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Corporate Social Responsibility - The Case Of De Beers
ABSTRACT Corporate Social Responsibility, a theory that has evolved since the 1990s, seeks to see businesses be responsible for their actions socially and environmentally. There is an increasing trend by businesses to adopt Corporate Social Responsibility Practices. This paper attempts to define the reasons why this is so, and what strategic issues are faced by companies who adopt these practices. The issue of Corporate Social Responsibility will then be highlighted in a case study of
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Case Analysis Of Dell Computers
On April 22, 2003 Page 2 2 INDUSTRY ANALYSIS ..............................................................................................................................3 CURRENT STATUS ....................................................................................................................................6 C URRENT S ITUATION ..................................................................................................................................6 Performance...........................................................................................................................................6 Missions, Objectives, and Strategies.................................................................................................7 S IGNIFICANT I SSUES AND P ROBLEMS .......................................................................................................9 ANALYSIS OF STRATEGIC FACTORS ...........................................................................................10 S TRATEGIC M ANAGERS ............................................................................................................................10 Board of Directors ..............................................................................................................................11 Biographies..........................................................................................................................................11 S TRENGTHS , W EAKNESSES , O PPORTUNITIES , AND T HREATS .............................................................14 Internal Environment..........................................................................................................................14 External Environment.........................................................................................................................23 E VALUATION OF S TRATEGIC F ACTORS ..................................................................................................27 Key Factors in
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Nucor Case Analysis
MDEC LAUNCHES MALAYSIA ANIMATION CREATIVE CONTENT CENTRE The Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) has established the Malaysia Animation Creative Content Centre (MAC) to provide local animators, visual effect artists and multimedia students centralised facilities and programmes that will enable them to bring their ideas to fruition in digital content space. The digital contents expected to be produced here will include animation works, games, visual effects, mobile contents and computer graphic related contents. MDeC said the MAC,
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Maywood Inc. Case
Maywood Inc Case It is understandable why Gary Lowery is so uneasy with the whole situation at Maywood Inc's Singapore branch office. A number of mistakes were made during the assignment preparation stage, then, later, during the assignment implementation stage. Those mistakes and problems needed to be analyzed and recommendations needed to be developed for the future so that Maywood Inc's Singapore branch would operate more effectively. A survey of 1,500 senior executives conducted by
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Nike Information System Case Studies
PENGENALAN Berdasarkan statistic oleh konsultan Avanade yang berasal dari UK, 40 peratus organisasi di UK mengalami kegagalan di dalam projek sistem maklumat yang dijalankan oleh organisasi masing masing. Statistic ini diamil berdasarkan laporan dan data yang dirujuk dari tahun 2004 Ð'- 2006 "A hefty 40 per cent of businesses experienced project failure between 2004 and 2006" (Kelly, 2007). Dalam tugasan ini, saya memilih syarikat NIKE.Inc yang mengalami masalah dengan perisian "supply chain planner" yang telah
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Case Analysis
THE MICROWAVE FOOD INDUSTRY Ð'* GOLDEN VALLEY MICROWAVE FOODS (GVMF) Ð'* Company Introduction: Ð'* GVMF was started by a Jim Watkins. Ð'* President and CFO of GVMF. Ð'* Worked as a research member team in Pillsbury for approximately 8 years. Ð'* Left Pillsbury because he found Pillsbury was not interested about microwave foods. Ð'* Jim had a strong haunch and belief that Microwave Food Industry is going to boom. Ð'* Therefore he started GVMF with
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Arundel Partners Case Analysis
