Category: Business

Enron was a company that transported natural gas through pipelines and distributing electricity to the northwest of the United States. Having the natural gas and electricity come from 93% of the revenues, 4% of the energy wholesome income, and 3% of exploration and services (Ferrell and Thorne, pg. 512). Built off of two major pipeline…

Walmart is a worldwide retail corporation, with over 8,500 stores in 15 countries, and is the biggest private employer in the world. The company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962 in Bentonville, Arkansas. Walmart became publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange in 1970 as they started to expand throughout the US. Walton…

Walmart’s logistic infrastructure consisted of three things; their transportation system, distribution centers, and cross docking. Their transportation system consisted of a minimum of 3,500 trucks which are all regulated under the restrictions and policies stated in the “Private Fleet Driver Handbook. This gave Walmart a big advantage over its competitors because they could determine how…

Contents 1 Abstract 2 Stakeholder Analysis 3 Evaluation of the Organizations Response, Effectiveness, & Alternative Tactics Abstract During the beginning of this year, Starbucks faced a crisis management situation where their reputation was likely to be tamed by it. The crisis management team for Starbucks, executed their crisis plan almost immediately after the incident went…

Contents 1 Condition 2 Criteria 3 Risk/Impact 4 Cause 5 Recommendation & Reasoning Condition The issue involving Enron Corporation focuses on professional independence. Enron was a natural gas company that was on the rise to becoming something big when in the 1990s, Kenneth Lay, the CEO of Enron and his subordinate, Jeffrey Skilling began to…

Contents 1 Background on the history of Enron: 2 Timeline of Enron: 3 California Energy Crisis: 4 The Falling and Crash of Enron: 5 Work Cited Background on the history of Enron: Enron was an American Gas Company that was originally called Natural Gas Company in the early 1930’s. InterNorth was a holding company that…

Starbucks has globalized, and technology has helped in the process that the corporation is continuously renovating new ideas. Starbucks opened in 1974 which was a single store in Seattle’s historic Pike Place Market. Howard Schultz bought the coffeehouse on 1987 and the expand eventually. Starbucks is well known for delicious coffee. However, people are going…

General Motors also known as GM is one of the big three car industries in the country along with Ford and Chrysler. They are known for trailblazing and innovating new technology before their competitors. At an age of one hundred and ten years old they have come a long way and grown a lot as…

In ‘Don’t Blame the Eater,’ the editor-in-chief of Men’s Health magazine David Zinczenko, discusses the recent lawsuits against fast-food chains. David Zinczenko believes the fast food industry is responsible for America’s obese children and also believes fast food should come with a warning label. He shares a personal story of how he used to eat…

The structure of the industry in which Walmart is in, is extremely competitive due to there being so many different retailers that offer similar products to the ones that Walmart carries in their stores. Walmart is known as a general merchandise store which is known as a retail store that sell dry goods, furniture, apparel…