Portion Case Studies Samples For Students

Introduction

Development of a product is one of the most intrinsic agenda that a number of enterprises continue to engage in the modern dispensation. Health portion business is a business that has been established, though there are a number of issues that need to be put into perspective to ensure that objectives are met as appropriate. Product development requires proper strategies to be put in place to ensure that the needs and expectations of the consumers are met as appropriate (Khurana and Rosenthal, 2000). The text puts into perspective the possible business development scenarios and the relevant strategies that are crucial for the wellbeing ...

Where everybody is trying to find out the Metabical’s Current weight loss option as well their demand forecast. I found a few case studies regarding Metabical’s weight loss option. While the other discussing these issues in different cases or journals I could not find many lessons details about the other cases, Metabical’s. My aim, in this case, is to provide a clear idea about the Metabical’s cases of Weight option, forecasting demand and the pros and cons.
Current weight reduction medications can be delegated Prescriptive Drugs or Over-the-counter (OTC) cures. OTC Drugs were not as ...

Pathophysiology

One of the most important parts of achieving the goal of being able to meet the patient’s entire healthcare (i.e. nursing) needs is to ensure that the underlying disease’s pathophysiology is well understood by all the stakeholder groups. These groups, in this case, would include the medical and healthcare practitioners, patients, and their respective family members. It would be a lot easier to instruct a patient to have a patient undergo a prescribed healthcare routine once he understands the nature of his condition, why each procedure is being done, and how they collectively contribute to the end-goal ...

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The Acorn house restaurant is considered as a pioneer among all who introduced the concept of eco-friendly restaurant culture in the London City. Therefore, a sustainable approach is the primary selling point of the Acorn house restaurant as a whole. According to the case study, they came up with a mission to alter the ways people eat out and a great example for the existing and future restaurants to promote and transform the sustainable culture into the restaurant industry, as well as future hospitality experts. The restaurant started its operations by the year 2006 and in the city of London. All the restaurant products, ...

Crohn’s Disease is a chronic condition grouped under Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) which causes inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract especially at the beginning of the colon and the end of the ileum. It can also affect the entire thickness of the bowel wall. This disease is usually manifested in symptoms such as: persistent diarrhoea, rectal bleeding, urgent need to move bowels, altered taste sensation, loss of appetite, sweating at nightime, fever, loss of appetite, sensation of incomplete evacuation of stool, constipation and in women, loss of normal menses (Greenstein p.400).
Apart from medication, the disease is also treated ...

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Key Challenge
Google is a large corporation that net worth is $367.6 Billion (Forbes, 2015). The company evolved quite fast since its formation in the 1996 by introducing the most popular online research engine. However, after intensified technological advancement and emergence of new innovations, it became more difficult for Google to maintain stable growth and constant evolvement. The key challenge faced by the company is decreasing of its net growth. According to the last estimations, the percentage of Google’s net growth decreased from 19.1% to 7.7% in 2016 and estimated 7% in 2017 (E-marketer, 2016). This problem may ...

The term social contract actually pertains to a theory that suggests that certain people or organizations have the tendency to give up a portion of their freedoms to an authority, a ruler, or a magistrate—which in most cases are terms used to refer to the government or any ruling organization, in exchange of the assurance that their remaining rights would be untouched and protected. This theory essentially opens the question on how ruling organizations or governments must define the boundaries between certain stakeholder groups’ natural and legal rights. In this paper, the author focuses on the comparison between ...

Introduction

Juintex fruits and Beverage Ltd is a company registered under the small and medium-sized Act in my country. The core objective of the company is to produce a cocktail of fruit juice from a variety of fruits in the world and also engage in marketing and distribution of fruits to the local and international consumer network. The management therefore needs to strategize on establishing a strong local market share before extending its products and services to the international market.

Structure of the company

The company will be structured into four main intra coordinating units to ensure cost-effectiveness measures are taken. The units are; the executive, Quality assessment unit, ...

Website: http://www.keuriggreenmountain.com/

Industry: Produces and sells coffeemakers, specialty coffee, and related products (teas, hot cocoa, among others).

