Case 4: to Pay or Not to Pay: Zagat’s Dilemma

3. Do you think that the decision to lease the locomotives was the best decision for

7. There were no accompanying graphics and diagrams The visuals was adequate point you in the right

3. They charged a higher than fair price in the Secondary Market. They sold the issue slowly in order to maintain the premium.

3.) LCS shouldn't have assumed they were going to get approved, and advertised they would be there

It is difficult to imagine a time in history when criminals were able to commit severe crimes and go unpunished or be punished by the law in a lenient manner. How is that someone could unjustly put an end to someone else’s life and be sentenced to prison for seven years, maybe ten. That term sounds like a lengthy time but in my view a person who inflicts harm on another individual should be punished in a more severely way. The wonderful thing about the legal system in this country is that it can change whether it is repealed, amended, or a new law or sets of laws are created. The fact that the ability to propose a law is not solemnly reserved to the government makes our legal system quite remarkable. We have the ability to create a change

“And when I speak, I don't speak as a Democrat. Or a Republican. Nor an American. I speak as a victim of America's so-called democracy. When we open our eyes today and look around America, we see America through the eyes of someone who has been the victim of Americanism. We don't see any American dream. We've experienced only the American nightmare.” –Malcolm X. The American Dream is the idea that every person should have an equal opportunity to obtain success through hard work, prosperity, and determination. Recently though, this American Dream isn’t functioning as expected. While some believe that America still provides access to the American Dream today by allowing the opportunity for people in America and those who immigrate to achieve

| 1.6-Safety & Privacy issues: user accounts hacked and misused, users quit(9,10)1.7-Too dependent on Zynga: 12% revenue 2011 of games & virtual goods, a significant number of pages generated by Zynga applications(11,12)1.8-Shut down because of Islam cultural clashes, blocked because of conservative moral

6. The community couldn’t keep up with the change coming from the remittances families overseas.

Home pages for example are the first page people will see and it has to be importantly eye catching and highlighted in the right way. Because Zara is known for its high quality fashion, their website is very direct and tight. The customer knows exacty where to find what product, Zara has made it very easy and comfertable for her customers. If the technology used behind computers is changed the employees will have to keep to the

The business idea of Zara is to link customer demand to manufacturing, and to link manufacturing to distribution. And based on this general idea, Zara has several essential elements for its business model. First, speed and decision making, which means that in the external level, Zara need to respond very quickly to demands of target customers, and always keep in style. While for the inside, Zara treasure intelligence and judgment of common employees who enjoy a great deal of autonomy. Second, its marketing, merchandising and advertising strategy. Zara does not spend on virtually advertising, while it spends heavily on stores, and no selling online because of

The generic competitive strategy that Panera best fits is broad differentiation. This is primarily because Panera sought to be the first choice for patrons looking for fresh-baked goods, a sandwich, soup, a salad or a beverage in a pleasing environment. In this platform Panera has set their eyes on people who may not necessarily be looking for an expensive meal, but might also not want cheap, fast food but instead are looking for a fresh meal that can be enjoyed in a relaxing environment. In this Panera is looking for a

Barriers to Entry: Due to the recent recession and weak economic market, many new players have avoided entering the retail industry. Zara has taken advantage of this opportunity to be the first to enter into many markets across the world before its competitors. With the economic future improving, Zara will be facing more and more competition especially in the United States. Rather than implementing new strategies on

A new entrant is when a new business companies will enter the market and start up their own market sales in that country. A fresh company that set up will gain a lot of recognition from consumers who are eager to purchase it.

Yelp is mostly known for their business online reviews. It originally started as an online website and has grown into an application based for user generated reviews of local business and communities. Customers can use yelp for a variety of reasons other than writing reviews such as finding events, business openings, and communicate with other yelpers. “Yelpers” is a coined name given to users that write reviews and communicate with one another through the website and application. On average, Yelp has over 25 million unique visits through the application and 72 million unique visits through their website. Yelp makes money by selling ads to local business and a variety of services business can use to their

Zara is a clothing company that was founded in 1975 and came from Spain. Its under Inditex group which owns other brands such as Massimo Dutti, Pull & Bear, Oysho, Uterques and many more companies. Zara grew very fast and currently in 2012 has 1,617 stores worldwide. With a large name in the fashion industry, besides that, Zara faces tough competition internationally including H&M, Benetton, and GAP. In order to keep up with the speed chic, Zara need to keep up also with the information system to run their business.