In the spring of 1968, the top executives of J. L. Brandeis and Sons were considering increasing the hours of their retail stores to include Sunday opening. The competitive pressure applied by the opening of several discount ...

Western Nursery was organized in 1957, by Mr. George Kearns. The business was initially centered around the raising of plants and flowers in a small greenhouse on George Kearns' property. From 1957 until 1972, the business ...

On October 1, 1974, Mr. George Reed, president of Reed Tool and Die Company, Inc., requested from a local university that a graduate student of business be assigned to his firm. Mr. Reed hoped that the student could help ...

Many people contend that non-profit institutions develop haphazardly. On the surface there appears to be no plan or logical objectivity as to much of their operations or necessity for existence. In some cases this is true. ...

The objectives are to give the student an opportunity to - | 1. Study a business undergoing rapid expansion. | 2. Evaluate different types of financing plans and propose a financing plan that will fit the Standard Gas ...

Cop-Dan Glass Company was originally organized as a sole proprietorship by John Carter in July, 1972. The firm is located in a small midwestern town wi1h an approximate population of 10,000 people. | Mr. Carter was previously ...

River City is a major population center in a basically rural midwestern state. Its population growth rate has been significantly above the national average in recent years, and by the end of 1966, there were over 250,000 ...

Too often the classroom activities and approaches never have the opportunity to enter the environment where the "rubber meets the road". This Small Business Administration (SBA) project provides a unique opportunity to ...

Prior to opening a retail men's clothing store, William Page and James Joyce had been good friends for fifteen years. This friendship had been the result of a chance meeting at a clothing manufacturer's fair. As a Tennett ...

Incorporated slightly more than a year ago, this company appears to have experienced tremendous "growing pangs" on a minute amount of invested capital. The company has been engaged in several operations, but the primary ...