BACKGROUND and HISTORY
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters was created in 1981 in Vermont, as a small specialty coffee roaster, which expanded rapidly in the next 20 years. The company acquired the brewing-machine maker Keurig in 2006. It was a publicly traded company from 1993 to December 2015, when investors led by JAB Holding Company acquired GMCR for the amount of $13.9 billion (Yahoo Finance).
GMCR describes itself as a “personal beverage system company revolutionizing the beverage experience through the power of innovative technology” (Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.). Their portfolio is comprised of 80 brands and more than ...

Executive Summary

This paper explores and analyzes the case of Maritime Trading Company with its desire to utilize the Internet to generate more revenue for the company. The plan is to have a Web site that will be truly responsive to the customers through the fostering of closer buyer-seller relationships. In order to explore the existing business scenario, analysis will be conducted through: 1) a summary of the situation; 2) an examination of material exhibits; 3) strengths of the business situation, and; 4) weaknesses of the business situation. In this manner, alternative approaches can be identified and recommended courses of action ...

Liver is the largest ‘gland’ of the digestive system. It is located right under the dome of the diaphragm, coated by the capsule. It is distinguished the liver’s convex upper surface adjacent to the diaphragm, and a lower, downwardly facing and in contact with the back and abdominal organs. On the part of the upper surface of the liver it can be seen its right and left lobes, the boundary of which is the crescent liver ligament. To the lower surface of the right lobe there is a gallbladder, close to the deep groove of the liver there ...

Butler Lumber Co.

Reason for borrowing fund for the profitable business
Even though the company is profitable, Butler is looking for the funds from the market to meet the capital needs. The company operation is increasing and the company needs to support its operating activities. In addition to this, the company must hold sufficient cash to provide flexibility in the company as well as for the consolidation of the outstanding debt; Butler is seeking for the funds from the market. The careful evaluation of business shows that the company is expanding its business and there is the need of funds to meet ...

PERSONAL FINANCE INVESTMENT IN QATAR: INVESTING QR 1000000

Abstract
This article describes a personal finance project which entails the investment of QR 1000000 in a short time frame, from 1 March to 27 May 2016. We first define personal finance and establish the five steps of a personal financial planning process, which entails: (1) assessment of the individual’s financial situation; (2) determination of the individual’s financial goals; (3) creation and details of the financial plan, based upon the determined goals; (4) execution of the aforementioned plan; (5) monitoring and reassessment of the plan. For each one of the five stages, we carry out the required ...

The elements of a valid non-compete agreements are: a.) should be supported by a valid consideration at the time of the signing of the agreement; b.) it should be able to protect a legitimate business interest of the employer; and c.) the scope, geography, and time must be reasonable
A non-compete agreement should be supported by valid consideration, wherein the employee is expected to receive a value thing in exchange for the undertaking that such employee will refrain from any competition. When an employee has signed a non-competition agreement before the start of his employment, the employment itself is ...

Q1 (a) Cash Flow Statement for the period 1 Jan 2015 to 31 December 2015

The missing/modified figures (as shown in yellow in the cash flow statement) are calculated as follows:
Employment income,
Keaton,
Given,
Gross Salary and Bonus= $120,000.00

Alyssa,

Given total salary and bonus=$64,800

Half paid in Aus and half in Singapore,

Thus her Salary and bonus paid in Singapore=$32,400

Employer’s CPF contribution,

Keaton- 37 % of 120,000=$44400
Alyssa- 20% of $32,400=$6480

Dividend and rental income

Dividend – Keaton-No dividend in 2015
Alyssa, $689 in 2015
Rental income
Keaton and Alyssa combined rental income for property in Singapore registered under joint tenancy agreement is $3,050 per month or $36600 for the year.

The portion of CPF and cash used for the housing installment is as mentioned below.

Total housing installment =$4099

Keaton:

Total monthly income=$10, ...

The responsibility of the external auditor is to provide reasonable assurance on the financial statements and to make sure that the material areas of the business are following the accounting standards such as IFRS, IAS or GAAP. In the current scenario of AMC Company, the amount or valuation of the plant assets is 60% of the overall assets of the organization. Therefore, the plant assets are the material area of the business and the external auditor must increase the sampling size of plant asset account’s transactions at the planning stage of the audit. (Stuart, 2012)
The treatment of ...

Executive Summary:

CCM Hockey is a traditional and authentic company that offers long-lasting and reliable hockey equipment. The success of the new line of skates’ launch is paramount to the company. With the launch of new line, the company must re-establish the faith of the customers in the CCM products and gain its position in the market, position that was lost due to past quality issues. CCM Hockey strongly believes that they should target customers in the retail channels, and are focused on selecting a proper positioning/targeting strategiesa proper positioning/targeting strategy, when they launch the new line of skates. Due to ...

