...Introduction Charles Rivers Laboratory (CRL) that was founded in 1947 this corporation main business activity was the commercial production and supply of laboratory animal models for research and development of new pharmaceutical to biotechnological and medical companies (ALPES S.A., 2006). The company has been able to function as a profitable division because it has maintained and retained its market share in the supply of animal models to customers in over 15 countries worldwide. The senior vice president of corporate development Dennis Shaughnessy was to present a joint venture proposal to the board of directors to invest up to two million dollars in a small family owned company called ALPES that was the producer of state-of-the-art specific pathogen free (SFP) eggs in Mexico which can further help the company to achieve its long term strategic growth and also grow its existing businesses. Key Issue 2.1 PESTEL Political. Since the North American Free Trade Agreement allowed the free flow of goods and services in North America; it would have a positive effect on CRL and ALPES because the effect of political restriction can increase Mexico’s production in order to supply the U.S. and Canada. Meanwhile, ALPES will have more opportunity to gain more resources in other countries and also meet the increasing demand by increasing production. Economic. The joint venture is located in Mexico, where there is an uncertain and unstable market. The risk may influence the decision of...
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...instability of Mexico’s economy, to a limited knowledge of the possible company to do business with, Charles River Laboratories have to assure to their stakeholders that a joint venture with ALPES is beneficial to the growth of the company. Internal Analysis_______________________________________________________________ The internal analysis will partially determine how capable CRL is with their business resources moving forward within their industry. With a VRINE analysis, descriptions of what this company may endure internally will be discussed. Value There is a clear value for CRL in their industry. Under B&L, CRL is one of their most profitable divisions. They contribute around ten percent of B&L’s corporate net income. CRL was sold to B&L for 110 million dollars. This acquisition gave the CRL division a greater growth opportunity within an organization. CRL planned to have a growth of twelve to fifteen percent a year. CRL also acquired SPAFAS for six million dollars, which also added value to the B&L division. A large capital investment in SPAFAS increased production of SPF eggs in the United States. Rarity For CRL, resources were important and ALPES represented an opportunity for them. ALPES was the sole producer of SPF eggs in Mexico. A joint venture with ALPES would give CRL a market where basically no competition exists. To enhance this opportunity, CRL will need to contribute funds for the joint venture which would ultimately increase the SPF...
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...comprar las filiales de SPAFAS para seguir creciendo. Hay una oportunidad de crecimiento a largo plazo de CRL en el negocio de la producción de huevos SPF con ALPES en México. En parte, es una oportunidad debido a la alta demanda de huevos SPF, presente en ALPES. De hecho, la demanda supera a la oferta en la actualidad en un 5-10 % a nivel mundial. En concreto, la joint venture puede ser valiosa para CRL, porque ALPES, es el principal proveedor de huevos de SPF de los dos mayores productores de vacunas para animales, InterVet y Anchor. Además, porque proyecta más de la duplicación de las ventas en su cuarto año. SPAFAS y ALPES no son las únicas compañías involucradas en sus esfuerzos para el crecimiento de la producción de huevos SPF. Sin embargo, en la actualidad ALPES es el único productor de huevos SPF en México. Esencialmente, ALPES posee prácticamente el monopolio de la producción de huevos SPF. Esto asegurará la limitada presencia de huevos SPF sustitutos. En cuanto a los recursos y capacidades de esta joint venture son potencialmente explotables. Las empresas farmacéuticas, ya compran huevos SPF de ALPES en grandes cantidades. Estas empresas han pedido a ALPES, aumentar la producción para que coincida con la mayor demanda de los huevos SPF. Por lo tanto, si la capacidad de producción se ampliara, tanto CLR y ALPES se beneficiarían altamente por las ventas. Sin embargo, existen factores económicos y no económicos, que pueden impedir el éxito del negocio en México, como...
