...Executive Summary Our teams goal is to establish how Agrium has transitioned from a local Calgary based Corporation to a large corporation with an apparent “Global Organization” model. We are interested in understanding how they have grown into a world leader in their industry. We will identify where they started, where they are today in mining and technology, and how they reach consumers all over the world while maintaining their vertical control from their headquarters in Calgary; by analysing Agrium’s history, corporate structure, and three key business units. At the end of this case study we hope other Canadian organizations will adopt the Agrium model when they consider expanding operations globally. Keywords: Agrium, Agro-food, , clusters, global, mining, and vertical integration Table of Contents Introduction.................................................................................................................................................. 1 History .......................................................................................................................................................... 1 Corporate Division ...................................................................................................................................... 2 Governance ............................................................................................................................................. 2 Board of Directors ..........................
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...Company’s case……………………………………...…3 2.0 SWOT Analysis………………………………………………………………3 3.0 Citibank’s Distinctive Competencies………………………………………..7 3.1 Resources……………………………………………………………...8 3.2 Capabilities………………………………………………………...…9 3.3 Core Competence, Competitive Advantages and Sustainable Competitive Advantages……………………...…………………….10 4.0 Citibank’s strategies in place………………………………………………11 4.1 Corporate-Level…………………………………………………….11 4.2 Business-Level………………………………………………………12 4.3 Functional-Level…………………………………………………….13 5.0 Recommendation……………………………………………………………13 References…………………………………………………………………………...14 1.0 Background of the Company’s case On June 16, 1812 City Bank of New York (now called Citibank) opened for business in New York City—with only $2 million of capital. Through many different leaders and economic environments over the course of its rich history, Citibank continues to grow and prosper. On October 8, 1998, all Citicorp and Travelers Group divisions merged to become Citigroup Inc. Citigroup is today’s pre-eminent financial services company, with some 200 million customers accounts in more than 100 countries. Citigroup is the first US bank with more than $1 trillion in assets, offering a variety of deposits and loans, credit cards, investment banking, brokerage, and a host of other retail and corporate financial services. 2.0 SWOT Analysis STRENGHTGlobal networkThrough its operation in around 100 countries, Citibank has created a global network...
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...experts. Citibank also continued their investment in technology for the front and back end of the banking systems. Citibank committed to an “e-business strategy-Connect, Transform and Extend-was to web enable its core services, develop integrated solutions and reach new markets.” (McCauley & Khan, 2002, p.1). Citibank was also committed to its customers. According to the case study, ‘Citibank’s vision was to become the world’s leading e-business enabler". Citibank had over 268,000 employees located in over 100 countries and their focus was to embed their services into the everyday lives of the local population. “A bank that had roots in the country as deep as any local indigenous bank, building a broad customer base, offering diverse products, actively participating in the community and recruiting staff and senior management from the local population”. In addition to being committed to employees and customers around the world, Citibank has strong brand recognition and continues to invest in technology. To position itself strongly within the technology sector, Citibank formed “alliances with Oracle, Commerce One, Inc., SAP AG, Wisdom Technologies and Bolero.net” to help transform its company to an e-business model. In 2000, four companies teamed with Citibank to form FinancialSettlement Matrix.com – a company that connected buyers and...
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...eBay Inc. is an American multinational internet consumer-to-consumer corporation, headquartered in San Jose, California. It was founded in 1995, and became a notable success story of the dot-com bubble; it is now a multi-billion dollar business with operations localized in over thirty countries. The company manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide. Case: The Globalization of eBay International Business the Globalization of eBay Case study I. Case Background eBay Inc. is an American multinational internet consumer-to-consumer corporation, headquartered in San Jose, California. It was founded in 1995, and became a notable success story of the dot-com bubble; it is now a multi-billion dollar business with operations localized in over thirty countries. The company manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide. (Wikipedia) Operations eBay created an efficient distribution system that demanded virtually little supervision. Sellers paid eBay for the opportunity to design, set up, monitor, and supervise their particular auctions while buyers used eBay's software to search for products and place bids. After the auction clock ran out, the seller contacted the winning bidder to negotiate payment and shipping terms. For this matchmaking service, eBay charges between...
