligan. For the period ending May 31, 2006, Palm had sales of $1.578 billion and a net income in excess of $336 million (Yahoo Finance, 2006). This is a significant increase over the previous two years. SWOT ANALYSIS: Strengths: The biggest strength that the case study focused on was strategy. Palm employed a judo strategy starting with the “puppy-dog ploy” (Yoffie, 2001, p. 56). This strategy allowed Palm to stay in business and stay undetected as a threat to their competition, especially Microsoft, for quite some time. Yoffie (2001) stated that strength of Palm was their “tightly integrated software and hardware design” (p. 59). Because they were so integrated...
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... Pandora Media, Inc. is an internet streaming radio service used by more than 80 million listeners. Pandora, which has a catalog of 800,000 songs from more than 80,000 artists, has roughly half the market for Internet radio in 2010, according to a study published in November by Ando Media. Though the service is wildly popular, it has yet to make a profit. As part of the company's Music Genome Project, songs are analyzed according to musical features -- including details of instrumentation, harmony, lyrics, melody, rhythm, and vocals. Users enter the name of a song, and Pandora creates a playlist of songs with similar characteristics. Pandora's service, free to its more than 80 million registered users and available only in the US, is supported by local and national advertising. While listening, users are offered the ability to buy the songs or albums at various online retailers. The Pandora media player is based on OpenLaszlo. Pandora can also be accessed through many stand-alone players, such as the Roku DVP (formerly Netflix player) Reciva-based radios (from companies like Grace Digital, Sanyo, and Sangean), Frontier Silicon-based connected audio systems, Slim Devices, and Sonos product(s). On July 11, 2008, Pandora launched a mobile version of their software for the Apple iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch through the iTunes App Store. Pandora is also available for Android phones, BlackBerry platforms, HP webOS (used on the Palm Pre, Palm Pixi, Palm Pre 2, and HP Veer)...
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...1. At the time Palm Pilot was launched, Palm was in the in the industry of hand-held computers. In order to assess the attractiveness of the hand-held computer industry, Porter’s 5 Forces will be used. Threat of Entry: Low Customer switching costs were low in this case, as vendors have the option to choose from different suppliers that offer products within the same industry. Should one supplier, such as Palm, start to fall behind competitively, vendors can easily switch to the more popular supplier Palm Inc. has an incumbency advantage over new entrants. Palm gained the cumulative experience from past failed strategies. This experience has enabled them to conclude that reconceptualising the aim of their product was necessary. Palm began to stray away from the aim of PDA substituting laptops, and began replicating a pen and paper style instead. The Power of Suppliers: High Firstly, the suppliers of the hand-held computers industry must be identified. Assuming that Palm Pilot supplies themselves, they are suppliers alongside Motorola, Sony, Nokia, and Microsoft. Palm, being the first to launch a successful PDA device, had a significant amount of power in this industry as their brand was the most recognizable, and their product was in high demand, dominating the market share. Through the Palm Pilot, Palm introduced “the first successful hand-held on the market” (Pp. 2). Palm’s product was indeed the best of all PDA options on the market and it differentiated itself both...
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...Visor’s Project Performance 9 Prototyping of Palm V 11 The Decision 12 Executive Summary This case deals with IDEO company situation analysis. It starts with describing the IDEO corporation as an environment and the process that they use to perform the work. IDEO is a flat organization to an extreme. They have no hierarchy and discouraged formal titles, which is something that stressed more on the competiveness of the designers and engineers. They believed that prototyping is the key for the design process. They start with collaboration and brainstorming sessions in order to generate the most effective ideas and thoughts. They also have the customer involved with them in all the processes to keep him updated and aware of the steps that are taken. They have a 5 phase methodology to follow when starting a new project which are: Phase 0: Understand and observe, Phase 1: Visualize and realize, Phase 2:Evaluate and refine, Phase 3:Detailed Engineering and Phase 4: Manufacture. Theses five phase are explained more in the following pages IDEO has just finished a great breakthrough in the palm industry. They created a new handheld PDA that worked with a lithium rechargeable battery. This product had a great customer acceptance and was a success, however it lacked a lot of features that are believed needed by the users. The Visor project started with the intension to correct and modify all the mistakes that happened in the Palm V. they had the intention to add all the missing...