The case presents a case study, where the headquarters for Citicorp because small for its operations. On the other hand, St. Peter’s Lutheran Church needed to sell some of the part to recover the costs of making some repairs for the church. After securing the portion of the church, Citicorp set out to modify the portion of the church into a new building on the block. The company hires Hugh Stubbins and reintroduces another a structural engineer, William LeMessurier. The engineer embarks on a study to find out on the effects of placing on of the columns on the traditional corner location. ...

1. Introduction
The Enron collapse, occurred in October 2001, consequently caused the bankruptcy of the whole Enron Corporation, the world’s leading energy, commodities and services company, as well as the dissolution of Arthur Andersen, which was one of the top five largest audit and accountancy firms in the world. Noteworthy it was not only the largest bankruptcy proceeding in American history at that time, but also the most serious audit failure, so that one says, “Enron is fraud and fraud is Enron”. The rise of Enron was almost as fast as its failure. Actually, it was an ...

KROGER

1-Introduction
This case analysis will portray a good image of the Kroger Co. in the market as it the leading retailers’ of the grocery store.Start of the Kroger Co. goes back in 132 years from now. That is, in the year1883; Barney Kroger started the business by investing his life savings of $132 for opening a groceries store in the downtown street of Cincinnati, USA. The credo of doing business for the Kroger Co. was and is “Be particular, never sell anything you would not want yourself.”(Kroger, 2015a).With this credo working behind the success of stores, the Kroger ...

BIOL 398J

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QUESTION 1:

Michael is a hypertensive adult with obesity as an additional risk factor that could contribute to the occurrence of a cardiovascular event. While his choice of personal diet may not be limited, it may be more constrained when eating out with others, since their tastes and preferences will indeed vary.
The ideal diet for an individual in Michael’s position would be high in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, high-fiber foods and low-fat dairy products. It should also contain low levels of sodium, saturated fats and trans fats. Fortunately, the American National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute recommends ...

Question 1

The Purpose and Usefulness of the Income Statement in Assessing Business Performance
Income statement is a financial document that attempts to measure financial performance of an organization over a specified accounting period. The major purpose and usefulness of an income statement is to summarize the business revenue stream and expenses by categorizing activities into operating and non-operating accounts. Income statement is useful in business performance assessment by showing any net loss or profit earned over a specified accounting year or a quarter .
The operating section of income statement is important to assess business performance of Sportswear-Kit since it discloses information about ...

- Introduction: Crisis Theory and Intervention
Society is not a place without problems. In fact, it is a place with a lot of it. There are a lot of categories of problems that exist and perhaps the most common forms of problem are economic, political, health-related, and social in nature. The objective of this paper is to discuss a case of Crisis Theory and Intervention, particularly the case of Ken, a 20 year old college student studying at the University of Southern California, who is showing continuously increasing signs of anxiety and depression after being exposed to a traumatic criminal activity, that is the murder ...

Corporate Finance

Answer 1)
Compound Annual Growth refers to growth over the years and is calculated by adding each year growth to the original amount. As for the sales of the company, the compounded growth rate for sales over 5 years time horizon is 11.05%. In other words, starting with the year 2000, when the sales of the company were $600000, by the end of 5 years, the sales of the company following 11.05% growth rate had increased to $1013376.
However, the net income of the company grew with annual compound rate of -136.10%. In other words, there was ...

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Applying Analytical Concepts and Tools to the Complex Business Problems of Tesla Motors
I. Current Strategic Profile
According to the case study presented the mission of Tesla Motors, as articulated by the founder and CEO Elon Musk, is to “[b]uild [a] sports car, [u]se that money to build an affordable car, [u]se that money to build an even more affordable car”. One of the objectives of the company is to build an electric car that compete with or even out compete a gasoline car. Tesla Motors has done this by ensuring that these ...

Introduction

Dr Pepper and Snapple Group, Inc developed three centuries prior and advanced from a consolidation of revelation, innovation and joint effort. To begin with, it was a medication store, which served Alderton for work. The most seasoned soda in the United States was named Dr. Pepper. Dr. Pepper and Snapple Group, Inc, the leader brands of DPS, have the inceptions that impart Schweppe's entrepreneurial soul. Dr. Pepper and Snapple Group, Inc, is a standout amongst the best gatherings in the region of vitality drinks. It is additionally a real manager of brand, bottle and merchant of non-jazzed up drinks in the Canada, US, ...

