shipped. The original development team estimated that the 2600 had a lifespan of about 3 years, so they decided to build the most powerful machine they could, given that time frame. Mid-way through that time-frame, the home computer revolution was taking off, so the new machines were adapted, with the addition of a keyboard and various inputs, to produce the Atari 800, and its smaller version, the 400. Even though a variety of issues made them less attractive than the Apple 2 for some users, the new machines
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Spring 2010 Team Members: Echo, Leslie, Helen, Aquarius, Tony Company Name: NIKE, INC. Spring 2010 Spring 2010 Team Members: Echo, Leslie, Helen, Aquarius, Tony Company Name: NIKE, INC. Spring 2010 Major Editors: Echo and Leslie Arranged by: Echo Revised by: Leslie and Echo PPT designed by: Echo Major Editors: Echo and Leslie Arranged by: Echo Revised by: Leslie and Echo PPT designed by: Echo Instructor’s Name: Nell Walker Instructor’s Name: Nell Walker NIKE, INC. NIKE
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Data 35 Annual Change 35 Key Ratios 4 5 5 5 7 9 Industry at a Glance Industry Performance Executive Summary Key External Drivers Current Performance Industry Outlook 36 Jargon & Glossary 26 Major Companies 26 Google Inc. 27 Facebook 28 Apple Computer, Inc. 11 Industry Life Cycle 13 Products & Markets 13 Supply Chain 13 Products & Services 15 Demand Determinants 16 Major Markets 31 Operating Conditions 31 Capital Intensity 32 Technology & Systems 33 Revenue Volatility www
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of America. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, manual, photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission of the publisher. Book Team Editor-in-Chief: James S. Pennypacker Book Designer: Michelle Owen Copyeditor: Toni D. Knott Copyeditor: Amy Goretsb Copyeditor: Mark S.Parker Cover design by: James S. Pennypacker and Dewey Messer Production Coordinator: Mark S. Parker Acquisitions
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GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS STANFORD UNIVERSITY CASE NUMBER: EC-17 November 2000 DELL DIRECT1 In 1995, a manager from a leading Japanese computer company was recounting his company’s plans to conquer the US Personal Computer (PC) market: “We have a strong brand name in consumer electronics, and what’s most important, we build many of the components that are needed in the PC ourselves: monitors, audio equipment, CD-ROM, DRAM, and so on. This will give us a tremendous advantage over American competitors
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GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS STANFORD UNIVERSITY CASE NUMBER: EC-17 November 2000 DELL DIRECT1 In 1995, a manager from a leading Japanese computer company was recounting his company’s plans to conquer the US Personal Computer (PC) market: “We have a strong brand name in consumer electronics, and what’s most important, we build many of the components that are needed in the PC ourselves: monitors, audio equipment, CD-ROM, DRAM, and so on. This will give us a tremendous advantage over American competitors
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of knowledge processes 2 Benny Cheung Principles of Knowledge Engineering and Management (ISE531) The Knowledge Processes •Knowledge consists of patterns of information in form of rules, applicable to explain or predict phenomenon (e.g. apple drops due to gravity). •Knowledge processes are what individual and collective use to produce, transmit, acquire, store and use knowledge. •Knowledge management deals with knowledge processes and a knowledge environment. •There are a number of primary
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process of strategic management and leadership. These methods enable the strategic leaders to pool and pull the assets of the organizations into particular directions and achieve the set objectives. In this way, such assets and resources are used and managed effectively and efficiently. Therefore, it can be stated that the tools of the strategic management and leadership today are making key to the benefit and success of a company. Strategic leaders are different from strategic managers in a variety of
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located in California in the city of Poway. As a major supplier of personal computers and related products and services, Gateway Inc. is a firm currently competing in the computer manufacturing industry along with Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Toshiba, Apple, and others. It does not only manufacture PCs and laptops, the company also offers servers, workstations, an assortment of computer accessories (monitors, printers, software, memory, etc.), and a line of digital electronics. Gateway Inc. has a broad
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This page intentionally left blank Entrepreneurship Second Edition William Bygrave Babson College Andrew Zacharakis Babson College John Wiley & Sons, Inc. To Frederic C. Hamilton and John H. Muller, Jr., pioneers, entrepreneurs, and benefactors of Babson College. VICE PRESIDENT AND PUBLISHER EDITOR EDITORIAL ASSISTANT MARKETING MANAGER PHOTO EDITOR DESIGNER PRODUCTION MANAGER SENIOR PRODUCTION EDITOR GEORGE HOFFMAN LISE JOHNSON SARAH VERNON KAROLINA ZARYCHTA HILARY
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