...Philip Giuliano Business Policy Spring 2013 Cash Connections Case Study #1.) Cash Connection’s ability to compete appeared to be in dire straits with ever-increasing Federal restrictions and regulations on all aspects of companies within the financial service industry. Cash Connections provides payday advances and check cashing for workers, as well as bill payment services, and money orders. Payday Loans are short-term cash loans intended to covers the borrower’s expenses until their next paycheck. Loan fees and interest rates were high, naturally, because each loan carried such a risk for the company, and many people did not pay the loan back. The problem with Cash Connections strategy is that they garnished the reputation of “preying on the poor” and making almost insurmountable payday fees they knew couldn’t be paid back. Although they held a key demographic of middle income workers, they could very easily appear negligent. They did, however, add $10 billion to U.S. GDP, employed 156,000 workers and generated almost $3 billion in tax revenue. #2.) A SWOT analysis would reveal several things. Cash Connections certainly has some strengths, and as of 2007 appears to have been quite successful in both garnishing revenue, as well as helping out people in need of fast cash. They do, however, carry a great weakness and risk with the individuals they lend to. They are almost categorized as a “legal loan shark”, via offers of loans and paydays with enormous interest rates. The intrusion...
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...Erasmus school of economics | September 23 2013 | Yonathan Mulugeta Woldearegay | Saxonville sausage co. Case study | Overview What is the current situation? Saxonville Sausage company is currently loosing it market share on its various leading product lines produced except for one Italian sausage brand namely Vivio. However Vivio represents 5% of the company's total revenues. A new marketing director, in the company is currently in the process of undergoing a research to identify opportunities and possible market expansion strategy. The research result ended up with two marketing concepts that are almost equally viable and thereby put the management team in a dilemma on which of this two option to consider. TOWS matrix strenght weakness- Entire family enjoys the product - Weak brand name ( Vivio )- Rivals offer frozen sausage - Consumed rarely on special occasion- Easy to cook and quick - Niche segment on the northeast - Meal maker Threat Opportunity - cannibalisation - many local rivals ? | * The TOWS matrix helps us identify the possible opportunities embedded in this market. When cross analyzing strength, weakness and opportunity we can understand that the company...
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...NEW! Hands-on cases and projects: There's no better way to learn about MIS than by delving in. The hands-on practice this text offers through its cases and projects gives students the practice they need to better understand the concepts and applications of MIS. NEW! The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) connection: This text supports the efforts of AACSB to encourage assessment-based education. By using this test, professors can prove that by AACSB standards they have successfully taught students the material that they set out to teach. NEW! Customization and flexibility-New Learning Track Modules: This all-new feature gives instructors flexibility on determining which in-depth coverage they want to include for their course while still providing students with vital insight on key topics. NEW! Coverage ofglobalization - showing how to use IS in a global business environment NEW! Engaging Middle Eastern, Australian and Asian company cases: These new case studies are featured in each chapter, creating a more global learning experience Case Study - Soundbuzz's music strategy for Asia-Pacific p145 Case Study - Modernization of NTUC Income, one of Singapore's largest insurers p102 Opening Case - Al-Mansour Automotive: IT-enabled success p507 Interactive Session - Albassami's job is not feasible without IT p463 Opening Case - Ethical issues facing the use of technologies for the aged community...
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...and maximize their profits as well by saving them money in their communication costs. The flexibility of VOIP also allows for a greater range of options when it comes to telephony. When removing a standard PBX dedicated line and changing over to an internet based VOIP network telephone solution, you can look at many case studies and see that for the most part, the solutions provided by VOIP have improved the companies’ profits and the overall productivity as well. One such case study is the case of the Southwest Airlines Federal Credit Union.("Http://creditunions.fiserv.com/convergeit/contentdocumenthandler.ashx?documentid=4233", 2010) They switched their call center over from a normal PBX based telephone service to a VOIP service to better provide to their customers with a faster and more reliable service and to help bring down cost for themselves by combining their internet and voice services into one main line. Eliminating the PBX phone system allowed them to bring in a fiber optic connection that allows for faster internet speeds as well as having enough bandwidth to have a VOIP connection. Eliminating the PBX connection also allowed for the VOIP connection to be set up so they would have much less maintenance and can be more flexible in the way they have their telephone system set up. They can reconfigure it in any way that their needs might be with much more ease that they would have with their old PBX system. The maintenance of the older switchboard is eliminated with...