Programmer Ethics and Professionalism in Strategic Systems Development: A Case Study

A team of four programmers was given the task of developing new software to be sold Bogart Engineers and Constructors, Inc. Two of the programmers, Roy Johnson and Jerry Williams, took advantage of their position in the company as developers of Engineers and Constructors, Inc. proprietary software. The two programmers broke the seventh and tenth commandments of the 10 Commandments of Computer Ethics – ‘7 Thou shalt not use other people’s computer resources without authorization or proper compensation’ and ‘10 Thou shalt always use a computer in ways the insure consideration and respect for your fellow humans.’ The men were ...

- What factors cause Wegmans employees to have high levels of job satisfaction? Explain.
Employees at Wegmans have high levels of job satisfaction. There are factors that result to this job satisfaction. First, the employees earn reasonable and satisfactory income. These wages range from hourly to annual salaries. This makes the employee feel motivated and acquire job satisfaction. Secondly, Wegmans also offers college scholarships to both full-time and part-time employees. This means that social and academic welfare. Employees in this Shopping store get assurance that they cannot be turned-over due to academic qualification. Third, the employees acquire a portion ...

Describe your department/agency/division budget, and main focus

or purposes of the document (Mission, Vision, and Values)
The Ventura county probation agency is given the mandate to supervise offenders of different ages on probation. It also has the role of preparing sentencing report required by the courts. On the juvenile context, it ensures there is preparing for an equivalent for their facilities operations. The mission of this agency is to safeguard the community security by initiation of a program that graduated sanctions. The sanctions are purposed to bring balance of services between the lawbreaker and the community. Under the jurisdiction of the agency, the young , adult and ...

Introduction

PepsiCo is a worldwide manufacturer, marketer and distributor of beverages and food dealing in many brands. Some of the brands include Tostitos, Mountain Dew, Doritos, Tropicana, Pepsi, and Gatorade among others (Thompson et al., 2012). The brands of the company are sold in many countries around the world. In the year 2009, the company registered the highest sales of beverages in the world having a global market share of 26.5%. PepsiCo is the second largest beverage company in the whole world. The paper analyses the global and U.S alternative beverage industry.

Strategic Issues Confronting PepsiCo and Alternative Beverage Brands

- Decline in sales
The industry that recorded a high ...

Abstract

The case study adopted in this paper relates to Apple’s iPhone series concentrating more on the latest Apple’s product the iPhone 5. The advertising campaign for the iPhone 5 operates under different banners and slogans taking different advertising forms and media channels. Each of the campaign section gets evaluated with regard to its content in terms of persuasiveness of advertising messages. (Allsopp 2013) A critique is done on several persuasive methods employed by apple in its advertising campaign. Some of the examined methods include a comparison of the iPhone with other competing rival products in the market, bringing ...

Abstract

The case study adopted in this paper relates to Apple’s iPhone series concentrating more on the latest Apple’s product the I phone 5. The advertising campaign on the I phone 5 operates under different banners and slogans taking different advertising forms and media channels. Each of the campaign section gets evaluated with regard to its content in terms of persuasiveness of advertising messages. (Allsopp 2013) A critique is done on several persuasive methods employed by apple in its advertising campaign. Some of the examined methods include comparison on the I phone with other competing rival products in ...

- The property:

 $2,995,000
 Status:Active-AvailableBeds:3 Bed Baths:4 Bath House Size:2,190 Sq Ft Year Built:2002
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1000-S-Pointe-Dr-Apt-304_Miami-Beach_FL_33139_M50270-39000
- Downpayment: 20%.
- 20% from 2,995,000 is 599000
- Remaining amount to finance: 2,396,000
- Mortgage rate (30 years): 3.5%
https://offers.lendingtree.com/tl.aspx?tid=mortgage&vid=2-1-1-1-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-3-1-0-0-1-0-1-3-1-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0&LOAN_TYPE=PURCHASE&800num=866-910-0900&esourceid=6092456&icid=BizDevRealtorcom&property-state=FL&property-city=miami+beach&purchase-price=2995000.0000&realtorAdd=1000+s+pointe+dr+unit%3a+304
- See appendix 1. Source used:
http://www.amortization-calc.com/#loan-2396000-30-3.50-3-2013-2
- Monthly payment: $10,759.11
- Total interest: $1,477,279.86
- First month: interest: $6,988.33. Percentage: ~65%
- Last payment: interest: $31.29. Percentage: ~0.000029%
...

