PPG Industries, the Pittsburgh-based manufacturer of paints,…
PPG Industries, the Pittsburgh-based manufacturer of paints, coatings, optical products, specialty materials, chemicals, glass, and fiber glass has paid dividends each year since 1899. It uses a technique to help it identify possible future strategies. What is it?
Read DetailsA leader in retail mattress retailing, Houston-based Mattres…
A leader in retail mattress retailing, Houston-based Mattress Firm, founded in 1986, acquired one of its chief rivals, Sleepy’s, in 2015 for 780 million USD, thus giving it access to the important online marketplace. Mattress Firm continued to expand its retail operations largely through acquisitions that resulted in marketplace saturation of the physical retail alternatives it now owned. By 2015, online rivals such as Casper Sleep Inc. eroded Mattress Firm’s market domination with their easy online purchasing logistics. What went wrong?
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Defendant is charged with assault and battery on a police officer. Defendant argues that the police officer used excessive force and that he responded in self-defense. At trial, Defendant seeks to introduce police records which indicate that three civilians had filed complaints against the police officer for use of excessive force. The police records are:
Read DetailsMost companies today use a three-stage career model of educa…
Most companies today use a three-stage career model of education, work, and retirement, but longer lives means changes will be inherent in multistage career models that will need to be addressed by human resource practices. This is an example of which segments of the general environment?
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