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...eBAY.COM A Case Report for Getting Tools Used NOTE: THIS IS ONLY A PORTION OF THE GETTING TOOLS USED RESEARCH REPORT. FOR THE FULL DOCUMENT AND OTHER INFORMATION VISIT WWW.CFAH.ORG. Getting Tools Used Table of Contents Foreword by Jessie Gruman ......................................................................................................................................... 1 Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................................................ 3 About CFAH ...................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................................................... 8 Introduction: 21st Century Marketplace .................................................................................................................. 9 Research Framework ................................................................................................................................................... 17 Case Studies.................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Consumer Reports: Car Buying Guide ....................................
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...Blades, Inc. Case Study Analysis PaperFactors of Foreign Exchange RatesExchange rates are the amount of one countrys currency needed to purchase one unit of another currency and the foreign exchange market is the monetary nexus between countries that makes it possible for global trade to be accomplished more efficiently than barter. The foreign exchange market is where one countries currency is exchanged for another because each nation uses its own monetary unit. Therefore, if people in one nation want to acquire goods in another nation, currency must be replaced from one country for the other country to accommodate the business deal. Foreign exchange rates, at the most basic level, are derived from long-term economic fundamentals. These variables weigh and measure the value of one currency to another. Over time, these economic fundamentals and macro-factors will lead to very long-term trends. From the fundamentalist's perspective, the main factors that affect foreign exchange rates are Interest rates, Trade balance, Inflation, GDP (Gross Domestic Product), and Employment Statistics. Case SummaryBlades, Inc. needed to order supplies two months ahead of the delivery date. The company considered an order from a Japanese supplier that required a payment of 12.5 million yen payable as of the delivery date. Blades had two choices to either purchase two call options contracts (since each option contract represented 6,250,000 yen) or purchase one futures contract (which represented...
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... Green Global Resources Advance Tech, Inc. Liza Compound, Sto. Tomas, Batangas Subject : Solar PPA/BOT Agreement Dear Mr. Santos , We, Green Global Resources Advance Tech, Inc, with official address located at 167 Liza Compound, Brgy. 4, Sto. Tomas, Batangas, hereby make this formal offer with full corporate authority and responsibility, that we are ready, willing and able to build a solar system in your campus. It is with great pride that our 100 % Filipino owned company shall be able to provide to the Philippines the cleanest and greenest alternative source of Energy. The objective of this Letter of Intent (LOI) is to identify and obtain your concurrence that the Customer desires to acquire, and GGR desires to supply, a Photo Voltaic solar project including the scope, system size and cost. ➢ No. of KW Solar System __________ (Solar Capacity) ➢ Installed Operational value of Php 000.00 Pesos __________ (System Amount) ➢ Annual savings based on FIT is Php 000.00 Pesos __________ (Annual Savings) ➢ Lifetime profit after ROI is Php 000.00 Pesos __________ (Savings After ROI) Execution of this LOI will initiate GGR undertaking project development activities, including, but not limited to, feasibility studies, preliminary engineering documents, arrangements for financing and project management. As such, the Parties agree to: a. Coordinate and cooperate in the conduction of preliminary and final design studies for a Hybrid...
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...Case Study | Alibaba Group “F5 Application Delivery Networking solutions enabled us to build globalized data centers that are secure, reliable, and fast.” Wang Zhilei, Operations Director, Alibaba B2B Overview Alibaba Builds a Secure, Reliable, and Fast Data Center Using F5 Application Delivery Networking Products Global e-commerce leader Alibaba Group is the largest e-commerce company in China. The company plans to expand its operations significantly, and needed to support several e-commerce sites in different parts of the world. By using F5® BIG-IP® Global Traffic Manager™ (GTM) and F5 BIG-IP® Local Traffic Manager™ (LTM), Alibaba was able to consistently provide high-quality and secure services to its 24/7 worldwide customer base. Business Challenge Founded in 1999, Alibaba Group has grown to include the core businesses described below. • Alibaba.com, the group’s flagship company and the world’s leading B2B e-commerce company, serves small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in China and around the world. It has more than 40 million registered users from more than 240 countries and regions. The company has offices in more than 40 cities across Greater China, as well as in Europe and the United States. • Taobao is China’s largest consumer e-commerce company. It incorporates Alimama, China’s largest online advertising exchange platform. With a registered user base of nearly 100 million, its transaction volume was RMB 99.96 billion (US $14.6 billion) in 2008, up 131...
