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It is my understanding that Westlake Lanes is considering the following three options for its

c. Did anything surprise you about the company's values? Why or why not? (1-3 sentences. 1.0 points)

4. Conduct a feasibility analysis on the company, being sure to consider its market potential, industry attractiveness, and

3. What are the particular challenges and dilemmas in managing relationships with those who have different cultural backgrounds and working styles from yours? How do you, personally, deal with such differences?

4. Who are the stakeholders in this situation and what, if any, obligations do they have?

2. Evaluate Gordon Biersch's organizational alternatives to realize its growth ambitions. Recommend a course to follow?

All the interests can be summarized under “maximizing profits”. Without knowing their actual costs for each of the options, I can’t be a 100% sure of the priority of the issues, but I will need to gauge that based on the negotiations. With the given information, it looks like their issues are:

3. What is your evaluation of the company’s internationalization strategy under Tony Massaro’s leadership? Is it likely to be more successful that the previous offshore initiatives? If so, why?

CompuCo is attempting to move from a domestic producer to that of an international producer. In order to achieve this feat, the company must have an international focus in regards to its overall business operations. It is quite apparent from the case, that CompuCo does not have the will or desire to be proactive with its international subsidiaries. In order to achieve greater international success, Dr. Durand must first alter the company culture. First, all international subsidiaries should be treated as a primary business irrespective of their individual performance. It seems, through reading the case, that much more emphasis is placed on French product development and applications that is given to its international counterparts. This is a detriment to business as many of CompuCo's international customers have differing tastes and sentiments in regards to product offerings. The case cites numerous examples of this between both French and American consumers. French consumers, for example, like to read product manuals and prefer complexity over simplicity. Their American counterparts however prefer ease of use, and a simple design. The company was slow to discern these changes in consumer demands and elected instead to emphasize its French product design. This created consumer ill-will and

The vast majority of startups “exits” during the past decade have been through acquisitions by larger companies. What is likely to change at Sirtris after the acquisition? More generally, how do entrepreneurial companies change after they are acquired? Is there a role for an entrepreneur

2. As a member of Interco’s board, are you persuaded by the premiums paid analysis (Exhibit 10) and the comparable transactions analysis (Exhibit 11)? Why?

5. Could Vivek have further developed the concept with the Fleetcenter and others before going for a deal with MSG and venture capitalists? How so?

6. Describe the way in which cultural differences can act to impede communication between business people of different nationality.

Question 5. What is the overall view of people towards this system weather negative or

3. What are the biggest risks faced by the firm in the next 5-10 years?