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...Key Issues The ALPES S.A. case deals with Charles River Laboratories (CRL) and their consideration of a joint venture proposal with an animal vaccine company in Mexico. The senior V.P. is preparing to present the proposal of a $2 million investment for the firm. The CEO, Jim Foster, is concerned with the associated risks that CRL would be undertaking if they accept this venture. Key issues of concern are; the partnership with a relatively small, family run business; having operations in Mexico, which could pose difficulties; maintaining CRL’s focus on U.S. expansion; and the proposed partner’s lack of funds to invest, which will leave CRL to bear the entire cost of the venture. Internal Analysis: Business Strategy Diamond 1. Arenas Charles River Laboratories (CRL) is currently the market leader for the commercial supply and production of global laboratory animal models used in the development and testing of new pharmaceuticals, as well as discovery research. The most recent product development is that of SPF eggs, which are used in the development of human vaccines that have not yet been converted over to the newer production technology. 2. Vehicles Charles River Laboratories has two different options at this time for vehicles that will enable them to enter new arenas. These consist of entering into a joint venture, or other type of agreement, with ALPES, or making use of the SPAFAS franchises. Although the initial intention to purchase the existing franchises...
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...D21: Watertime case study – Grenoble, France Emanuele Lobina Senior Research Fellow, PSIRU, Business School, University of Greenwich e.lobina@gre.ac.uk 10th March 2006 One of 29 WaterTime case studies on decision-making on water systems www.watertime.net Table of Contents Acknowledgements 3 1 Introduction 4 2 City background 4 3 Water and wastewater undertaking 4 3.1 Background 4 3.2 Water and wastewater undertaking profile 4 3.3 Region profile 5 3.4 Performance indicators 6 4 Actors in water and wastewater services provision and production 6 5 Episodes 7 5.1 Award of lease contract to COGESE, 1989-1996 7 5.1.1 The impact of fiscal considerations prior to the award of the contracts: transfer of funds to the municipal budget and underinvestment 7 5.1.2 Inducements to award the lease contracts: corruption and fiscal considerations 8 5.1.3 Performance of the private operator and interest-seeking behaviour 9 5.2 Decision to renegotiate the water supply and sewerage lease contracts: 1995-2000 12 5.2.1 The renegotiated contracts in operation: still disadvantageous 14 5.3 Decision to remunicipalise water supply and sewerage operations: 2000 to date 17 5.3.1 Administrative court rulings: 1989-1999 17 5.3.2 Debate on and assessment of alternative options to semi-privatised contracts: 1998-2000 17 5.3.3 Assessment of alternative...
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...I choose these topic because for once I though on taking a year off and going helping persons that are in need or countries that suffer of poberty and diferent disseases. I wanted to go to the foundation called UNICEF, wich I got really moved by a movie that I saw that talked about helping others and the real personal value that it gives you. When I told my parents about the idea on going to UNICEF, they told me that it was such a great idea that that they'd it with me. Back then I was in Instituto Cumbres y Alpes in Torreon. That is a catolic school just like these, but the diference is that they are Legionarios and not Jesuitas. Going back to the subject, at Instituto Cumbres y Alpes I learned that we have to give our best because that´s all that will make us succesfull in life. When I was there I notice that there is a group called Misiones, I didn't knew what was that, so my friends and I went over to the Misiones booth and found out that it's a company made by the Legionarios in wich every easter they sended people to different places in the same Mexican country. I cannot say they the places they send us to are cities, because they are all the different things....
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...Topic Area A Questions Aidan Nott 1. Yo vivo en una ciudad en el noreste de Inglaterra que se llama High Jesmond West. He vivido allí durante siete meses. me gusta donde vivo mucho porque todos mis amigos viven cerca y es muy tranquilo y bonito. 2. 3. En mi región, el clima en verano es muy diferente en el verano que en el invierno. en verano el clima es muy caliente y muy soleado, mientras que en el invierno es muy frío y húmedo y, a veces nieva 4. 5. 6. En mi región hay mucha cosas que hacer, por ejemplo, me gusta jugar al fútbol con mis amigos en el parque. También hay mucha tiendas donde puedo comprar ropa y comida. 7. 8. Mi región no es muy común tener un montón de turistas, ya que siempre es frío y no hay muchos lugares para visitar. 9. 10. sí, me gusta mi ciudad mucho porque todos mis amigos viven aquí y hay un montón de cosas para hacer, por ejemplo, yo juego de criquet para un club que se llama Norte-Sur es muy divertido porque me encanta el criquet. Pero también hay algunas cosas que no me gustan de mi ciudad, por ejemplo, hay una mucho tráfico, especialmente en la mañana cuando me conduzco a la escuela. 11. 12. lo mejor de mi región es que todos mis amigos viven cerca, así que puedo hablar mucho con ellos y jugar un montón de juegos y deportes, por ejemplo, el fútbol y el criquet. Pero lo peor de mi región es que yo vivo bastante lejos de algunos de mi familia, así que no pude ver tan a menudo. 13. 14. Prefiero vivir en la ciudad que en el campo...
