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Medfield Pharmaceuticals
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Merger of NOVA Corporation and TransCanada Pipelines Ltd.
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Several large Canadian public companies announced their intent to merge and use the "pooling of interests" method rather than the traditional "purchase... -
Note on Financial Forecasting, Solutions
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Quincy Apparel (B)
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Ransomware Attack at Springhill Medical Center
Management Case Study11.95View Details In July, 2019, Springhill Medical Center ("SMC") in Mobile, Alabama fell prey to a malicious ransomware attack that crippled the hospital's internal network... -
Murphy Stores: Capital Projects
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The Transformation of Microsoft
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Nine Dragons Paper-2009
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Deloitte & Touche (A): A Hole in the Pipeline
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Deloitte & Touche was losing talented women, and CEO Mike Cook wanted to stop the loss, especially as the accounting and consulting fields became more... -
Purity Steel Corporation, 2012
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Should I Rent My Condo? Assessing Risks of a Property Investment
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Chocolate Confections Corporation
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Strategic Reorientation of Xgimi Technology
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S. J. Lawson, Inc.-A Performance Measurement Behavioral Audit
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TruthCRM Competitive Auction in Mergers and Acquisitions: Instructions for Magic Beans Team
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Ryanair Holdings plc
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Examines the valuation of an Irish airline that reported its first decline in net income in 2004 and saw a 30% stock price drop on the news. Ryanair is... -
Abengoa S.A.: The Unveiling or Unraveling of a Bold New Strategy?
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Value Line Publishing, October 2002
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Medfield Pharmaceuticals
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Susan Johnson, founder and CEO of Medfield Pharmaceuticals, is faced with conflicting recommendations for extending the patent life of the company's flagship... -
"Showcase Projects" Can Deepen Your Relationships with Profitable Customers
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleThree key tactics that make these projects successful. -
The Balanced Scorecard: Measures That Drive Performance
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Nobody Ever Gets Credit for Fixing Problems that Never Happened: Creating and Sustaining Process Improvement
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Introducing 4 Business Ideas That Changed the World
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How Cities Are Using Analytics to Improve Public Health
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Sustainability's Faustian Dilemma
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleWe all remember the SunChips Episode of 2010. Frito-Lay introduced bio-degradable packaging for SunChips in March, and was surprised to see sales of the... -
Merger of NOVA Corporation and TransCanada Pipelines Ltd.
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Several large Canadian public companies announced their intent to merge and use the "pooling of interests" method rather than the traditional "purchase... -
Set Up to Fail: Economist Paul Ormerod on Strategy and Extinction
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Note on Financial Forecasting, Solutions
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Presents solutions.