According to Warren Buffet how could the company threadless's brand function as a moat to protect them competitors?  What can they do to ensure that their is a more effective moat in the future?

My paper is part of the experimental management class, in the paper I included a SWOT Analysis, Financial Review, Marketing Strategy & Economic Review, Organizational Structure and Recommendations. write a paragraph of a thesis statement of Nike Inc.

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As the production planner for Xiangling Hu​ Products, Inc., you have been given a bill of material for a bracket that is made up of a​ base, 1 springnothing​, and 3 clamps. The base is assembled from 1 clampnothing and 1 housingnothing. Each clamp has 1 handle and 2 castings. Each housing has 2 bearings and 1 shaftnothing. There is no inventory on hand. This exercise contains only parts b and c. The product structure is as​ follows: Bracket Base Subscript left parenthesis 1 right parenthesis Clamp Subscript left parenthesis 1 right parenthesis Handle Subscript left parenthesis 1 right parenthesis Casting Subscript left parenthesis 2 right parenthesis Spring Subscript left parenthesis 1 right parenthesis Housing Subscript left parenthesis 1 right parenthesis Shaft Subscript left parenthesis 1 right parenthesis Clamp Subscript left parenthesis 3 right parenthesis Bearing Subscript left parenthesis 2 right parenthesis Handle Subscript left parenthesis 1 right parenthesis Casting Subscript left parenthesis 2 right parenthesis ​b) Determine the gross quantities needed of each item if you are to assemble 50 brackets. ​Base: nothing units ​(enter your response as a whole number​). ​Spring: nothing units ​(enter your response as a whole number​). ​Clamp: nothing units ​(enter your response as a whole number​). ​Housing: nothing units ​(enter your response as a whole number​). ​Handle: nothing units ​(enter your response as a whole number​). ​Casting: nothing units ​(enter your response as a whole number​). ​Bearing: nothing units ​(enter your response as a whole number​). ​Shaft: nothing units ​(enter your response as a whole number​). Enter your answer in the edit fields and then click Check Answer

Does the notion of talent management relate to the shift from classical to global management? Why or why not

Strategic Management Edition 4. - Frank T. Rothaermel

IKEA - Chapter 10

Ingvar Kamprad’s influence over IKEA may have even been stronger than that of Sam Walton over Walmart because IKEA is a privately held company, whereas Walmart is a public company (since 1970). Walmart entered a period of difficulties after Sam Walton stepped down (in 1988 at age 70). Do you think IKEA had similar difficulties after it endured a similar leadership transition in 2013, when Ingvar Kamprad stepped down? Why or why not?

stating why false negative matters to you stating why false positive matters to you

You are operating a small ice cream truck. Each day you visit a different neighborhood and spend the day there. In every neighborhood you face a different competition with varying number competitors and average prices. Up to know you did not make any price change by neighborhood. Observing that your demand varies between neighborhoods, and since now you know how to estimate regressions, you decided to use your knowledge to perform a quantitative analysis. Namely, you collected the data attached in files. (HW3Q2Data)

a.) Scatter your demand on each of the variables.

b.) Begin with a model, by adding and subtracting variables select the best one. (Hint, begin with all) At each step, copy and paste only the Regression Statistics part of your result table (R2, Adjusted R2 etc. top part of result table)

c.) What is your estimated final result? (Copy and paste all result table from Excel)

d.) Is the model significant at 1%?

e.) Which variables are significant at 5% and at 1%?

Not every new item that McDonald’s rolls out is an instant success. Periodically during the past 50 years, McDonald’s has offered some products that just didn’t catch on with customers. One example is McWings, which was rolled out to stores for a short time in 2013 and then disappeared from the menu. The company didn’t give a reason for discontinuing the product and there were no known supply or production problems associated with McWings. But many observers noted that the cost of the McWings ($2.99 for 3 wings) did not offer the value that McDonald’s customers normally expect. Based on the information above, what two phases of product development did McDonald’s likely misjudge?

The XYZ Company plans to allocate some or all of its monthly advertising budget of $75,000 in the Mankato area. It can purchase local radio spots at $120 per spot, local TV spots at $500 per spot, and local newspaper advertising at $260 per insertion.

     The company's policy requirements specify that the company must spend at least $30,000 on TV and allow monthly newspaper expenditures up to $15,000. The company’s internal policy also requires that the company must buy at least 100 radio spots.

The payoff from each advertising medium is a function of the size of its audience. The general experience of the firm is that the values of insertions and spots in terms of "audience points" (arbitrary unit), are as given below:

        ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

         Radio                            150 audience points per spot

         TV                                180 audience points per spot

         Newspapers                   280 audience points per insertion

        ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Let x1 = no. of Radio spots to be purchased,

        X2 = no. of TV spots to be purchased, and

        X3= no. of Newspaper insertions.

Max    150x1+ 180x2 + 280x3

s.t.

