Jared Keene

Question: Bad News:  You were the vice president at a tech start up that just celebrated a major milestone last February: your company just released its IPO (initial price offering) for the NYSE at far higher than anticipated! To commemorate this incredible occasion, the former CEO promised all upper management an all-expenses paid, company retreat on Catalina Island in early May, and she encouraged everyone to pre-book flights and accommodations, which would later be expensed and reimb...

HighlightsSection AGoldbell acquires BlueSG; plans up to $40m investment by 2023 Vehicle leasing and distribution company Goldbell Group announced on Monday (Oct 18) its finalisation on the acquisition of electric car-sharing player BlueSG, after the announcement was made in February 2021. The group, in a press statement, highlighted that out of the planned S$70 million investment capital for the next five years, 60 per cent or S$40 million will be made by 2023, as part of its growth acceler...

Question: This assignment think of yourself as a consultants and your team has been hired to develop an e-commerce marketing plan for any business product or service. Your team must work together (groups 4-5) to develop a detailed marketing plan how to launch a business online.  You are given the option to choose if you want to market a product or service. The client wants to see how you will market their company online. The client is looking to increase exposure, brand, sales. The clien...

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Purpose of the AssessmentAssignment Brief 1. Purpose of the Assessment The assignment is designed to enable you to show and an understanding of key principles and concepts on which business, and the entrepreneurial nature of business functions. It also will allow you to identify and verify good information from bad information. The final presentation is to allow you to present a logical, structured and researched entrepreneurial business plan in a professional manner. 2. Assessment Task I...

BackgroundBackground TopTravel SL is a company dedicated to high quality online hotel reservations. It operates internationally and its customers are large hotel groups that offer luxury services.  With more than 10 years of experience, TopTravel SL has been among the top 5 websites used to choose accommodation. A large percentage are business trips, however, there is also a significant number of leisure trips, which seek an accommodation with the most favorable conditions.  In ...

Course ObjectivesComputer 1. Define and utilize the physics principles of electrical circuits. Circuit Building: To begin with, please proceed to the following website: https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/circuit-construction-kit-dc-virtual-lab/latest/circuit-construction-kit-dc-virtual-lab_en.html Once you are there, you should see a screen that looks like this 1. Let’s start out “easy” by making a light bulb light up.  Use ONLY one battery, two wir...

Formative and Summative AssessmentThere is one assessment for this module. The assignment consists of a formative (draft) and a summative (final) element.  The formative task is there to help you complete the summative assessment task successfully. The formative process is important because it will help you address the task more fully and therefore contributes to your learning and understanding of the challenges facing SMEs and help you develop your business development & planning...

Task1. Evaluate external and internal environmental factors which impact on strategy 2. Critically review an organisation's strategic plan You are a consultant of multinational company XYZ (select your own company from any industry) and you are asked to advise the company in terms of expanding the business from its home country (of your choice)  to another host country (of your choice) As a consultant you are asked to prepare a report on various internal factors and external factors...

Introduction to Fundamental Principles in EconomicsThis module will introduce students to fundamental principles in economics and demonstrate that they can be usefully applied to study markets in sport and beyond. The course will cover core concepts including cost-benefit analysis, supply and demand theory and market structure. But the primary focus will be on enabling students to become ‘economic naturalists’ who are able to apply economic insights to better understand the worl...