Coffee is a global commodity and source of national revenue for many countries. Recently, deregulation, new consumption patterns, and evolving corporate strategies have dramatically changed the coffee chain. Market liberalization has taken root in many coffee producing countries. There is an emergence of new coffee consumption patterns which are as...

Robert E. Quinn and Kim Cameron’s article Organizational Life Cycles and Shifting Criteria of Effectiveness: Some Preliminary Evidence describes the cycle of changes that often takes place for businesses as they look to grow and acquire market share. The authors of this article focus on a number of different theoretical...

For most products and services, increasing the price lowers the demand, and decreasing the price increases the demand. However, this is not a universal truth, in that products like insurance function a bit differently. That is, increasing the price of insurance premiums does not necessarily decrease the demand, and, likewise,...

To: The Honorable MayorFrom: Date: April 19, 2013 Per your request for information regarding the recently published Gladstone Study, I have summarized the important information for your review. The Gladstone Study by Kennedy, Bentley, Heffernan, Paxman, Stevenson & Mueller (2010) examines the potential of a cumulative impact of hazardous air...

Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) is a leader in the global hospitality industry. The Chicago-based company owns, operates, develops, and franchises a vast fleet of branded hotels, in addition to resorts and residential ownership properties. Our team researched Hyatt’s quarterly earnings reports, income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements and...