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... Assignment 3 / Group Assignment Taylor’s Business Foundation Programme Introduction To Marketing / BUS0313 September Semester 2013 Assignment 3 / Group Assignment (25%): Students are required to work in a group of 3 to 4 members. Students will be allocated one case study to analyse and attempt. The case study comprised of a few questions. Students are strongly encouraged to exhaust relevant syllabus taught and guided throughout the semester to attempt all the questions. Choose either one of the following case study to attempt, please refer to the attachments for the detail of case study. Case study 1: Abou Shakra Restaurant: Creating Customer Value The Old-Fashioned Way Questions: 1. Describe Abou Shakra in terms of the value it provides for customers. (20 marks) 2. Do you think Abou Shakra should develop a high-growth expansion strategy? Why or why not? (20 marks) 3. Should Abou Shakra spend more on advertising than is currently expended? (20 marks) 4. Suggest TWO (2) other methods by which Abou Shakra can provide value to its customers. (40 marks) Or Case study 2: Mavi Jeans: Jeans That Fit Questions: 1. Indicate and explain FIVE (5) factors contributed to the success of Mavi Jeans? (20 marks) 2. How would you define the company’s target market? What is the current positioning...
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...You are here: Home / Transmedia Storytelling / Case Study Example: The Three Little Pigs Case Study Example: The Three Little Pigs If the Three Little Pigs were told as a transmedia story it might be designed like this: The basic story would be told in an anchoring medium, such as a novel, TV show, or film. The wolf has a companion website would give us opportunities to learn more him, the path that led the wolf to his current antisocial tendencies, and give us a glimpse of his inner genius, such as showing his mathematical schematics of the impact of wind velocity on the materials of straw, sticks and bricks. We would also be able to find maps of the turnip field, apple tree, local market and County Fair and strategic attack positions. We would follow the wolf as he plots and adjusts his plans at each volley by the pigs. On a Ning network, Wolf supporters form Team Wolf and contribute strategy, information, additional maps, and alternate endings and plot developments. On a blog, the first little pig details the family history, his paranoid suspicions of a dark figure lurking about his house that led to the pigs decision to live apart rather than together. An Anime comic takes fans on the first little pig’s visions of a pig super hero saving the world and avenging evil as personified by wolves. The second little pig Tweets his chronicle, seeking advice on sustainable building materials and the relative merits of straw and sticks from other Twitterers, and relaying breaking...
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...report on one of the case studies. At the beginning of term, student groups will be randomly assigned to one of the following two cases: “Valuation of AirThread Connections” or “Dividend Policy at FPL Group, Inc.” Please find out which case you have been allocated to and the week in which that case is discussed. In the following I explain which deadlines you have to meet and how effort towards each deadline contributes to your coursework mark: • Deadline 1. You must read up your case material and prepare oral answers to the case questions by the Thursday lecture to which your case discussion is allocated. Groups that have not prepared before the case discussion will suffer a coursework mark penalty. The penalty will be 10 points of the coursework mark (e.g., a drop from 60% on your submission to 50% overall). Groups that have fully prepared and present their arguments during the class discussion in a lively and enthusiastic way will receive a 5-point coursework mark uplift (e.g., an increase from 70% to 75%). • Deadline 2. The next deadline is for submission of your complete case report. This must be done on Moodle, by the Thursday one week after the case discussion week. Therefore, the deadlines for submitting the written report are as follows: – Groups assigned to the AirThread case: Thursday 27 March – Groups assigned to the FPL case: Thursday 3 April. Advice on how to write the case report Each group will have to prepare a written report for its assigned case. The report should...
