The technical director of Diagnostico de Laboratorio Argentina (DLA), Mariana Vega, was responsible for ensuring that an average of 5,500 samples were processed at the lab daily. The samples had three sources: samples collected on-premises, samples sent from the 40 other DLA labs, and samples sent from external labs. The company had recently been experiencing long lead times and increased costs. Two large customers threatened to switch to competing .....more

Teaching Note to accompany product no W46476.

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The chief financial officer of Granite Apparel is trying to determine which of the three fundraising options is optimal for Granite Apparel to finance a projected rapid growth strategy. The three options are an initial public offering of equity, a privately placed debt issue and a private placement of preferred shares.

Teaching note for product 9B20M091.

Teaching note for product 9B20M092.

In 2001, Apple, Inc. (Apple), known mainly as the maker of a niche personal computer and related operating system and software, became a disruptor in the music industry with the launch of the iPod music player; it followed up two years later with the launch of the iTunes Music Store (iTunes). Over the next several years, the company struck deals with major music recording labels to distribute downloadable music legally through iTunes, challenging .....more

In 2019, Walmart Inc. (Walmart) was the largest retailer in the world, with over $500 billion in revenues and thousands of stores in the United States and international markets. It was in the midst of a transformation to compete in the online shopping and home delivery space, an industry that was dominated by relative newcomer Amazon.com Inc. (Amazon). While Walmart had continued to expand its physical stores and discount centres over several decades, .....more