Wheelan Samenvattingen, Aantekeningen en Examens

Summary ‘Naked Statistics’ by Charles Wheelan Used for the course ‘Advanced Research Methods’ as part of the HEPL-master at Erasmus University. Includes Chapters: 2, 6-9 and 11-13. This is a concise summary (!). It includes the most important messages from the chapters. It is assumed that the reader has some basic knowledge of statistics, since this is an advanced research methods course. However, it’s still understandable if your level of statistics is limited.

Introduction to statistics

Week 5 Assignment: Google Inc. Executive Summary Google Inc. is thriving and is one of the most successful internet search engines in the industry. Performing well in the stock market, creating an initial stock offering in 2004, that gained lots of attention; the stock market showed overall weakness, but Google performed surprisingly well. Continued innovation will be the key to continued success. Synopsis of the Case Google has been successful; leading the internet search engine industry....

Carnival Corporation & plc Executive Summary Carnival Corporation & plc was originally started 1972 by Ted Arison backed by American Travel Services Inc (AITS); together they purchased two aging ocean liners that needed to be refurbished, were slow, and guzzled gas. The beginning of the company was less than stellar, with the aging liners they were limited the ports of call and increased the minimum stay of passengers to break even. Continuing to lose money, Arison bought out AITS, and with...

Week 6 Assignment: Blue Nile, Inc. Executive Summary Blue Nile, Inc. is a nontraditional jewelry company founded in 1999 offering a simpler process in selecting an engagement ring, but still provide a premium customer experience. The company offers education, guidance, quality, and value that builds confidence with its customers. Serving both national and 40 international customers, who can make purchases in U.S. dollars as well as 22 foreign currencies. Synopsis of the Case Blue Nile, In...

The Boston Beer Company Executive Summary The Boston Beer Company (BBC) was founded by Jim Koch in 1984, and started with a beer brewed from his great-great-grandfather’s microbrew recipe. The company expanded and eventually went public in 1995. Koch received multiple offers to buy his company out, but he would always decline. Selling only 1% of the total beer market, he maintained his operations and never changed his great-great-grandfathers recipe. Synopsis of the Case Kochs’ BBC is...

MG 495 Discussion Week 2 1. From Chapter 2: What recommendations would you make to improve the effectiveness of today's boards of directors? According to the text, the role of a board of directors is to strategically manage a corporation by monitoring developments inside and outside the corporation, evaluate and influence management proposals, decisions and actions, and initiating and determining the corporation’s mission and strategies. To improve a board of director’s effectiveness ...

MG 495 Discussion Week 1 1. Why has strategic management become so important to today's corporations? According to the textbook, strategic management is a set of managerial decisions and actions that help determine the long-term performance of an organization (Wheelan, Hunger, Hoffman, & Bamford, 2010, p. 4). It has become important to today’s corporations because there is a need to focus on long-term high performance, specifically the ability to sustain high performance over a long per...

MG 495 DISCUSSIONS 1 MG 495 Discussion Week 4 From Chapter Six: Q1 - What industry forces might cause a propitious niche to appear or disappear? The text describes a propitious niche as a unique market opportunity that is available only for a particular time (Wheelan, Hunger, Hoffman, & Bamford, 2010, p. 167). A company will create a niche by focusing a business at a specific customer. I found an article at F that discussed the benefits of a niche “rather than trying to appeal to the ma...

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