Invitrogen Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Date                 Invitrogen Introduction and Decision Problem Invitrogen is a leading consumables company that has its headquarters in Carlsbad, California, with Greg Lucier as its chairman and CEO. In 2008, the company managed to grow by 11 percent and emerged with $1.2 billion in revenue. Acquisitions have always been part of the company’s growth, as it has previously acquired more than ten companies successful, some of them being four times its size. Currently, Invitrogen aims to venture into the healthcare industry to serve patients and physicians with focus on the new technology, next-generation sequencing (NGS) that can potentially reduce the cost and time of sequencing. The company also aims to expand and commercialize its instrumentation field with more production and sales. The transition, however, is not clearly stipulated and the company is stuck with several options to choose from. Invitrogen has to choose the best option, either an acquisition (several competitive companies exist to choose from), or to optimize its research and…

Aalsmeer Flower Auctions and Perfect Competition A perfectly competitive market is usually characterized by a significantly large number of sellers as well as buyers, production of similar items, fluctuating prices, proper knowledge of the market, and provides freedom of entry and exit by any firm (Kononenko & Kugai, 2019).  Aalsmeer Flower Auctions’ marketing environment has some, if not all, of the given features. At least 39 auction clocks are usually operational at Flora Holland each day, which accounts for about 125,000 auction transactions. The high number of watches at the selling center implies an immense amount of sellers, and the large sales translate to the number of buyers who visit the place to get their orders. The fluctuating price of the flowers equally sets the Aalsmeer Flower Auctions into being considered as an example of a perfect competition market. The costs for the flowers are entirely based on the demand, and at no point in time have they been set to a constant figure. The sellers would slowly adjust the prices from high to low until they successfully sell their…

Forming GameRush, Inc. The three of us were excellent friends before we went to college. After graduating, everyone has their internal responsibilities and needs money to carry on with their lives. Now, Alice comes up with the idea of forming LLC, which used in creating video games in both the type of a product and services. The four in the group, Joan, David, Albert, and Alice, have agreed to the adventure. They are ready to start a new company, but I feel like some points about actual inspection are not fully understood. Psychological theory and research, use results of another company that is unethical and might affect the running of the company (Tokunaga, 1993). Otherwise, the idea of progress and making the games addictive was a great idea. If this process launched, focusing on the idea of Game Day that brings them to achieving their aims and gives their games to advertisers, the exact impacts of the action seen. In my view, it is unethical to go ahead and create GameRush with the idea of stealing ideas from GameDay. Going forward…

Transformational leadership in Nursing practice Nursing practice necessitates an individual to make decisions commensurate with a leader. Nurses encounter situations that prompt them to make timely decisions to determine procedures for quality patient care (Bahadori, Hajibabaee, Ashghali, and Peyrovi, 2016). The leadership style in a healthcare institution determines the nature of the working environment, job satisfaction, employee retention, quality of patient care, and outcomes. Besides, nurses face conflicts on work that require resolutions based on the leadership at the institution. Evidence suggests that healthcare organizations prefer transformational leadership because it is dynamic. Transformational leaders communicate a clear vision while creating an empowering working environment to achieve set goals (Boamah, 2017). Notably, effective communication with physicians, influences nurses on the decisions they make concerning their patients. Appropriate healthcare processes improve quality care and patient outcomes. Transformational leadership creates an environment that fosters continued nurse professional growth with a focus on the achievement of the organizational goals. In nursing practice, transformational leaders set high levels of expectation towards nurses. However, the management creates an empowering environment that ensures the success of the…