Arundel Partners Case Analysis Executive Summary: A group of investors (Arundel group) is looking into the idea of purchasing the sequel rights associated with films produced by one or more major movie studios. Movie rights are to be purchased prior to films being made. Arundel wants to come up with a decision to either purchase all the sequel rights for a studio抯 entire production during a specified period of time or purchase a specified number
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Paul's Case
Paul's Case is about a young, Calvinist man who did not feel that he belonged in his life. He lived on Cordelia Street in Pittsburgh, PA. Cordelia Street was littered with cookie cutter houses, suburbanite-like city-dwellers, and a general aura of despair. Paul's room was no different. Paul felt that his abusive father, uncaring teachers, and classmates who misunderstand him aren't worthy of his presence and company. One of the reasons Paul may not
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Dakota Office Products Study Case
1. Why was Dakota’s existing pricing system inadequate for its current operating environment? - profits only when clients placed large orders for cartons - real drop of profit if many clients place small orders - wrong cost determination for individual customers - wrong cost determination for new services provided by DOP (to small charges for the “desktop” delivery, then the actual cost of it) 2. Develop an activity-base cost system for Dakota Office Products based
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Hilton Case Study
1. Harley Davidson had difficulties to achieve its global growth thru dimensions of cultural differences from its beginning. They had opened dealership through the world to break some of the barriers of cultures differences around the globe. The weakness was the nation's sole motorcycle manufacturer; the company was on the brink of bankruptcy, facing a declining market, poor product perception and heavy competition from Japan. Through aggressive actions in product development, manufacturing and marketing, the
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Case Analysis
Introduction In case like that we have to analyzing and find the problem or the problems. And look the different causes carefully and resolve the situation with patience. Maybe this is the first job for Carl in this area and he don't' have the experience for do that alone. Carl need talk with Monica and ask alls his doubts and how to do that on time and fine. When we can't do an assignment like
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Case Study
Introduction Mid-Continent Airlines is well known in the Great Lakes Region. Mid-Continent, along with other commuter airlines provides airline services to small and medium sized cities. Mid-Continent has had repeated history of profitability ranging from small profits to small losses. Mid-Continent's current financial standing is not good. All of their current aircraft fleet was purchased used. Their oldest aircraft is becoming very costly to maintain. They cannot acquire traditional bank financing because of their inadequate
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Dawar Group - Case Study
LIST OF CONTENTS: 1. INTRODUCTION * COMPANY ASPECTS/BACKGROUND * MISSION STATEMENT * COMPANY PROFILE * ORGANIZATION CHART * DEPARTMENT DIVISION CHART * ADMINISTRATION CHART. 2. DEPARTMENTS * SAMPLING DEPARTMENT * PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT * ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT * EXPORT-IMPORT DEPARTMENT * PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT * MARKETING DEPARTMENT 3. CONCLUSION * LEARNING'S & PREDICTIONS. Mission Statement: * To put shoes in the feet of people around the world. * To reach out most parts of the world. *
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S G Cowen Case
Southwest Airlines Case Study Prepared by Byron Lilly, Instructor, Business Department, De Anza College The Instructor is grateful to Ryan Stanley of the Foundation for Enterprise Development, and Thomas A. Kochan of the Institute for Work and Employment Research, MIT Sloan School of Management, whose articles were used extensively in the preparation of this case study. See the references at end of this case study for a full citation. ________________________________________ Company Profile Southwest Airlines is
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Student Case Study
Introduction: Scheduling is a key factor in assuring success in the workplace, especially when you are being counted on by co-workers. Background: Carl Robbins, a new campus recruiter employed by ABC, Inc for six months, attempts his first recruitment for the company. Unfortunately, scheduling problems are brought to his attention and he panics days before the newly recruited expected start dates in July. Key Problems: #1: The first major problem: Not following up on a
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Dunkin' Donuts Hypothetical Marketing Strategy Case
Dunkin’ Donuts was first established in 1950, in Quincy, Massachusetts, by William Rosenberg. Over the years the company expanded and now is the largest coffee and baked goods chain in the world. They serve over 5,500 retail outlets; selling more than 4 million doughnuts and 2.7 million cups of coffee daily! Dunkin’ Donuts are famous for their many varieties of doughnuts and their wide range of bakery products - muffins, bagels and munchkinsÐ'® donut hole
