Results Overview of fast food market Fast food market Fast food restaurant Definitions Fast food restaurants feature a common menu above the counter; they provide no wait staff; and customers typically pay before eating and choose and clear their own tables. These restaurants are also known as quick serve restaurants (QSRs). Main type of food sold at the restaurant, including burgers, sandwiches, snacks, Mexican food, and pizza. sales. The next four, Subway, Burger King, Starbucks, and Wendy’s, had
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Case 1 TEACHING NOTE KHF CORPORATION INTRODUCTION This case involves the evaluation of Kitty (Hawk Food), Inc., a restaurant food wholesaler in eastern North Carolina. The firm is experiencing difficulty paying trade debt and collecting trade receivables on time, which is causing cashflow difficulties and threatening the creditworthiness of the firm. The case should require 1 to 1 1/2 hours of outside preparation by students, and can be effectively discussed in a one-hour class. It is appropriate
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Journal of Operations Management 17 Ž1999. 411–428 Manufacturing technology and strategy formulation: keys to enhancing competitiveness and improving performance Michael Tracey a , Mark A. Vonderembse a b,) , Jeen-Su Lim b Purdue UniÕersity, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA b UniÕersity of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606-3390, USA Received 1 July 1997; accepted 23 July 1998 Abstract Porter wPorter, M.E., 1996. What is strategy? Harvard Business Review 74 Ž6., 61–78.x claims that a
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― 109 ― Toyota and Why It Is So Successful Robert B. Austenfeld, Jr. 1) As of May 2006 GM was still struggling to stay out of bankruptcy. (Received on May 10, 2006) 1. Introduction The purpose of this paper is to describe one of the most successful companies in the world and explain the reasons for that success. Fortune magazine’s February 20, 2006 edition featured this headline on its cover: “The Tragedy of General Motors” and a story of GM’s woes by Carol J. Loomis. Two
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This article is published in a peer-reviewed section of the Utrecht Law Review Four Case Studies on Corporate Social Responsibility: Do Conflicts Affect a Company’s Corporate Social Responsibility Policy? Cristina A. Cedillo Torres, Mercedes Garcia-French, Rosemarie Hordijk, Kim Nguyen, Lana Olup* 1. Introduction 1.1. Background and objectives This article will discuss the different Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) issues that emerged within four multinationals (Apple, Canon
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LINUX: Rute User’s Tutorial and Exposition Paul Sheer August 14, 2001 Pages up to and including this page are not included by Prentice Hall. 2 “The reason we don’t sell billions and billions of Guides,” continued Harl, after wiping his mouth, “is the expense. What we do is we sell one Guide billions and billions of times. We exploit the multidimensional nature of the Universe to cut down on manufacturing costs. And we don’t sell to penniless hitchhikers. What a stupid notion that
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2059T_c05_150-188.QXD 06/29/2006 06:16 PM Page 150 FIRST PAGES 5 ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Reviewing and Assessing Financial Information Starting Point Go to www.wiley.com/college/Melicher to assess your knowledge of the basics of financial statement analysis. Determine where you need to concentrate your effort. What You’ll Learn in This Chapter ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ The five basic types of financial ratios How to use financial ratios properly in order to achieve financial
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Why Has IPO Underpricing Increased Over Time? Tim Loughran University of Notre Dame P.O. Box 399 Notre Dame IN 46556-0399 219.631.8432 voice Loughran.9@nd.edu and Jay R. Ritter University of Florida P.O. Box 117168 Gainesville FL 32611-7168 352.846.2837 voice ritter@dale.cba.ufl.edu http://bear.cba.ufl.edu/ritter March 18, 2002 We wish to thank Hsuan-Chi Chen, Craig Dunbar, Todd Houge, Josh Lerner, Alexander Ljungqvist, Donghang Zhang, two anonymous referees, and seminar participants
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FREEZING OUT BEN & JERRY: CORPORATE LAW AND THE SALE OF A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ICON Antony Page* & Robert A. Katz**† INTRODUCTION The perfect duo. Ice cream and chunks. Business and social change. Ben and Jerry.1 Nobody wants to end up like Ben and Jerry’s, where soon after a multinational acquired it, key facets of its social mission were cut from the company.2 Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc. was once the darling of proponents of social enterprise and social entrepreneurship.3 It was a for-profit
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A Report to the Nation Maggie Gallagher, Principal Investigator The Age of Unwed Mothers Is Teen Pregnancy the Problem? Institute for American Values This report comes from the Marriage Project of the Institute for American Values. Maggie Gallagher, the principal investigator, is an affiliate scholar at the Institute and the director of its Marriage Project. The Institute is grateful to Amara Bachu, Douglas J. Besharov, Norval Glenn, Dana Mack, Steven L. Nock, and Maris Vinovskis for
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