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...中山大学数计学院 2013级软件工程专业(2015学年秋季学期) 《SE- +电子商务》期末考试方案 (考试形式：Final Assignment) 《中山大学授予学士学位工作细则》第六条 考试作弊不授予学士学位 方向： 姓名： ______ 学号： 出卷： 审核： Final Individual Assignment-2015 No. True/False Indicate whether the statement is true or false.（20 points, 1 point each） ____ 1. Transferring funds, placing orders, sending invoices, and shipping goods to customers are all types of activities or transactions. ____ 2. A value added network (VAN) is an independent firm that offers connection and transaction-forwarding services to buyers and sellers engaged in EDI. ____ 3. An HTML document is similar to a word-processing document in that it specifies how a particular text element will appear. ____ 4. Although an extranet is a VPN, not every VPN is an extranet. ____ 5. The three main elements of a Web server are the hardware, operating system software, and client software. ____ 6. Academic publishing has always been a relatively easy business in which to make a profit. ____ 7. Companies that have existing sales outlets and distribution networks often worry that their Web sites will take away sales from those outlets and networks. ____ 8. The benefits of acquiring new visitors are the same for Web businesses with different revenue models. ____ 9. A banner ad is a small rectangular object on a Web page that displays a stationary or moving graphic without a hyperlink to the advertiser...
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...acknowledges that the poor in many developing countries remain largely excluded from ICT and its benefits. This paper aims to address three issues. Firstly, identify ICT barriers in the literature from 2000 to 2011. Secondly, identify ICT barriers through empirical findings and thirdly, categorize these barriers into critical success factors. These aims are achieved by comparing the findings in the literature to our recent empirical results. Two methodologies are used in this study, namely, a systematic literature review and a case study; the empirical data for our case study was collected from The Gambia in autumn of 2012. The systematic literature review covers 1107 studies (2000-2011) published in the top five ranked ICT4D journals in terms of journal citation ranking. The paper identifies a total of 43 ICT barriers. Forty of them are common to both studies while the remaining three were revealed in the case study, namely, lack of Internet exchange points, micromanaging and invisible hands. The barriers in both studies are grouped into eight possible critical success factors and their degrees of severity are then compared. This paper argues that lack of Internet...
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...Case Study Review: U.S. DOT ARRA Website Vulnerabilities Executive Summary The United States experienced an economic shock, commonly referred to as the “Great Recession”, in 2008 that resulted in the most job losses in any year since WWII. Payrolls plummeted, home values dove, and slumps were experienced in almost every sector of the economy. The administration of President Bush had agreed to provide federal loans to prop up the automobile industry and President-elect Obama inherited an economy in collapse. In 2009, the newly elected President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) into law. The Act provided stimulus spending in infrastructure, health, energy, education, unemployment insurance, social welfare programs, and many other areas of government interest. To address concerns from political opposition to that Act, ARRA included strong provisions governing transparency of the spending of taxpayer money. ARRA funds would be dispensed with strong requirements that taxpayers be able to monitor how their tax money is being spent. A major beneficiary of the stimulus funds was the Department of Transportation. To address the transparency issue, the department established a number of websites supported by servers and databases that the public could access to monitor the spending of their tax dollars. The DOT’s expanded web interface inherently exposed it to greater risk. This case study reviews an audit of that risk, the department’s shortfalls...
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...is a case study? A report presenting an analysis of problems and issues facing a particular company, with recommendations of a plan of action and justification of that plan What is the purpose of a case study? To persuade audience that the recommendations are feasible, desirable and the best ones available Who commissions one? A client, or a firm‟s senior management who are seeking a way forward understanding of case study approach clarification of directive words used in assignment tasks model of how to deconstruct process of writing a case study understanding of logical flow required in analysis of a case and indication of content relating to each section of report report structure analysis of language structures & cohesion models of integration of sources and referencing Directives tell you what to do with content and are closely associated with purpose of different sections in case study report. Importance of understanding precise meanings of key directives to meet task requirements. (Communication Skills Guide p22) Analyse Explain Justify Evaluate A. Present an informed assessment of something to judge how important/valuable it is B. Break down into main parts/important features. Discuss each &how they relate to each other • Evaluate firm‟s current situation (macro & micro) Context? What‟s happening & why? C. Give the „why‟ and / or „how‟ with clarifying cause and effect reasons from the case D...