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...e-commerce. Discuss the origins and growth of e-commerce. Explain the evolution of e-commerce from its early years to today. Identify the factors that will define the future of e-commerce. Describe the major themes underlying the study of e-commerce. Identify the major academic disciplines contributing to e-commerce. Key Terms e-commerce, p. 12 e-business, p. 13 information asymmetry, p. 14 marketplace, p. 16 ubiquity, p. 16 marketspace, p. 16 reach, p. 16 universal standards, p.16 richness, p. 17 interactivity, p. 17 information density, p. 17 personalization, p. 18 customization, p. 18 Web 2.0, p. 19 business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce, p. 22 business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce, p. 22 consumer-to-consumer (C2C) e-commerce, p. 22 social e-commerce, p. 22 mobile e-commerce (m-commerce), p. 23 local e-commerce, p. 23 Internet, p. 23 World Wide Web (the Web), p. 24 disintermediation, p. 32 friction-free commerce, p. 33 first mover, p. 33 network effect, p. 33 Copyright © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. 2 Brief Chapter Outline Opening Case: Pinterest: A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words 1.1 E-commerce: The Revolution Is Just Beginning The First Thirty Seconds What Is E-commerce? The Difference between E-commerce and E-business Why Study E-commerce? Eight Unique Features of E-commerce Technology Web 2.0: Play My Version Types of E-commerce Growth of the Internet and the Web Origins and Growth of E-commerce Insight on Technology: Spider Webs, Bow Ties, Scale-Free Networks...
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...Case 1 DIAMOND CHEMICALLS PLC (A): THE MERSEYSIDE PROJECT 1. This case study the payback period, payback period and Net present value, but also the time value of capital was analyzed. Net Present Value and internal rate of return investment criteria are met. 2. In the economic evaluation of the project, it needs to forecast and analysis for the product cost situation and market sales and sales price. Overall consumer buying behavior is occurred when driven by its purchase motivation, affected by many factors, including external factors like socio-economic factors, business factors etc., and the internal factors, like individual psychological factors. Therefore, the consumer's purchase decision process research can influence the degree of realization of investment. 3. In the evaluation of investment projects, in general the risk factors must take into account and calculate the extent of the risks, which is value at the risk of the investment. Case 2 PALAMON CAPITAL PARTNERS/TEAM SYSTEM S.P.A. What might explain the valuation results? The use of relative valuation methods, using earnings, book value, sales ratio and other indicators of vertical or horizontal comparison,. Considerations on the basis of the earnings the company's profit growth rate, that is earnings divided by the company's profit compound annual growth rate, the results are better able to reflect the growth rate of profits between companies because of differences in the formation of the difference...
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...achieve quality. It also gives the totally integrated effort for gaining competitive advantage by continuously improving every facet of an organization’s activities. Pedagogy : Lectures, Assignments, case studies, seminar, MODULE 1 Introduction to TQM: Various definitions of quality and TQM, Core concepts of quality, The masters of quality(W Edwards Deming, Joseph M Juran, Philiph B Crosby, Kaoru Ishikawa, Ginichi Taguchi, Shigeo shingo) Evolution of quality, The Total Quality Management Excellence Model, Strategic Quality Management, Lecture, Numerical Exercises on cost of quality, TPM 1. Basterfield H Dale and others, Total Quality Management, Pearson Education/PHI, Inc. 2006. 2. K.Shridhar Bhat Total Quality Management (Himalaya publishing house 2005). 3. Poornima M Charantimath, Total Quality Management, Pearson Education, 2003. MODULE 2 Continuous process improvement: Concepts of Kaizen, Kaizen vs. Innovation, Kaizen Strategy, House of Quality, Quality Function deployment, Quality Circles. Brain storming, Value analysis, Poka Yoke, Bench marking. Lecture, Case study on Kaizen 1. Imai Masaki, Kaizen, The key to Japan’s Competitive Success, McGraw-Hill, Inc., International Edition, 1991. 2. 3. Heizer and Nathan, Cases in Total Quality Management Manufacturing and services, Thomson South-western, 2004....
