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Glen Ferry Tina Foster DeVry University BUSN 460 Senior Project October 23, 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 2. SWOT ANALYSIS 4 3. MARKET ANALYSIS 6 4. COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS 7 5. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS 10 6. STRATEGIC PLANNING 11 7. CONCLUSION 17 8. REFERENCES 19 CANGO FINAL REPORT ADVANTAGE PLUS CONSULTING SERVICES 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Elizabeth Bennett, who sought to break into the lucrative and booming world of ecommerce, founded CanGo in 2006
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Questions • Assignments and Exercises • Discussion Questions • Industry & Global Perspectives • Additional Assignments and Exercises CONTACT INFORMATION: Stephen Haag (shaag@du.edu) STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES 1. Define management information systems (MIS) and describe the three important organizational resources within it – people, information, and information technology. 2. Describe how to use break-even analysis to assess the financial impact of information technology
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From Followers to Market Leaders: Asian Electronics Firms in the Global Economy Henry Wai-chung Yeung Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, 1 Arts Link, Singapore 117570 (Tel: 65-6516 6810; Fax: 65-6777 3091; Email: HenryYeung@nus.edu.sg; Homepage: http://courses.nus.edu.sg/course/geoywc/henry.htm) Forthcoming in Asia Pacific Viewpoint, Vol.48(1), pp.1-30, 2007. Acknowledgement An earlier version of this paper was presented as the Asia Pacific Viewpoint Lecture at the International
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