Asset allocation refers to an investment strategy whose objective is to strike a balance between risk and return through the apportioning of asset portfolio in relations to individual objectives, risk levels and investment horizon. The main asset classes in regards to investment include; equities, cash and fixed incomes, there is no precise asset allocation method which leads to right asset allocation for each an every individual, this leads to the various asset allocation methods (Zimmermann, 2003).
Strategic asset allocation method entails balancing the portfolio to achieve its long term goals of asset allocation, it involves combinations of assets based ...

Business—Drypers Case Study Paper

Introduction
Diapers in the past couple of decades have slowly but surely become a necessity. Thanks to the considerable increase in population of infants and toddlers, which comprise more than 3 quarters of the entire diaper manufacturing and retailing industry, this has become a reality. Because of all of these factors, there has been a continuously growing need to focus other interventions that would convert to better brand and product awareness, which, if things go as planned, would lead to a significant increase in product mobilization and therefore, sales and profits.
Fortunately, there are many ways that the diaper industry key ...

Sandra is a 35 year old single female living in San Antonio. She has a 16 year old daughter. During her last annual exam her blood pressure is 142/92, height is 5 foot 2 inches, weight is 273 pounds, body fat 58%. She is also borderline diabetic. In general, she is alert, oriented, cooperative and in no apparent distress. She reported a decrease in her energy level, particularly in the afternoons.
She has started to become depressed about her weight. When she was younger she was active and liked to run, but now she states that her knees and joints hurt ...

Abstract

Mergers and acquisitions (M & A) is a topic that has over the years generated much heat due to the surmounting number of cases of failure. Some critics have argued that failure can be attributed to misconceptions prior to mergers, wrongful strategies and tactics while others inability of most employees to acclimatize to the changes. For example, it is presumably argued in Sbeit that every worker gets affected when changes are effected in an organization. In some cases, the employees are quick to adapt to the changes that may potentially lead to great success in the merger while on the other ...

Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON), also known as Leber optic atrophy, is a familial neuro-ophthalmologic disorder manifest by varying degrees of loss of ganglion cells from the optic nerve, with variable severity at onset, variable rate of deterioration, variable ultimate vision outcome and variable recovery of lost vision (Kelly).

Causes

LHON is caused by any of eighteen mutations of various mitochondrial genes coding for subunits of electron transport chain complexes, primarily complex I (NADH-dehydrogenase), which are responsible for converting energy derived from food into a form usable at the cellular level. Three of these mutations, those at base pairs 11778, 3460 and ...

Central serous retinopathy (CSR), also known as central serous chorioretinopathy, is characterized by separation of the two major layers of the retina (the innermost layer of the eye): the inner neurosensory layer (which contains cells that transmit electrical impulses to the occipital lobe) and the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) (the outer layer of the retina that contains the photoreceptor [light-receiving] cells). The mechanism of this condition is leakage of serous (serum-like) fluid from a portion of the choroid (the layer of the eye just outside the retina) called the choriocapillaris (a network of small blood vessels located in that portion ...

In October 2000, Joseph Duncan, a third-year allocation systems analyst for the Michigan Department of Commerce, was sitting at his office desk reading some background material on distilled liquor distribution in Michigan. Prior to his current position, Joseph had worked as a distribution analyst in private industry for several years after graduating from a large Midwestern university with a degree in materials and logistics management. His direct supervisor, Donna Mills, had given Joseph his next assignment earlier that day. “Be prepared to head up a project team and prepare a proposal on distilled liquor distribution,” Donna said, “We’ll meet Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 P.M. ...

Introduction

Several researchers from all over the word, going by the clarity of their findings, have come up with conclusions about the change in behavior of an individual. Some of these conclusions have been specific while others contain the kind of precision which leaves us with many unanswered questions. It is therefore logical to explore this matter in order to come up with some dependable information with regard to the dynamics that surround the behavior of consumers.

In the business arena, the changes in the behavior of the people in various capacities go along way in affecting the flow of ...