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...known in most of European countries, for that reason we believe that this brand would be easily identified by Latin American customers. We decided to undertake an external analysis in order to identify the barriers that this company would face entering into the Venezuelan bottled water market. The local market is vastly dominated by 6 principal brands: Minalba, Nevada, Los Alpes, Zenda, Aqua Matter and Canaima. The most share of the market is hold by Minalba and Nevada which are brands of Pepsi and Coca Cola respectively. Nevertheless, due to political pressure, Pepsi Co. and Coca Cola are losing market share as the government is setting economical regulations to this companies to control the business. As the Venezuelan wealth is not well distributed, there is a massive part of the population which does not have enough money for spending in not essential products, for that reason luxury brands of water are not popular among the society members. The local market of bottled water is as shown below: Brands | 2008 | 2010 | Difference | Minalba | 31% | 28% | -3% | Nevada | 29% | 25% | -4% | Los Alpes | 14% | 15% | +1% | Zenda | 9% | 7% | -2% | Aqua Matter | 5% | 6% | +1% | Canaima | 3% | 7% | +3% | Others | 9% | 13% | +4% | Venezuela is one of the biggest bottled water consumers in Latin America, and it is an increasing market as the population needs this water for their daily basis consumption. In the last 3 years the consumption rose from 438 to 547,50 liters...
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...CASO 2: MÉXICO TIERRA DE AMARANTO. Dilema La organización “Mexico Tierra Amaranto” (MTA) surgió en 2004 a partir de un proyecto coordinado por la Ing. Mary Delano, coordinadora de ciencias del Instituto Alpes de Querétaro, que demostraba los beneficios a la salud con la ingestión del amaranto, un sustituto proteico y más barato para el huevo, leche y carne. El proyecto contaba con la colaboración de otros académicos de Cinvestav y del Instituto Alpes. Motivados por la responsabilidad social, MTA visaba incentivar la producción y consumo del amaranto para ayudar en los problemas mexicanos de desnutrición de las comunidades marginadas, así como proveer a estas personas una alternativa de actividad económica que les permitiera el auto sustento. MTA promovió varios eventos con la participación de instituciones gubernamentales, académicas y empresas privadas, donde presentaba los valores nutricionales del amaranto, su potencial en el uso industrial y factores agrónomos que eran necesarios superar para implementar el proyecto. A partir de estos eventos MTA consiguió apoyo de diversas instituciones para su proyecto, como lo fueron Kellog´s, Bimbo, Sedea, Dif, entre otros. Partes Involucradas: México Tierra de Amaranto (MTA) Sedesol Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL) Ing. Mary Délano Dr. John Délano (Cinevstav del IPN ) Dra. Mercedes López (Cinevstav del IPN) Dr. Anatoli Borodanenko (académico de la Universidad estatal de Guanajuato) ...
