In te r n a ti o n a l J o u r n a l o f M a n a g e me n t C a s es BOOTSTRAP FINANCING: FOUR CASE STUDIES OF TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES EVA M.TOMORY UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, CANADA Abstract Innovative businesses, especially in the early stages of their life cycles, often encounter difficulty in obtaining long-term external financing. Their founders tend to seek financing through nontraditional bootstrapping methods to launch their ventures. Bootstrap financing refers to a range of creative ways to
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The Effect of Static and Dynamic Stretching on Flexibility Case Situation Kristy Ellis is a high school varsity competitive cheerleading coach. Part of her job is making sure she provides the most beneficial stretching program to her athletes to achieve maximum flexibility. After hearing several coaches talk about dynamic stretching as part of their program at the national competitive cheerleading convention, she wonders if she should replace her already established static stretching program with
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Case Study 2 – Research in Motion (RIM) Strategic Management of Technology – TM583ON Marian Phillips Research in Motion (RIM) is a Canadian wireless device company which is the designer and manufacturer of the Blackberry Smartphone. Research in Motion was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Waterloo, Canada. The company also creates solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market including the software that allows the Blackberry Smartphone to provide mobile access to email applications
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varies across the world (Pennington 1990). Individuals are affected to different scales by dyslexia (Martin, Carlson and Buskist 2013) and it has been reviewed that irregular IQ scores are not linked to dyslexia in any form (Siegel 1989). A lot of research has been conducted in this field and researchers have looked into core problems of dyslexia. This essay is designed to explain and evaluate the magnocellular deficit theory of dyslexia, and the theory will be used to propose an appropriate intervention
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BIOMECHANICS The term biomechanics means the study of the structure and function of biological systems using the methods of mechanics. Biomechanics studies the process of kinematics and used in the study of sports actions, such as the motion of throwing a baseball. Why do some golfers slice the ball? How can workers avoid developing low back pain? What cues can a physical education teacher provide to help students learn the underhand volleyball serve? Why do some elderly individuals tend to fall
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Case Study ( Research in Motion (RIM) Richard Okusaga Ms. Kulic BOH 4M1-02 Friday May 5, 2011 I. Summary of the Facts • Research in Motion (RIM) is a multi-award-winning company that designs and produces hardware, software, and service solutions for wireless communications used by worldwide business and consumer markets (Case, 1). • RIM is a Waterloo-based company founded in 1984 by two University of Waterloo engineering students, Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin. Today
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F-sharp he sees the colour purple. Such experience is sometimes described as a “merging of senses”. After Galton (1880) carried out his first studies on synaesthesia in the late 19th century not many scientists were investigating the phenomenon treating it instead as a curiosity. Recently, in the light of contemporary cognitive and neuroscience studies the topic of synaesthesia regained interest. Since initially, evidence indicating that synaesthesia is a real and concrete sensory phenomenon was
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Federal Courts have limited jurisdiction to hear cases involving Federal questions and diversity of citizenship as read in Chapter 3. The federal courts have jurisdiction over cases dealing with federal questions which are cases that are under the US Constitution, treaties, federal statutes and regulations. There is no limit on the dollar amount on cases that are assigned to federal court. When it comes onto diversity of citizenship, cases are brought to the attention of thee federal court which
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married couple, Frank and Lillian Gilbreth, studied how individuals perform tasks by combining engineering and psychology. The Gilbreths devised the time and motion study. This incorporated measuring and timing people’s motions in doing tasks with the goal of developing more efficient ways of working. The technique they gathered from this study would go on to help many organizations (Spector, 2008). Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you examine the fundamental concepts of the field of industrial/organizational
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culture that enhances individual creativity and teamwork value, while honouring mutual trust and respect between management and labour. 6. Pursue growth and harmony with global community through innovative management. 7. Work with business partners in research and creativity to achieve stable, long-term growth and mutual benefits and be open to new partnerships. These principles, will guide the company in its global vision 2010. This global vision envisages continuous innovations in future, use of environment
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