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Harvard Business School 9-197-010 Rev. May 30, 1997 First Investments, Inc.: Analysis of Financial Statements In March 1995, Fred Aldrich, a summer trainee with the First Investments, Inc., was called into the office of the head of investment analysis section of the trust department. The following conversation took place: Fred, here are the 1994, 1993, and 1985 Basic Industries Company’s financials (Exhibit 1) and a 10-year summary (Exhibit 2 ). Our trust department has owned this stock since the

prepared at Harvard Business School, by Andrew McAfee, Vincent Dessian, and Anders Sjoman. Zara is a fashion clothing line under the multinational clothing retailer and manufacturer Intidex. The case opens with a discussion between Xan Salgado Badas (Head of IT for Intidex) and Bruno Sanchez Ocampo a subordinate, on whether or not to update the current existing Windows DOS based POS (Point of Sale) terminals with advanced Windows operating system. The paper further details the business model and IT dependency

prepared at Harvard Business School, by Andrew McAfee, Vincent Dessian, and Anders Sjoman. Zara is a fashion clothing line under the multinational clothing retailer and manufacturer Intidex. The case opens with a discussion between Xan Salgado Badas (Head of IT for Intidex) and Bruno Sanchez Ocampo a subordinate, on whether or not to update the current existing Windows DOS based POS (Point of Sale) terminals with advanced Windows operating system. The paper further details the business model and IT dependency

owner-managers and the owner-managers always play multiple roles in a company, including general manager, sales manager, production manager, financial manager and so on, so that characteristics of the owner-managers, such as education background, family business background, personal goals, previous work experience, strategic awareness have a significantly impact on firm’s activities and performance. Several studies indicate that in SMEs, the personality of the owner-managers is a critical determinant of

Harvard Business School 9-598-021 Rev. February 9, 1998. WESCO Distribution, Inc. Late in June 1997, Jim Piraino, VP marketing for WESCO Distribution, Inc. (see Exhibit 1), was preparing for a yearly review meeting with his CEO Roy Haley. At the top of the agenda was the performance of the National Accounts (NA) program during the first half of 1997 (see Exhibit 2). Haley had ambitious plans for WESCO over the next five years. He had charted out a course that called for an annual growth rate

I had a hard time finding somebody to interview and one day at work, I mentioned it to my boss and he referred me to Sydney Clapp. Clapp is the Digital Marketing coordinator at Century Bank. I actually knew who she was even though I never knew her title at Century Bank. Clapp is an alumni of Rhode Island University class of 2017 where she studied marketing. She was a dean list student and was a member of many clubs. Clapp is a Medford MA, native where she grew up with three siblings and her parents

Rachel had multiple areas where she lacked professionalism. A glaring one is the fact that she asked for this presentation and is completely unprepared. She does not seem to care about the presentation whatsoever. Rachel does not have the data for the presentation, she does not have the meting room ready, and she does not even have copies printed. Another area where Rachel failed in regards to professionalism is her lack of neatness and usage of electronics. Rachel is listening to music when the

Welcome HBA Class of 2014 to the Richard Ivey School of Business. I am extremely excited to welcome you to the best business program in Canada. You are about to embark on one of the most challenging, invigorating, and enlightening journeys of your life. This program will challenge your philosophies, and stretch your limits; both physically and mentally. You will grow, change and succeed in ways you never thought were possible. The Guru Executive team has been working extremely hard over

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Taylor Swift: Taylor Swift was born in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania to Andrea and Scott Kingsley Swift. Swift began writing her own music at around the age of ten. She went on to perform some of these songs live at local karaoke contests, festivals and fairs, before compiling her own demo tape when she was eleven. With the sudden growth of her potential career, the Swift family moved to Nashville entirely. Swift gave a performance at the Bluebird Café, which was seen by Scott Brochette of Big Machine