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...http://www.scribd.com/doc/43757136/SWOT-Analysis-of-Italy Stiprybės Italija įsikūrusi pačiame viduržemio jūros centre.Pagrindinė jos geografinės vietosvės jėga slype tame,jog ją skalauja ir iš visų pusių supa keturios jūros- Adrijos jūra, Jonijos jūra, Tirėnų jūra ir Ligūrijos jūra. Italija taip pat garsėja milžiniškais kalnais(Apeninai,Alpės) ,kurie yra pliusas šalies turzimo sektoriui ir nuo seno buvo didelis turistų iš viso pasaulio traukos centras.Turizmas Italijoje yra vienas iš sparčiausiai besivystančių ir pelningiausių sektorių keliančių šalies nacionalinę ekonomiką. (Apeninų kalnai-kalnų grandinė, besitęsianti nuo Italjos šiaurės iki pietų palei rytinę pakrantę. ) Italijoje klimatas labai įvairus ir kaip tik dėl šios priežasties patogu keliauti kiekvienu metu laiku.Jei tai vasara,galima rinktis poilsiauti prie jūros ar atsipūsti prie vieno iš greta esančių ežerų,taip pat galima rinktis kopimą į kalnus.Šalyje turizmas ženkliai išauga šaltuoju metu laiku,žmonės iš viso pasaulio plūsta užsiimti slidinėjimu,pamatyti žinomus kultūrinius centrus(Florencija,Venecija,Milanas).Kultūra-tai kita šalies stiprybė.Italija turtinga savo istorija,kuri apima menus,klasikinę architektūrą.Begalė žinomų menininkų kilę iš šios šalies. Nepaisant pasaulyje vyraujančių tendencijų,vis dar vertinamas tradicinis folkloras,gerbiama ir vertinama senoji Italijos istorija.Viena iš didžių Italijos stiprybių-Katalikybė,kuri jau šimtus metu jungia visus šalies piliečius.Romoje įsikūręs...
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...The Tour de France Executive Summary 1.1 Introduction and Description of the Tour De France The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covered more than 3,600 kilometres (2,200 miles) and lasted three weeks. Nearly 200 riders begin each tour on the first weekend in July (Thompson, 2008). The number of teams usually varies between 20 to 22 teams, with nine riders in each team. No set numbers of stages are required in the Tour each year, but in recent years, at least 20 stages have comprised the race. The cyclist with the lowest cumulative time after the 20 stages wins (Liggett et al, 2005). This report aims to examine the development, management, impacts and success of this event and how it could be successfully replicated in Northern Ireland. 1.2 Background and development of the Tour De France A hundred summers ago, the Tour de France was born out of political conflict, and from a circulation war between competing sports journals. An editor of one these journals - Henri Desgrange, decided that he needed a sensational publicity venture to attract new readers. He himself was an enthusiastic cyclist and cycle racer. A six-day race was suggested all around France. Long-distance cycle races were a popular means to sell more newspapers. If it succeeded, it would help the journal match its rivals. The first Tour de France was staged in 1903 and the plan was a five-stage...
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...Locul Turismului In Economia Franței Cuprins 1. Cuprins.....................................................................................................................................................2 PREZENTAREA GENERALĂ A FRANȚEI......................................................................................2 1.1. Date generale..................................................................................................................................2 PREZENTAREA GENERALĂ A FRANȚ EI 1.1. Date generale * Formă de guvernamant: republică semi-prezidențială; membră a Uniunii Europene * Suprafaţă şi asezare: 674 843km2; situată in Europa de Vest, ocupând însă şi alte teritorii înafara continentului european (Franţa de peste mări) * Preşedinte: Nicolas Sarkozy * Populaţie: > 62 milioane * Densitate: 92,86/km² loc./km² * Limba oficială: franceză * Religie: 51% catolici, 31% fara religie, 4% musulmani * Capitala: Paris * Monedă: EURO 2 1.2. Poziţia geografica Deşi marea parte a teritoriului francez se află în vestul Europei, Franţa este constituită şi din teritorii aflate în America de Nord, Caraibe, America de Sud, vestul şi sudul Oceanului Indian, nordul şi sudul Oceanului Pacific şi Antarctica, aici însă suveranitatea este exercitată în cadrul Tratatului Antarcticii. Franţa metropolitană se întinde de la Marea Mediterană la Canalul Mânecii şi Marea Nordului şi de la Munţii Alpi şi Râul Rin până la Oceanul Atlantic. Datorită...