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...Assignment Case Study A Brawl in Mickey's Backyard Case Study: A Brawl in Mickey's Backyard Read the Brawl in Mickey's Backyard Case Study at the end of Chapter One in your text. In one to two double-spaced pages, supported by evidence in your text and from other research, answer the following questions: Who are the relevant market and nonmarket stakeholders in this situation? What possible solutions to this dispute do you think might emerge from dialogue between SunCal and its stakeholders? Submit to your instructor no later than day 7 (Monday). Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment. Week 1 DQ1 Business & Society In one paragraph, supported by evidence in your text and from other research, describe two forces that you believe shape the relationship between business and society. Provide two examples (one for each force you choose). Look for flaws and strengths in specific examples and applications. Respond to at least two of your classmates' postings Week 1 DQ2 Business & Accountability In one paragraph, supported with evidence from your text and from other research, provide one example and brief discussion of one business in your area that has demonstrated accountability to people, to its community, and to its environment. Be specific with your examples. Respond to at least two of your classmates' postings Week 2 Assignment Case Study Alcoa's Core Values in Practice Case Study: Alcoa's...
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...Assignment Case Study A Brawl in Mickey's Backyard Case Study: A Brawl in Mickey's Backyard Read the Brawl in Mickey's Backyard Case Study at the end of Chapter One in your text. In one to two double-spaced pages, supported by evidence in your text and from other research, answer the following questions: Who are the relevant market and nonmarket stakeholders in this situation? What possible solutions to this dispute do you think might emerge from dialogue between SunCal and its stakeholders? Submit to your instructor no later than day 7 (Monday). Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment. Week 1 DQ1 Business & Society In one paragraph, supported by evidence in your text and from other research, describe two forces that you believe shape the relationship between business and society. Provide two examples (one for each force you choose). Look for flaws and strengths in specific examples and applications. Respond to at least two of your classmates' postings Week 1 DQ2 Business & Accountability In one paragraph, supported with evidence from your text and from other research, provide one example and brief discussion of one business in your area that has demonstrated accountability to people, to its community, and to its environment. Be specific with your examples. Respond to at least two of your classmates' postings Week 2 Assignment Case Study Alcoa's Core Values in Practice Case Study: Alcoa's...
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...Assignment Case Study A Brawl in Mickey's Backyard Case Study: A Brawl in Mickey's Backyard Read the Brawl in Mickey's Backyard Case Study at the end of Chapter One in your text. In one to two double-spaced pages, supported by evidence in your text and from other research, answer the following questions: Who are the relevant market and nonmarket stakeholders in this situation? What possible solutions to this dispute do you think might emerge from dialogue between SunCal and its stakeholders? Submit to your instructor no later than day 7 (Monday). Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment. Week 1 DQ1 Business & Society In one paragraph, supported by evidence in your text and from other research, describe two forces that you believe shape the relationship between business and society. Provide two examples (one for each force you choose). Look for flaws and strengths in specific examples and applications. Respond to at least two of your classmates' postings Week 1 DQ2 Business & Accountability In one paragraph, supported with evidence from your text and from other research, provide one example and brief discussion of one business in your area that has demonstrated accountability to people, to its community, and to its environment. Be specific with your examples. Respond to at least two of your classmates' postings Week 2 Assignment Case Study Alcoa's Core Values in Practice Case Study: Alcoa's...
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...Assignment Case Study A Brawl in Mickey's Backyard Case Study: A Brawl in Mickey's Backyard Read the Brawl in Mickey's Backyard Case Study at the end of Chapter One in your text. In one to two double-spaced pages, supported by evidence in your text and from other research, answer the following questions: Who are the relevant market and nonmarket stakeholders in this situation? What possible solutions to this dispute do you think might emerge from dialogue between SunCal and its stakeholders? Submit to your instructor no later than day 7 (Monday). Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment. Week 1 DQ1 Business & Society In one paragraph, supported by evidence in your text and from other research, describe two forces that you believe shape the relationship between business and society. Provide two examples (one for each force you choose). Look for flaws and strengths in specific examples and applications. Respond to at least two of your classmates' postings Week 1 DQ2 Business & Accountability In one paragraph, supported with evidence from your text and from other research, provide one example and brief discussion of one business in your area that has demonstrated accountability to people, to its community, and to its environment. Be specific with your examples. Respond to at least two of your classmates' postings Week 2 Assignment Case Study Alcoa's Core Values in Practice Case Study: Alcoa's...
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