      (1)      120x1 + 500x2 + 260x3 <= 75,000     (Advertising Budget)

      (2)                      500x2                  ≥ 30000      (Expenditure on TV)

          (3)                                      260x3 <= 15000      (Expenditure on Newspaper)

          (4)                  x1                            ≥   100         (Number of radio spots)

              X1, x2, x3 >= 0

LINEAR PROGRAMMING PROBLEM

MAX 150X1+ 180X2 + 280X3

Subject to:

1. 120X1 + 500X2 + 260X3 < 75000
2. 500X2 > 30000
3. 260X3 < 15000
4. 1X1 > 100

      OPTIMAL SOLUTION

      Objective Function Value =       67050.000

                Variable                   Value                   Reduced Costs

              -------------                 ---------                --------------------

                    X1                        375.000                     0.000

                    X2                          60.000                     0.000

                    X3                            0.000                   45.000

               Constraint               Slack/Surplus            Dual Prices

             ---------------            -------------------          ---------------

                      1                             0.000                          1.250

                      2                             0.000                        - 0.89

                      3                     15000.000                          0.000

                      4                         275.000                          0.000

  OBJECTIVE COEFFICIENT RANGES

      Variable               Lower Limit          Current Value            Upper Limit

   ---------------           ------------------      -------------------      ----------------------

            X1                            129.231                   150.000           No Upper Limit

            X2                 No Lower Limit                 180.000                        625.000

            X3                 No Lower Limit                 280.000                        325.000

RIGHT HAND SIDE RANGES

       Variable               Lower Limit          Current Value            Upper Limit

   ---------------           ------------------      -------------------      ----------------------

            1                        42000.000               75000.000           No Upper Limit

            2                                0.000               30000.000                    63000.000

            3                                0.000               15000.000           No Upper Limit

            4                 No Lower Limit                 100.000                        375.000

19. Note that the audience points of TV is currently 180 per spot. If you want to improve
     the audience points of TV, what is the maximum allowable increase without affecting
     the current optimal solution? Show all your work. (4 points)

20. Suppose that the company’s policy specifies that the company must spend at least   
      $40,000 on TV instead of $30,000. Answer the following questions by showing all
      your work.

    (a) What will happen to the dual price? Justify your answer by showing all your
      work.

   (b) Compute the total audience points (OV) if there is any change. Explain clearly by
      showing all your work.

Scenario

Mega Manufacture, Inc. (MMI) decided to build a new factory. It hired AAI, an architectural firm, to create the design. AAI retained a geotechnical firm, Geo-R-Us, Inc., to perform a soil report. AAI used that soil report to design the excavation and foundation specifications.

MMI used the completed design to solicit fixed-price bids from a variety of prime contractors. The design included the excavation requirements and foundation specifications. The advertisement advised that the geotechnical report was available for review at the office of Geo-R-Us and was provided “for information only.”

Prime Builder, Inc. decided to bid on the job. Its president, Mr. Prime, visited the site, which was an empty lot. Mr. Prime was mostly concerned with the logistics of working in the remote location. He examined the foundation design and saw no obvious conflict with the subsurface indications (he saw no boulders or swampy areas), but he did not go to the office of Geo-R-Us to examine the original geotechnical report.

MMI entered into a fixed-price contract with Prime Builder, using American Institute of Architect (AIA) General Conditions of the Contract for Construction, A201-2007. Prime Builder began the excavation work and discovered far more boulders than anticipated. MMI refused to grant Prime Builder additional compensation or time, stating that the construction was Prime Builder’s responsibility.

Within a couple of years, the completed factory developed cracks and sticking doors. When contractor refused to make repairs, MMI sued it for breach of contract and negligence. Prime Builder then brought a third -party complaint against Geo-R-Us. Prime Builder introduced expert testimony as to the causes of the failures.

A geotechnical expert testified that the Geo-R-Us report was defective because too few boring logs were drilled. Specifically, Geo-R-Us failed to take borings from one corner of the lot which contained expansive soil. The foundation designed by AIA was inadequate to deal with this type of soil.

(Chapter 19)

Provide your legal analysis of the following questions.

1) (25%) MMI (owner) used a disclaimer system by an approach that gives the information but states that it is “for information only.” Answer the following two questions.

a) Which party does the disclaimer system put the risk on? owners or the contractors?

b) What are the three drawbacks of the disclaimer system?

2) (25%) The Geo-R-Us report was defective. Can Prime Builder (the contractor) bring a misrepresentation claim?

First, answer Yes or No. Then, briefly explain why.

3) (25%) MMI and Prime Builder used AIA A201-2007, which contains a differing site condition (DSC) clause. Here, Prime builder encountered an unusual number of boulders when it began excavation. Assuming the contractor provided prompt notice, may it bring a Type I DSC claim against MMI? Suppose the geotechnical report warned of boulders in the area.

First, answer Yes or No. Then, briefly explain why.

4) (25%) MMI and Prime Builder used AIA A201-2007, which contains a differing site condition (DSC) clause. Here, Prime builder encountered an unusual number of boulders when it began excavation. Assuming the contractor provided prompt notice, may it bring a Type II DSC claim against MMI? Suppose the geotechnical report warned of boulders in the area.

First, answer Yes or No. Then, briefly explain why.

Organizing issues concern the size, degree of centralization, and hierarchy of the R and D area in the corporation and how it relates to operations, finance, and marketing. Discuss how these factors influence innovation in one of the WSJ cases below. You may have to do additional research.

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1. What are ways in which information is gathered for decision makers?

2. What are ways in which information is used once it is gathered for decision makers?

For this question, you may want to study Chapter 12 inventory management. In class, we talked about some different types of inventory. What are they and what do they mean?

What behavior do you feel is most important in a successful leader? Why, and how will this behavior benefit the leader in his or her future career?

Please limit to 250 words. Thank you!