Trinity Industries Trinity Industries Inc., today is a diversified industrial company providing various products and services to a multitude of different business sectors. The company as we know it today, began in 1933 when C.J. Bender founded Trinity Steel. Trinity Steel was a manufacturer of butane tanks. In 1958 Trinity Steel merged with Dallas Tank Company to form Trinity Industries. The first President and CEO of Trinity Industries was Ray Wallace, who worked for Trinity Steel at the time
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MIS-302-08 Tesla Motors Inc. (Sustainability & CSR) Tesla Motors Inc. The corporation I chose to investigate is Tesla Motors Inc. My Dad is extremely into cars, especially high-end ones, and when he first caught news of Tesla it was all he could talk about for days; that’s what sparked my interest in this corporation. Tesla Motors Inc. is an American car company that designs, manufactures and sells its own electric vehicles. Not only do they sell cars but now they produce the “Powerwall”
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Re: Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. – Memo of Recommendation Strategic Issue Energy beverages in 2006 were the fourth largest nonalcoholic beverage category in the United Sates after carbonated soft drinks (CSD), bottled water, and sport drinks. Currently the company sells ready-to-drink tea, juice, juice drink, and mixer categories. The main issue is Dr Pepper Snapple sells four categories which are not among the top four. Therefore, they are missing out on a huge opportunity in the market.
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Practice Case 1: Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc: Energy Beverages 1. How would you characterise the energy beverage category, competitors, consumers, channels, and DPSG’s category participation in late 2007? Energy Beverage Category: Energy drinks provide consumers with a boost of energy and they fall under the category of functional drinks. Functional drinks are non-alcoholic drinks which include ingredients such as herbs, vitamins, minerals, amino acids or other nutritional ingredients. Other
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themselves as part of a common group or community. The characteristics which bind members of a nation can vary greatly; anything from a common language and culture to a common history can form the bonds which bind people in a nation (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 2012). The Kurdish people, throughout the Middle East, but mainly residing
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MORGAN NORTH STANLEY RESEARCH AMERICA Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC Adam S. Parker, Ph.D Adam.Parker@morganstanley.com +1 212 761 1755 Brian T. Hayes, Ph.D Brian.T.Hayes@morganstanley.com Antonio Ortega Antonio.Ortega@morganstanley.com November 26, 2012 Adam J. Gould, CFA Adam.Gould@morganstanley.com US Equity Strategy The 2013 Playbook We are launching our 2013 US equity outlook today. We have been cautious on US equities for much of the last two years. Our concerns
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a tropical country, the Philippines has untapped vast potential of solar energy; yet in 1980’s, solar application is beyond the bound of possible solutions in rural, remote areas in the country. Thus in February 27, 1981, Federal Republic of Germany and Republic of the Philippines entered into a contract to develop applications of solar energy in the Philippines. This project was called the Philippine German Solar Energy Project (PGSEP) which was funded by the German Bundesministeruim for Zussamenarbeit
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MARKETING CASE NO. 1 DR PEPPER SNAPPLE GROUP, INC. ENERGY BEVERAGES Definition of the problem The Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. senior company management has developed a corporate strategy to target high-growth and high-margin beverage businesses. The firm is the only major domestic nonalcoholic beverage company in the US without a significant branded energy drink of its own while this beverage market is the fastest growing category. Dr Pepper Snapple group needs to determine
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Abstract This report covers the acquisition of XTO Energy by ExxonMobil including background information, industry characteristics, calculations, and analysis. Abstract This report covers the acquisition of XTO Energy by ExxonMobil including background information, industry characteristics, calculations, and analysis. Case Study 1 ExxonMobil Corp. Acquisition of XTO Energy, Inc. Case Study 1 ExxonMobil Corp. Acquisition of XTO Energy, Inc. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this document
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Case 08-5 Sell-it Products, Inc. Sell-it Products Inc.’s (SPI) business is the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of consumer products. SPI sells all its products through grocery stores, drug stores and mass merchandisers in the United States (USA), Canada, Mexico, Asia, and Europe. SPI has a dedicated sales force with individuals assigned by geographic area. Each salesperson is responsible for representing and selling all of SPI’s products. SPI is organized into three divisions that
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