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Dunkin' Donuts Hypothetical Marketing Strategy Case
Dunkin’ Donuts was first established in 1950, in Quincy, Massachusetts, by William Rosenberg. Over the years the company expanded and now is the largest coffee and baked goods chain in the world. They serve over 5,500 retail outlets; selling more than 4 million doughnuts and 2.7 million cups of coffee daily! Dunkin’ Donuts are famous for their many varieties of doughnuts and their wide range of bakery products - muffins, bagels and munchkinsÐ'® donut hole
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Nike Case
BACKGROUND Kimi Ford, a portfolio manager of a large mutual fund management firm, is looking into the viability of investing in the stocks of Nike for the fund that she manages. Ford should base her decision on data on the company which were disclosed in the 2001 fiscal reports. While Nike management addressed several issues that are causing the decrease in market sales and prices of stocks, management presented its plans to improve and perform
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Provel Case Study
International Marketing Communications Case Study: Provel A. Situational Assesment: Eli Lilly Canada Inc. is a pharmaceutical company which established a new divison called Provel, to provide pharmaceutical products and technical services exclusively to veterinarians. Before Provel was established, the over-the-counter market and the ethical market were both served by Elanco, another division of Eli Lilly Canada. The over-the-counter market consists of selling pharmaceutical products to farmers through retail outlets and farm supply dealers, while the
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Starbucks Case Analysis
Starbucks Case Analysis I. Company Overview Starbucks was founded in 1971 in Seattle Washington. Their prime product was the selling of whole bean coffee in one Seattle store. By 1982, the business had grown to include five stores selling coffee beans, a roasting facility, and a wholesale business for local restaurants. Howard Schultz was recruited to be the manager of retail and marketing in the early Ð''80s. Schultz got the idea for the current Starbucks
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La Gear Case Study
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY L.A. Gear, Inc was started in 1985 when Robert Greenberg was looking for the next trend to follow, and saw the opportunity after watching Reebok attack the shoe market with their fashionable aerobic shoes. Greenberg saw an opportunity and created L.A. Gear, and sold highly fashionable candy colored sneakers aimed at trend conscious teenage girls. The company since then expanded into the third most dominating shoe company in the world entering the 1990s.
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Supreme Court Case Of Dennis V. United States, 1951
For nearly five years, the United States and Great Britain allied with the Soviet Union to defeat the Axis Powers, during World War II. During the war, the usual tensions between the West and the Soviets took a back seat to their mutually convenient alliance. Tensions gradually resurfaced after Germany's defeat, and the Cold War was born. As the Soviets extended their influence by promoting and installing communist governments in the countries of Eastern Europe,
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Smokers Case
Having 45.8 percent of market share till 2010, British American Tobacco is still the main market leader in tobacco market. http://www.bata.com.au/group/sites/BAT_7WYKG8.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DO7WYLAG?opendocument&SKN=1) .However time is not going so easy for tobacco industry these. Due to overwhelming promotion of anti smoking products and campaigns and constricting regulations it is a major question for BAT how to sustain itself in changing market policies in coming 5 to 10 years. Stakeholders: Global distributors British American Tobacco Group holds an
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Rise Of China And Case Study Of Veolia And Colgate-Palmolive
Contents 1.0 Section One1 2.0 Section Two - 2.1 Introduction - 2.2 Veolia - 2.3 Colgate-Palmolive 3.0 Bibliography Appendices, A 1.0 Section One China is emerging as a growing economy, which is becoming more attractive for foreign investors and in particular, large multi national companies. It is seen as the fastest developing country, and is emerging as the new superpower. There are many factors that have led to China becoming a more appealing country for
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Southwest State Bank Case - Profitability/Swot Analysis
Key Trends Identified in SSB's Profitability from 1991 through 1993 According to the calculated ratios in Table-1, SSB had the following major trends in profitability during the time of 1991 to 1993: * Decreasing return on equity (ROE) - shareholder return * Gradual & unsteadily decreasing return on assets (ROA) - managerial efficiency * Decreasing net non interest margin - less profit earned on non-interest banking components * Increasing earnings spread - have established effective
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