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...Netlink Inc. is about to introduce its newly developed handheld device, called the Connector, that marries wireless technology with PDA tools. Netlink Inc. is a joint venture of Conglomerate Inc., a major wireless carrier in the United States, and a domestic PC manufacturer. Conglomerate entered this venture not only to take a stake in a rapidly growing market, but also to attract new customers to its cellular services through Connector and similar products to be developed by Netlink. (1. 公司背景在一定程度上具有优势：a major wireless carrier＋a domestic PC manufacturer，对新产品的研发和推广都是有利的；2. 公司的目的：参与到这一 rapidly growing market 中、通过这些新产品吸引新的移动通信服务客户。) The Connector, model version 10L, would be Netlink's first major product introduction since the company was formed. While Netlink's management believes in Connector's potential, they are still unclear of how to best position and target their baby to ensure a successful launch. （这就是最主要的任务/问题：positioning & targeting） Wireless is in! But wireless technology is also still in its infancy state, and currently there is a lot of confusion in the marketplace about the wireless value proposition. Despite Netlink's view that Connector would be the first handheld device on the market that allows for truly wireless transfer of voice and data, PDAs with similar capabilities, like the Palm VII, are already available or in development. （Connector并不是一个全新的产品，具有类似功能的产品已经存在，例如 the Palm 7。） Currently, however, this type of wireless access is not without severe...
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...ANNUAL REPORt 2011 Johnson & Johnson will continue to bring meaningful innovations to people around the world so they can live better and healthier lives. We are deeply committed and dedicated to the people who use our products, our employees, the communities in which we live and work, and you, our shareholders. Most important, we will never lose sight of who we are. ON tHE COVER Matt Cox, who has type 1 diabetes and uses the waterproof ANIMAS® VIBE™ insulin pump, swam an English Channel relay to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Matt wants to show his son, Jack, who also has type 1 diabetes, that the condition need not hold him back in life. Read Matt’s story on page 16. CHAIRMAN’S LETTER To Our Shareholders hroughout our annual report this year, you’ll read the severe economic decline; the tightening of consumer about how Johnson & Johnson is bringing meaningful spending and health care budgets; over-the-counter (OTC) innovation to our patients and customers, and making product quality issues at McNeil Consumer Healthcare and a difference in their lives in a personal way—from the recall of the DePuy ASR™ Hip System. Brunhilde Wecker, who made a full recovery from her stroke Our company was severely tested. thanks to our new blood clot retrieval and removal device, In managing through this stretch, we relied heavily on the resolve to our own Bill Hait, an oncologist whose vision and insights of our people and on our time-tested business...
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...was made possible through the support of AusAID. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of AusAID. BRAVING IT and MAKING IT Insights from Successful Investors in Muslim Mindanao by Cielito F. Habito A joint publication of: ARMM Regional Board of Investments ARMM Business Council Management Association of the Philippines Through the support of the Australian Agency for International Development Edited by Ma. Salve I. Duplito Table Of Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 iv La Frutera: Reaping The Fruit Case Study of La Frutera Inc., Datu Paglas, Maguindanao Background 3 The Company 5 Peculiar Challenges and “Success Secrets” 6 Synthesis 10 References 12 Agumil: The Promise of Palm Oil Case Study of Agumil Philippines Inc. Investments in ARMM, Maguindanao Background 13 The Maguindanao Investment 14 Peculiar Challenges and “Success Secrets” 18 Conclusion 21 References 21 BJ Coconut Mill: Catalyst for the Sulu Economy Case Study of BJ Coconut Oil Mill, Indanan, Sulu Background 22 Company Operations 23 Other Business Challenges 24 Pointers for Prospective Sulu...
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...Asmita Patel Organic Chem 211 Professor Stoneking Acai Berry Research Paper 06/07/13 Organic Acai Berries: Are They Really Just a Fruit? Acai berries have been around for many generations. They recently became popular a few years back because many people were using them as a weight loss supplements. There were many ads and commercials going around talking about how these berries are a great way to loose weight. Because of this particular media, I became interested in them. I was looking for something to help me loose weight that I had gained over the years, and a friend pointed out these new supplements that were trending for weight loss (McHugh). At first when I heard about them I didn’t think it was going to work, especially since supplements for weight loss don’t really work that well. While doing my general research I found out that not only was it used for weight loss but many other uses as well. The main use for it in the states was for weight loss and it was a hit or miss type of deal. Learning about the acai berry because of weight loss intrigued me and finding out it was an organic compound worked out perfectly for the organic chemistry research paper. The acai berry was first discovered in the Amazon Rainforest in South America by a tribe that lived in the rainforest. The people of the Amazon used the berry as a main food source in their diet because they soon realized how much of an impact the nutrients and antioxidants in the berry affected their health...
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...(iv) RM150 million Underwritten Murabahah Commercial Papers Facility Contact Analysts Katherine Hee Cheui May Nisha Joan Fernandez Elea Nor Zainal Rajan Paramesran hcmay@marc.com.my nisha@marc.com.my elea@marc.com.my rajan@marc.com.my (603) 2092 5398 Publication Date: October 20, 2009 44 This credit analysis report is published in relation to the press announcement made on September 30, 2009. M ALAYSIAN RATING CORPORATION BERHAD CREDIT ANALYSIS CORPORATE DEBT / CONGLOMERATE 2009 New Rating and Annual Review SIME DARBY BERHAD Strengths • Good revenue diversification and stable base for future earnings; • Favourable financial flexibility and liquidity; and • Increased operational scale in its oil palm plantation and property development businesses. Challenges/Risks • Pressure on near-term credit protection...
