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    Product Offering

    Perform a product launch (see pp. 61-67 (Ch. 2) of Marketing Management for a sample plan). Chosen product-music label (All Genres) Chosen country-Italy Chosen-organization-Pnuma Music Group LLC Product Identification

    The Weaknesses SONIC Inc.

    1. What do the customers think the company needs to improve? 2. What innovations in the industry might leave the company behind the competition?

    Strategic Thinking Moral Issues

    In what way can strategic thinking be used to embrace the moral ideals? Which two moral ideals (honesty and prudence) are most important to you with regards to your professional relationships (my professional relationship is in Finance)? Why?

    What is a Product Champion?

    What is a product champion? What are the potential problems associated with ANY scoring model? How might the two be related?

    Quantitative Business Analysis Daily Systems

    Queuing Theory The customer support hotline for a computer software company is currently staffed by a single technician. Customer service calls arrive at a rate of four calls per hour and follow a Poisson distribution. Calls are handled on a first-in-first-out basis and customers enter a waiting queue in the event the tec

    Business Objective and Product Planning

    Assume that you are the CEO of a company that is about to launch a product or service somewhere in the United States. Select the product or service that is to be launched. Choose your product or service carefully-you will be creating detailed business plans around this product or service. write a report stating the business

    Negotiation Strategy Article Analysis

    Find at least two articles that describe a negotiation situation that employs different negotiation strategies. Describe the negotiation processes used in your selected articles. Compare and contrast those two strategies and how they might apply in your work setting. Paper should include 600 words. Format the paper according

    Public Relations Campaign: Strategy

    -recommend strategies to build media relations and generate publicity for the organization Kudler Fine Foods. Address the following in your Strategy Essay: o Identify the risks in the strategy. *Format according to APA standards. *Use and provide all necessary references. Thanks

    Strategy Composition

    The vice president of your company, Mr. Myers, informs you that the board is looking for ways to improve the overall performance of customer loyalty after implementing the social networking Web site. Because the topic is important, Mr. Myers explains that he wants you to prepare a report for him explaining how the company can be

    Operation Management

    1. Susan Meyer, owner/manager of Meyer's Motor Court in Key West, is considering outsourcing the daily room cleanup for her motel to Duffy's Maid Service. Susan rents an average of 50 rooms for each of 365 nights (365 × 50 equals the total rooms rented for the year). Susan's cost to clean a room is $12.50. The Duffy's Maid Ser

    New product

    You want to introduce a new product. You already have a successful brand in a different product category than the new product you plan to introduce. You are contemplating using the same brand name (brand extension) for the new product. What factors should you consider before making this decision?

    Factory Shift Work Capacity

    1. Should a factory work second shift with wages as 1.5 times the day rate or expand the first shift factory capacity. Briefly explain your answer. 2. Your company needs to expand its manufacturing capacity. Where do you get the money to expand the factory? Explain your answer. 3. Your sales are low and you need addit

    Quantitative Reasoning Explanations

    Show your work at the end of the problems (Excel functions count as work but must be visible from the cell) The following table shows a nominal GDP and an appropriate price index for a group of selected years. Compute real GDP. Indicate in each calculation whether you are inflating or deflating the nominal

    E-Business: Analyze Websites

    Please help with a discussion that describes, compares and contrasts the following: ? Visual Affects: Describes how the look and feel differs for the three Web sites. o Costco o Sam's Club o BJ's Wholesale Club ? Navigation: Analyze the navigation: Include an evaluation of the ease of navigation of each Web site. o

    Analyze the following scenario

    Analyze the following scenario: Officer Steven Connerly has been accused by several Taylor County Jail inmates of using excessive force in restraint of prisoners while escorting them to and from the courthouse. The warden of the jail sent Officer Connerly to a class to learn about the use of new security devices and restraint te

    PV Calculations

    1. Calculate the monthly payment for a $200,000 loan at 6% for 30 years. Please show work and formulas a. What is the difference in payoff length and total amount paid over the life of the loan if ONE extra payment of $500.00 were made towards principle during the first payment? Please show work and formulas b. What i

    Conceptualizing a Business

    EasyWare is a new start-up software development company which designs, develops, and sells applications for use on iPhone, iPod Touch and Android devices. The company was founded solely for the purpose to create applications for iPhone, iPod Touch, and Android devices. The applications currently being developed are utility appli

    Five Year Career Development Plan

    Five-Year Career Development Plan I want to open up my own High end Jewelry store. Prepare a five-year career development plan. Your plan should include the following: a. Career goals and objectives b. Possible promotional opportunities for career growth c. An inventory of current skills, abilities, training, and educ

    Strategy planning evaluated

    Evaluates your organization must consider to realize growth and recommend a strategy that the organization might implement

    Contingency planning

    Why is contingency planning important? Explain your answer using your experience or your work environment.

    Defoalt Risk Premium

    A Treasury bond that matures in 10 years has a yield of 6%. A 10-year corporate bond has a yield of 9%. Assume that the liquidity premium on the corporate bond is 0.5%. What is the default risk premium on the corporate bond?

    Hyundai

    Research the Hyundai website. Using your readings, the Library, and the Internet, and any additional resources necessary, you are being asked to complete the following sections of a Strategic Audit (See examples starting on page 78 and pages 179-185 following appendix 11.C): Analysis of Strategic Factors. Since you are aware

    Strategies

    Based on the attached article, brainstorm on the following: What are the most often used two ways to discover a strategy? Based on the research what do the authors, recommend as a way to discover a strategy? According to the authors what are the most significant differences between a new industry or market and one that is

    Microsoft strategic goals

    Using the Internet or library sources, analyze the annual reports of Microsoft, Inc. How is Microsoft using their HR processes to achieve their strategic goals?

    Chester Corporation's Total Liabilities

    Midyear on July 31st, the Chester Corporation's balance sheet reported: Total Assets of $174.250 million Total Common Stock of $5.080 million Cash of $8.040 million Retained Earnings of $39.953 million. What were the Chester Corporation's total liabilities?

    Executive Summary on Walmart

    Using Wal-Mart as the company, answer the following: How much cash and cash equivalents did the company have at the end of its 2 most recent annual reporting periods? What amount of accounts payable did the company have at the end of its 2 most recent annual reporting periods? What were the company's revenues (or net re