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...Distribution State Government Technology Telecom Travel, Hospitality & Leisure Insights Deloitte University Press Browse by Content Type Browse by Role Innovation Centers Email Subscriptions Careers About Press Events Alumni Clients Contact Global > United States > About > University Relations > Deloitte Foundation Global site selector Go Search Search Top searches Top searchesBookmark Email Print this page Increase font Alliances Catalyst for Innovation Community Involvement Corporate Responsibility Deloitte’s sponsorship of the U.S. Olympic Committee Inclusion Deloitte University Ethics & Independence Deloitte Life Growth Through Acquisition History Investor Confidence Leadership University Relations Deloitte Foundation Faculty Resources Faculty and Ph.D. Support Life, Inc. Student Events The Trueblood Case Studies DOWNLOAD For a complete index of Cases and Addendum summary please click the download button above. The Trueblood Series cases and solutions are available in Adobe PDF format below. Solutions are password protected for faculty use only. Access to solutions by other unauthorized individuals is strictly prohibited. To find out how to obtain access to the case solutions, please contact us via e-mail or mail a request on your school letterhead to: Deloitte Foundation Ten Westport Road Wilton, CT 06897 Due to the...
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...Introduction This is an individual project. Each student must complete a Case Study that provides the requirements analysis and a proposed solution for converged network solution. The target audience will be the organization’s Chief Information Officer (CIO). The Case Study deliverable is an MS Word document. The completed Case Study deliverable is due by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the due date shown in the Course Schedule. See the Additional Information section of the syllabus for the penalty for late or missed assignments and projects. The Case Study is valued at 12% of the course grade. Case Study Company Overview Catacomb, Inc. is a global logistics provider that offers fully integrated freight and supply chain services through managed warehousing and domestic and international freight forwarding. Services range from door-to-door domestic and international delivery services to total supply chain management. With branches across the United States and Europe and partners worldwide, Catacomb continues to expand, and it has experienced rapid growth through acquisitions. Note: The term supply chain refers to all the elements involved in bringing an organization's products from the raw-goods stage to the customer. The Association for Operations Management (APICS) dictionary ((http://www.apics.org/Resources/APICSDictionary.htm) defines “supply chain management (SCM)” as the design, planning, execution, control, and monitoring of supply chain activities with the...
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...forecasting, foreign exchange risk and exposure, balance of payment accounting, and evolution of the international monetary system. Analyzes special topics such as working capital management strategies, capital budgeting, cost of capital, and optimal capital structure in the context of international operations. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS Required Resources Madura, J. (2012). International financial management (11th ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western, Cengage Learning. Supplemental Resources Al Nasser, O.M. (2010). How does foreign direct investment affect economic growth? The role of local conditions. Latin American Business Review 11, 111-139. Kornecki, L. & E. M. Ekanayake. (2011). Inward FDI stock in the U.S. economy and state based determinants. Advances in Management, 4(6), 13-24. Ranjan, V. & Agrawal, G. (2011). FDI inflow determinants in BRIC countries: A panel data analysis. International Business Research, 4(4), 255-263. United Nations. (2011). Foreign Direct Investments in LDCs: Lessons learned from the decade 20012010 and the way forward. United National Conference on Trade and Development. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES 1. Compare multinational financial management to domestic financial management. 2. Apply the key trade theories and methods, and analyze the factors that influence trade and capital flows. 3. Evaluate the major international financial markets to determine effective methods for financing global business operations. 4. Analyze the economic variables that influence...
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...CPA PROGRAM GLOBAL STRATEGY AND LEADERSHIP CASE ANALYSIS: NOTTING FOODS PTY LTD CASE STUDY 2 AUTHORS: SAMANTHA WINTER AND DELYTH SAMUEL Published by Deakin University on behalf of CPA Australia Ltd, ABN 64 008 392 452 © CPA Australia Ltd 2015 (Edition 15a) The contents and any information contained in this document (Information) are for general information only. They are not intended as professional advice. For any professional advice, please consult a suitable qualified professional. CPA Australia Ltd, Deakin University and the author(s) of the Information (Entities) make no representation about the content and suitability of this Information for any purpose. The Entities disclaim all warranties with regard to the contents and in no event will be liable for any loss and/or damage whatsoever resulting from loss of income or profits, whether in an action of contract, negligence or other tortious action, arising in connection with the use and performance of and/or reliance of the Information. CPA PROGRAM GLOBAL STRATEGY AND LEADERSHIP CASE ANALYSIS: NOTTING FOODS PTY LTD CASE STUDY 2 AUTHORS: SAMANTHA WINTER AND DELYTH SAMUEL Contents Introduction 1 Case facts 2 June 2013 – Notting Foods Inc. board meeting December 2011 – Acquisition by Notting Foods Inc. The June 2013 board meeting 3 3 12 Tasks 13 Appendix 1: Notting Foods Inc. – Integration plan for the Chasseur Chickens acquisition 14 Appendix 2:...
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