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Blooming Clothing, Edel Foley

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Blooming Clothing was established in 1985 by O’Byrne and two other partners. The aim was to specialise in a niche of the women’s outerwear market: maternity wear. The company started business with a retail outlet in Dublin and sold maternity wear under the Blooming label, which it outsourced through local suppliers. When this arrangement proved unsatisfactory, Blooming turned to manufacturing its own lines.

Fire Hose Technologies, Gerry Mortimer

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Rockers For Walkers, Gerry Mortimer

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In 1995, James Boylan and Sons Ltd. was celebrating its fiftieth year of trading, though its origins dated back further. It was still mostly owned by the Boylan family who had controlled it since its inception. The company was based in the tiny and now largely deserted village of Mullan close to Emyvale in Co. Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland.

Irish Hardware Wholesalers, Aidan O'Driscoll, John Murray Dr.

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This case study deals with the following issues: industry analysis and understanding the business system; generic competitive strategies; innovating business practice and sustaining competitive advantage.

Great Southern Hotels, Aidan O'Driscoll, John Murray Dr.

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This case study deals with the following issues: strategic choice and turnaround strategy: role of marketing in the process; sustaining market force; public sector enterprise; tourism/hospitality industry and national planning.

Braycott Foods, Gerry Mortimer

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This case study deals with the following issues: product development; positioning and rationalisation; consumer research; channels of distribution; international marketing; synergy in acquisition; developing a marketing plan.

Slims Matches, Aidan O'Driscoll

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This case study deals with the following issues: market segmentation; return on investment; pricing, promotion and merchandising; prodcut cannibalisation; role of market research.

K-Line Kitchens, Aidan O'Driscoll, John Murray Dr.

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This case study deals with the following issues: developing a basic marketing awareness and direction in the case of a small company; understanding consumer behaviour and market research; analysing company capability and competitors; price/quality issues, product development, distribution channels and promotion.

Colorcare, Aidan O'Driscoll, John Murray Dr.

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The issues this case study deals with are: Managing in the marketing function in regard to product development, pricing, promotion and channel selection; in particular how distribution channels non only evolve but can change dramatically, and the consequence reconfiguring of the marketing mix.

Euro Coach Builders, Gerry Mortimer

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Joe Ferry was a native of the Gaeltach region of Gweedore in the north western part of Donegal. The county of Donegal itself occupies the north west corner of Ireland. Its geographical position is unusual in that it is virtually bounded on all sides by the Atlantic Ocean or the border with Northern Ireland, though the county is part of the Irish Republic. In the south of the county the neck of land linking Donegal with the Irish Republic is less than 5 miles wide at one point. The partition of Ireland in 1922 deprived the county of much of …

Equity Bank, Aidan O'Driscoll

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This case study deals with the following issues: product and service definition; market analysis and segmentation; niche marketing; developing and setting in place a new business strategy.

Lifetime Assurance, Aidan O'Driscoll

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This case study deals with the following issues : organisation development and corporate culture in implementing strategy ; customer relationship managment and service quality; winning market focus.

Actionaid, Aidan O'Driscoll

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The issues which this case study deals with are;Marketing for the non-profit organisation, developing and implementing a ploan, consumer research, donor channels, promotion, advertising and media decision-making.

Agra Trading, Aidan O'Driscoll, John Murray Dr.

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The issues this case study deals with are; Industry structural analysis, understanding the business system, from commodity products to niche marketing, feasibility of launching an international branded product from Ireland.

Agenda: Western Water: Expanding Uses/Finite Supplies, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Western Water: Expanding Uses/Finite Supplies (Summer Conference, June 2-4)

Conference organizers and/or faculty included University of Colorado School of Law professors James N. Corbridge, Jr., Lawrence J. MacDonnell and David H. Getches.

This conference featured luncheon talks by Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm and Undersecretary of the Department of the Interior Ann McLaughlin. The conference attracted 115 registrants from 19 states plus the District of Columbia.

Voluntary Approaches To Basinwide Water Management, Neil S. Grigg

Colorado Water Issues and Options: The 90's and Beyond: Toward Maximum Beneficial Use of Colorado's Water Resources (October 8)

13 pages (includes illustration).

Contains references (page 11).

Agenda: Colorado Water Issues And Options: The 90'S And Beyond: Toward Maximum Beneficial Use Of Colorado's Water Resources, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center, Colorado Water Resources Research Institute. Cooperative Extension Service

Colorado Water Issues and Options: The 90's and Beyond: Toward Maximum Beneficial Use of Colorado's Water Resources (October 8)

Presented by Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado School of Law and Cooperative Extension Service, Colorado Water Resources Research Institute, Colorado State University.

Conference organizers and/or speakers included University of Colorado School of Law professors Lawrence J. MacDonnell, David H. Getches and Stephen F. Williams.

The conference theme is "Toward Maximum Beneficial Use of Colorado's Water Resources." The purpose of the conference is to provide a forum for public discussion of Colorado's system of water law and administration and to make recommendations for future action.