1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Company Overview Blackberry is a brand that was created by Research in Motion's (RIM) Founder Mike Lazaridis in 1996, providing wireless web enabled devices across multiple networks. At the time, Lazaridis was an engineering student at the University of Waterloo while Fregin was an engineering student at the University of Windsor. BlackBerry Limited (BlackBerry), incorporated on February 24, 2003, is a provider of mobile communications. The Company is engaged primarily in
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Chapter 1 Strategic Leadership: Managing the Strategy-Making Process for Competitive Advantage Opening Case Wal-Mart Wal-Mart is one of the most extraordinary success stories in business history. Started in 1962 by Sam Walton, Wal-Mart has grown to become the world’s largest corporation. In the financial year ending January 31, 2004, the discount retailer whose mantra is “every day low prices” had sales of nearly $256 billion, five thousand stores in ten countries (almost three thousand are in
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Chapter 1 - The World of Integrated Marketing Communication TRUE/FALSE 1. A company that markets a vitamin supplement produces a commercial that has the stated purpose of simply delivering straight information about the product. It is still an attempt to directly generate sales. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult REF: p. 6 OBJ: 1-1 2. IMC is the use of many tools, including advertising, in a coordinated manner to build and maintain brand awareness, identity, and preference. ANS: T PTS:
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St. John’s University Graduate Student Managed Investment Fund Presents: Tesla Motors, Inc.: TSLA Analysts: Rutvig Bhatt (rutvig@gmail.com) Yanchen Liu (yanchen.liu12@stjohns.edu) Gaoting Liu (liugaoting@gmail.com) Kevin Shanker (kevin.shanker05@stjohns.edu) Share Data: Fundamentals: Price 5/7/14: $201.35 GAAP EPS (FY Dec’13): -0.62 Market Cap: $24.80B E[EPS2015]: 1.83 52 Week Range: $63.69 – $265.00 Beta: 1.10 1 Contents 1. Executive Summary……………………………………………………3
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and inspiration, and enable us to complete this project. To work for this project, was a difficult task, because it is about “Ice Manufacturing” We acknowledge with thanks and admiration, our dependence on all of our respondents on their nice co-operation and giving us their loyal time. We feel Great pleasure and honors to express our gratitude from the citadel of hearts to our respected and dignified instructor SIR.JAVAID IQBAL Without whose guidance it would have been difficult for us
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Anderson devised a swinging arm that swept rain off the windshield when the driver moved a lever located inside the car. Anderson patented her invention of the mechanical windshield wiper in 1905, and it became standard equipment by 1913. Electric motors were not used yet to power automobile essentials or accessories, and Anderson's device had a drawback. Without another power source, a driver had to use one hand to move the lever. The driver's other hand steered the car (with either a wheel or steering
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The number of international stock market indexes is . quite large. For many of us, the level of the Dow or . the S&P 500 is known. How about the Nikkei 225? Or . the FTSE 100? Do you know what countries these . represent? ------------------------------------------------- Types of indices Stock market indices may be classed in many ways. A 'world' or 'global' stock market index includes (typically large) companies without regard for where they are domiciled or traded. Two examples
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affect the automobile sector 3 CHAPTER : 2 The Curious Case Of TATA Nano Introduced in January 2008 and launched in March 2009, TATA Nano was the most awaited launch of the year or perhaps the decade for the automobile industry. TATA MOTORS invested heavily in the project, not only financially but also as a brand. They were going to build an affordable “Rs 1 Lakh car” that would catapult even the lowincome groups into the “car-owner” category. They were going to empower the not-sorich
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VALUE CALL MONTHLY REVIEW AND OUTLOOK 31 May 2011 The Market Index 13,000 The Market ‐ One Year Performance Volume Index Volume (m) 400 300 200 11,000 9,000 100 0 31‐Aug 30‐Nov 1‐Mar 31‐May 7,000 1‐Jun The market was range bound coupled with thin volumes for most of the month under review before activity The Market ‐ May 2011 Index Volume (m) Turnover Index picked up over the final 10 days. The KSE‐100 Index 12,300 140 12,200 120 posted
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Contents [pic] INTRODUCTION Page 3 CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT Page 4 CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S STATEMENT Page 5 BOARD MEMBERS AND SENIOR EXECUTIVES Page 11 PILLAR ONE-ENFORCEMENT Page 12 PILLAR TWO-RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY Page 28 PILLAR THREE-INFORMATION AND AWARENESS Page 37 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Page 46 APPENDICES Page 49 Introduction [pic] The National Consumer
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