Arundel Partners Case Analysis Executive Summary: A group of investors (Arundel group) is looking into the idea of purchasing the sequel rights associated with films produced by one or more major movie studios. Movie rights are to be purchased prior to films being made. Arundel wants to come up with a decision to either purchase all the sequel rights for a studio’s entire production during a specified period of time or purchase a specified number of major films. Arundel's...

Complete Analysis of The Starbucks Coffee Company Starbucks Coffee Company is North America's leading roaster and retailer of specialty coffees. Headquartered in Seattle, WA, Starbucks has 931 retails stores and 75 major airport locations. The Company's objective is to establish Starbucks as the most recognized and respected brand of coffee in the world. To achieve this goal, the Company will continue to rapidly expand its retail operations, grow its mail order and specialty sales operations,...

Case Study of Amazon.com [i:f058c4963e]Study performed by Sigma Consultancy[/i:f058c4963e] Table of Contents Introduction Industry Sector Legal/Political Sector Cultural Sector Physical Resource Sector Economic Sector Technology Sector Human Resources Sector Consumer/Client Sector Conclusions with Discussion Recommendations with Discussion Alternative Courses of Action Introduction to Amazon.com The Internet has changed the way that we perceive business and the way that we as consumers may...

Strategic Analysis of Motorola Inc The company that I chose to complete my Strategic Analysis on is Motorola Inc.. Many of us are familiar with Motorola products due to the advent of the cellular phones. Regardless of the carrier of the service, be it Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, many of these companies use a cellular device created by Motorola. However, the company does much more than just producing cell phones. One area that Motorola is trying to focus its current strategic actions in the...

Case Study of E-Business www.jambase.com Industry and Company Being the music lover that I am, it is important to me to stay up to date with the bands I follow as well as be able to find good places to see live music. This becomes a difficulty when traveling abroad as I am this summer. However, with the ease of the internet and the e-business strategy of Jambase.com, I am able to find current news, music merchandise and concerts most anywhere in the modern industrialized world. With the...

Corporate Case Study on Enron Executives at high-flying Enron Corp. (ENE ) never seemed overly concerned with how the rest of the world viewed their business practices. Earlier this year, the California Attorney General had to get a court order to collect documents in an industry wide investigation into energy price fixing. And when an analyst challenged former CEO Jeffrey K. Skilling in a conference call to produce Enron's balance sheet, Skilling called him an "ass----." Still, even some...

McDonalds In Colombia A brief history of the organization: Two brothers originally started McDonald’s, they ran a single restaurant for 17 years in a single city in California. In 1954, Ray Kroc visited them to sell them a milkshake machine and saw a bigger vision. In 1955, Mr. Kroc began the new “McDonald’s System Inc.” and in the first year opened 18 new restaurants across the United States, and he maintained the quality, the production line and the limited menu...

Case Study of the J. P. Morgan Chase & Co. Merger Part I: The J. P. Morgan Chase & Company Corporation remains an exceptionally influential conglomerate of a bank and loan company even today, but its tremendous power developed partially through J. P. Morgan’s own hard work and dedication. John Pierpont Morgan, the gentleman’s unabbreviated title, was the son of a particularly successful financier. He was born on the seventeenth of April in 1837. Morgan was educated in...

Financial Statement Analysis of Coca-Cola, 2002 The following is an analysis based on the annual report presented by the Coca Cola Company, year 2000. I will on behalf of the information shown in the balance sheet, income statement and the cash flow statement, conduct a number of calculations of ratios. Furthermore comment on changes providing an overall status rapport compared to estimations from previous year. Coca Cola Company, year 2000 Structure of the company’s assets ...

CASE ANALYSIS FOR STARBUCKS CORPORATION I. Case Profile/ Company History Three Seattle entrepreneurs started the Starbucks Corporation in 1971. Their prime product was the selling of whole bean coffee in one Seattle store. By 1982, this business had grown tremendously into five stores selling the coffee beans, a roasting facility, and a wholesale business for local restaurants. Howard Schultz, a marketer, was recruited to be the manager of retail and marketing. He brought new ideas to the...