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...PRESENTATION DE L’ENTREPRISE I/ Présentation du réseau Darty : A/ Fiche d’identité : - Leader de la distribution spécialisée de produits électrodomestiques et d'électronique grand public - Créé en 1947 par la famille Darty - Plus de 11 059 salariés (dont 30% au S.A.V, ce qui lui a permis d’être élu meilleur S.A.V de France) travaillent dans les 218 magasins DARTY, pour une surface de vente totale de 269 000m², soit 1300m² de surface moyenne. - Les 218 magasins DARTY en France sont répartis entre 6 filiales régionales (alimentées par 4 entrepôts de 120 000m²) : DARTY Ile de France, Rhône Alpes, Provence Méditerranée, Ouest, Nord Normandie et Alsace Lorraine. - DARTY détient 14% des parts de marché, et a réalisé un Chiffre d’affaires de 2 550 millions d’euros en 2007, soit une augmentation de 3,5% comparé à 2006. - 10 000 personnes collaborent en France avec DARTY dont 40% dans les métiers de service. Pour cela, il existe 2 entrepôts centraux pour le stockage de la marchandise et 77 plates formes de livraison nécessitant une flotte de 400 camions de livraison. - 3 millions questionnaires de satisfaction client envoyés tous les ans pour veiller à ce que la prestation de service de DARTY reste exemplaire. B/ Les objectifs : - Rester Leader de son marché en France - Garder une image de spécialiste - Maintenir une relation de confiance durable - Développer son activité à l’étranger - Meilleur prix - Meilleur...
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...Französisch – Vokabeln Basiswortschatz: Abschnitt 1 bis 10: Abschnitt 1 on homme (m) à raison de grand connaître quoi afin de pour, afin que, pour que un quel quelle, qui savoir l'enfant (m) trois une prendre être obligé cinq le néant que naviguer, aller en véhicule quatre pour, afin de et petit venir (25 Vokabeln) man Mensch; Mann à, je, zu groß kennen was damit, dass ein gewisser, einer, irgend einer, irgendwer, jemand; ein, eine, eins der, die, das; welcher, welche, welches; was für ein, welch; wer der, die, das; welcher, welche, welches; wer wissen Kind drei ein, eine, eins fassen, nehmen müssen, sollen fünf nichts dass; als fahren vier für, um, um zu und gering, klein kommen (25 Vokabeln) sein keiner, keine, keines; niemand wo; wohin zwei sechs darüber; da, dort Tag kein, nicht da, weil; denn enden, endigen Fett Basiswortschatz: Abschnitt 1 bis 10: Abschnitt 2 être personne où deux six y journée, jour non vu que, parce que, car, attendu que, puisque se terminer, prendre fin la graisse brun le peuple léger la Chinoise tenir manger, déjeuner le wagon s'appeler la guerre c'est-à-dire, soit le film le thé l'estomac (m) totalement Basiswortschatz: Abschnitt 1 bis 10: Abschnitt 3 pouvoir le décembre le Rhin quotidien, journalier l'Amérique du Sud (f) le pays c'est pourquoi fou à peine, ne ... guère le chat le lapin l'usine (f) la laine l'Angleterre (f) l'examen (m) la colère le caractère après embaucher la gazette le mai le trou l'épingle (f) déjà le mois Basiswortschatz:...
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...1. (10 pts). What is the best-selling product, based on the number of orders that contain one or more orders of that product? (a) Gorgonzola Telino. (b) Select p.productname, od.productID, sum(quantity) as OrderCount from OrderDetails as od left join products as p on od.productID = p.productID group by od.productID order by sum(quantity) desc; 2. (10 pts). List the number of customers by country, from least to most. (a) Country NumCustomers Ireland 1 Norway 1 Poland 1 Austria 2 Belgium 2 Denmark 2 Finland 2 Portugal 2 Sweden 2 Switzerland 2 Argentina 3 Canada 3 Italy 3 Venezuela 4 Mexico 5 Spain 5 UK 7 Brazil 9 France 11 Germany 11 USA 13 (b) SELECT Country, COUNT(*) AS NumCustomers FROM Customers GROUP BY Country ORDER BY NumCustomers ASC; 3. (10 pts). How many shippers are there, and how many orders has each shipper shipped? 1) How many Shippers are there? (a) There are 3 shippers. (b) SELECT COUNT(*) AS Shippers FROM Shippers 2) How many orders has each shipper shipped? (a) ShipperID 1 (Speedy Express) shipped 54 orders, ShipperID 2 (United Package) shipped 74 orders, and ShipperID 3 (Federal Shipping) shipped 68 orders. (b) SELECT ShipperID, COUNT(*) AS NumOrders FROM Orders GROUP BY ShipperID 4. (20 pts). How many customers have spent, in their lifetime, more than $500 but less than $1,000 and have at least 3 distinct orders? (a) 9 customers spent more than $500 but less than $1,000 and...
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