A Ten-Week Analysis Of AT&T Stock
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A 5 page report on the stock share prices of AT&T Corporation over a ten week period of time. The report also briefly explains p/e ratio and AT&T's p/e ratio as compared to the industry. Two illustrations are provided. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Accelerating the Research Process
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This 3 page paper looks at a case supplied by the student and considers a situation where planned market reseach used quantitative research followed by qualitative reseach needs to be ready earlier than the planned finish date. The paper considers the way that the schedule may be changed to accelerate the results. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
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Achieving “Customer Delight” at Roche Diagnostics
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A 5 page paper discussing a 1999 article outlining the processes that Roche Diagnostics used to increase its share of “very satisfied” customers in an effort to move beyond that classification into “delighted” customers. Roche’s ultimate goal was to increase market share and revenues. The rationale was that not only were “delighted” customers far more likely to be long-term repeat customers, they also were far more likely to recommend Roche to their friends and colleagues, not only increasing Roche’s revenues but also saving the company the expense of developing these customers itself. The initiative paid off: Roche became the fastest-growing division in its industry. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Acorn Computers: A Strategic Case Study
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This 10 page paper looks at a case study (provided by the student) of a company which adopted short term decisions rather than take on long term strategies. Acorn Computers was a victim of its own success, this paper consider the position of the company between 1982 and 1985, looking at the decisions which were made and the way in which they effected that market. This includes a SWOT analysis of the company's position at this time, investigation of the problems that resulted from the short term decision and the way in which management constrained its own choices thorough those decisions.
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Activity-Based Costing Applied to Marketing Costs
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A 3 page paper discussing the case of Colombo frozen yogurt and General Mills’ experience in dealing with the market shift from independent shops to impulse purchasing in a variety of locations. The paper provides a table more realistically assigning shipping and merchandising costs to each market type to reveal greater profitability than was apparent under a non-ABC approach to allocating costs. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Adidas Promotional Campaign during the 2008 Beijing Olympics; A Case Study
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This 4 page paper looks at the marketing undertaken by Adidas during the 2008 Beijing Olympics looking at the sponsorship during the Olympics and the 'heritage' campaign considering how and why they were undertaken and assessing the results of the marketing actions. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
Filename: TEadidasolym.rtf

Advertising Communications; Nokia;
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This 6 page paper considers the advertising strategy of Nokia in the mobile telephone market, considering it in isolation with reference to the five communication effects as well as in comparison to other competitors such as Siemen's and Ericsson. The paper looks at specific advertising campaigns and analysis them against this framework. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
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