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Finding and Resolving a Problem
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This 10 page paper considers the development of a fictitious problem at Home Depot. To put the problem in context the paper starts with some background information about Home Depot and then consider how a small problem, such as the an error in the size of own brand manufactured screws can create company wide problems, assessing the level and cost of those problems. The paper uses a fishbone chart to analyse the source of the potential problem and then looks at how this can be resolved. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
Filename: TEprobsolv.rtf

Finding Optimum Pricing Levels in Cellular Telephone Service
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A 12 page paper providing a proposal for research into customers’ perceptions of the value of their cellular telephone service. Competition is so very intense in the industry that the service provider able to operate at optimum pricing levels likely will gain competitive advantage over other competitors. As price pressures increase, profit margins will become even tighter than they are at present. It is in this range of operation that sound and astute management provides the greatest benefit, and where optimum pricing can provide competitive advantage. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: KScellInd.rtf

Finding the DuPont Identity
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A 3 page paper finding the DuPont Identity for Bethesda Mining Company. Based on ROE, the value of the DuPont Identity is equal to ROE. Its value is that it demonstrates the extent to which ROE is affected by operating efficiency, asset use efficiency and financial leverage. If ROE is unsatisfactory, then the DuPont Identity provides a means of determining where the greatest weakness lies. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: KSfinDuPontID.rtf

Finding The Right People For The Job
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A 7 page paper addressing the increasing problem for employers of finding experienced, qualified people to fill both new and existing ositions. As the US economy continues its long prosperous upswing, it is increasingly difficult for employers to remain fully staffed, particularly at the blue collar and retail level. The paper gives the example of how the Chubb Group instituted policy changes to encourage employees to remain with the company. Competitive pressures are only building and businesses have to do all they can to contain costs and increase productivity in order to remain competitive. Constantly replacing or searching for qualified employees is a costly proposition. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: RightOne.wps

Finding the Right Price at Alma Products
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A 4 page breakeven analysis for a new charcoal starter product offered by Alma Products. Alma’s principals are not overly concerned with making a profit during the first year, but neither should the company sell the product for a low price at the outset only to raise it later. The paper recommends prices at which retailers and mail order houses should sell the product. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSacctBrkevnAlma2.rtf

Finding the Right Price at Alma Products
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A 6 page breakeven analysis for a new charcoal starter product offered by Alma Products. Alma’s principals are not overly concerned with making a profit during the first year, but neither should the company sell the product for a low price at the outset only to raise it later. The paper recommends prices at which retailers and mail order houses should sell the product. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSacctBrkevnAlma.rtf

Finger-Pointing at Ford and Firestone
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An 11 page paper examining the early facts of the disastrous combination of the Ford Explorer and several Firestone tires. Neither company was forthcoming with news of the growing numbers of rollover accidents involving Explorers equipped with Firestone tires, problems that appeared in Saudi Arabia and Venezuela before becoming more common four hot-weather US states. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) only became involved after a 1998 lawsuit and at the time was unaware of the overseas problems. The paper discusses which company has been more responsive within the utilitarian model of the greater good and determines that it has been Ford, at least in the early stages. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: KSFordFire2.wps

Finland's Sonera
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An 18 page paper examining Sonera, formerly the wholly state-owned telephone company of Finland. In Europe, it is known that cellular telephone usage is skyrocketing but it is generally only the Germans and British mentioned in accounts. For all the publicity surrounding Vodafone and the German Mannesmann, many have missed the fact that it has been the Finns that have enjoyed the benefits of having the most advanced telephone company in Europe and that it has been Sonera that has brought Finland to that distinction. Sonera has brought Finland to 80% penetration in cellular use and is focusing on wireless Internet services as its strategy for the future. Sonera holds stakes in cellular providers in several nations, including the US where it is introducint the GSM standard on which European cellular service has been based. Includes a SWOT Analysis. Bibliography lists 22 sources.
Filename: KSSonera.wps

FIORINA, HP AND FIRING
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This 3-page paper deals with the firing of CEO Carly Fiorina from HP. The paper discusses whether it was her gender that got her fired, or the fact that since the HP/Compaq merger, the company didn't do quite as well as it should have. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MThpfiri.rtf

Firestone Tires, Ford, and More than 100 Deaths
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This 6 page report discusses the fact that people have been killed in accidents that involved Ford’s sports utility vehicle “Explorers” that had come equipped with Firestone tires. The treads on certain tires have been shown to separate from the tire belt. When that happens, the tire has a “blow-out” and when that tire blows out (a normally manageable situation) on a Ford Explorer, the vehicle flips over. Despite the obvious safety issues, there are also fundamental economic issues of supply and demand at work.Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BWfirest.wps