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...VEGETABLES AND FRUITS INTRODUCTION: High intakes of fruits and vegetables are protective against many forms of cancers. Vegetarians are less likely to contract cancer of the colon than meat eaters. A vegetarian diet is typically high in fibre, low in saturated fat and includes plenty of fruit and vegetables. Dietary fibre may help to protect against all the ‘Western’ cancers such as cancers of the colon, rectum, prostate, uterus and breast. We all know that fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes and nuts are healthy. There are a number of studies that show that consuming more of these plant-based foods reduces the risk for a long list of chronic maladies (including coronary artery disease, obesity, diabetes, and many cancers). This is probable factor in increased longevity in the industrialized world. On average, we eat two fruits and vegetables and too much saturated fats of which meat and dairy are prime contributors. A predominantly vegetarian diet may have beneficial effects for kidney and nerve function in diabetics, as well as for weight loss. Eating more fruits and vegetables can slow, and perhaps reverse, age-related declines in brain function and in cognitive and motor performance at least in rats. However, low protein diets associated with vegetarians, reduce calcium absorption and have a negative impact on skeletal health. Vegetarians’ avoidance of meat, eggs and dairy products can lead to deficiencies in iron, calcium and Vitamin B12. Infants who are breast-fed...
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...Assignment University of Wales & Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) Subject : International Finance Topic : Assignment Question Lecturer : Mr. Alisher Course : BSc in Banking & Finance Assignment Cover Sheet Number | Name of Student | ID Number | 1 | Xxx xxx | xxxxxx | Submitted on Due Date? Words Limit Observed? Table of content Executive Summary Introduction Business overview of Colgate Company Question 1 Describing international business method (s) the company used to tab into the international market. Discuss why the chosen international business method (s) is an appropriate and/ or inappropriate one Question 2 What are the major risks faced by the company in its international operations? How does the company manage these risks? Question 3 Discuss how the company makes use of the international credit market to its benefit? Conclusion References Appendices Tables Graphs Question 1 Describing international business method (s) the company used to tab into the international market. Discuss why the chosen international business method (s) is an appropriate and/ or inappropriate one For my individual report I have chosen Colgate Company which has international operation over 200 countries and 3 billion consumers over the world with net sales $18 billion in 2012. Today the company is worth $52,419,447,369 and has 4,226,677 shares at price $115 each. Here is Summary of market...
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...FEDEX TOWARDS PALM OIL INDUSTRY Core competency identified to be implemented in palm oil industry is Fedex supply chain management and its tracking device CORE COMPETENCY its infrastructure which is hard to imitate- a world wide network of planes trucks ships and hubs need a huge amount of capital. its dedication to innovation and embracing new technologies. – eg, them being the first logistic company to embrace the www as a tool to reach out to customers {attitude}. Like their wireless solution for faster shipping time, allowing customers to track their packages while travelling etc. Plus supply chain management and tracking capabilities. TARGET: GREEN INDUSTRY Solar+ biodiesel = substitutes for fossil burning Why green energy industry? In this presentation we will be focusing on 2 alternatives. Solar and bio-diesel. In support to the relevance of green energy, according to Eye For Transport, surveying 250 north American supply chain executives. The green transportation &logistics report revealed financial(ROI) and public relations are the driving force. 75% of a company‟s carbon print come from logistic and transportation. 6% respondents designate green issues as unimportant While 69% agree that green issues are important to their transport and logistics processes 9% find it as their No.1 priority. Total of 78% find relevance towards green transportation and logistics. Now. It is found greening their T&L process is fundamentally...
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...ttools (A) Case Write-up Summary: Hazzard invented a pen/stylus device, used for PDAs, which was a pioneer in the market. After the failure of trying to license his design to a manufacturer of pens, Hazzard and his wife Leigh founded ttools company to assemble and sell the pen by themselves in early 1998. Hazzards self-financed a utility patent application for their pen/stylus device before the device was launched. Prior to writing a business plan, the Hazzards’ patent attorney drafted a nondisclosure specifically for the meeting with Palm Pilot, who owned the largest PDA market share in 1998. Palm thought the pen would be a great accessory for the Palm Pilot and invited Hazzard to advertise through Palm email ad system. With the utility patent and marketing strategy, ttools got huge success once the pen/stylus was known by customers through email. In October 1998, Hazzard learned that Palm had contracted IDEO to develop next-generation Palm PDA and a pen/stylus device similar to ttools’. On June, 1999, the USPTO issued ttools, but the attribute of 3Com was not negotiable, they would not give up the product because of the patent issue. Recommendation: I would like to recommend the third path. Firstly, the IDEO’s design clearly infringed on ttools’ patent, there was no risk to fail on course. When it comes to business risks for ttools, I think Hazzard should not be too pessimistic, ttools was on the right side, and this would be a litigation between a startup and a big corporation...
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