Business Case Study 4. 1 000 000 Tones Wheat

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01 Dec
2009

In 1981 a Foundation decided to fight starvation in a poor African country on the east coast of the continent!  During the previous 3 years, on average business case, consultant, troyan horse, trojan horse150 000 people per year died from starvation!  Due to the high level of corruption in that African country the Foundation decided to endow several ships of wheat weighted over 1 000 000 tones, instead of money.

Could you suggest what negative effect that donation might cause?

Business Case Study 4.   1 000 000 Tones Wheat


Business Case Study 3. Relative Among Contest Participants

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29 Nov
2009

A friend of yours is the main organizer of 2009 best site contest.  Weeks in advance business case Relative among contest participantshe announced the contest rules, participants selection criteria, the other two members of the jury (your friend is the third member of the jury) and the number of stages -3.  At the start of the competition, it became clear for everybody that your friend's brother was among the participants....

Business Case Study 3.  Relative Among Contest Participants


Business Case Study 2. The Empty Soapbox

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16 Oct
2009
Business Case Study 2.   The Empty Soapbox

One of the biggest Japanese cosmetics companies received a complaint that a consumer had bought a soapbox that was empty. The company isolated the problem to the proper assembly line, which transported all the packaged boxes of soap to the delivery department.  For some unknown reason, very rarely, a soapbox passed through the assembly line empty.  Management asked the engineers department to solve the problem.

Big Company Solution
The engineers department constructed  an ...
 
Small Company Solution
But when a small company was posed with the same problem, it did ...
Business Case Study 2.   The Empty Soapbox


Business Case Study 1: How the Astronauts Will Write Down Notes

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16 Oct
2009

Business Case Study 1:  
How the Astronauts Will Write Down Notes at Zero Gravity

 
When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens would not work at zero gravity (ink will not flow down to the writing surface).

NASA Solution:
To solve this problem, it took NASA one decade and $12 million. They developed ...

Russians’ Solution: ...

Business Case Study 1:      How the Astronauts Will Write Down Notes


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