Profit & Solutions Journal

  Profit & Solutions Management Research Publication Series Researched & Written by Deb (Debadip) Bandyopadhyay   Carlson  is a privately held company headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States. Its primary subsidiaries are CWT, a travel management company, and Carlson Private Capital Partners, a family office that manages the wealth of the owners. It previously held interests in hotels, including Radisson Hotels, and restaurants, including TGI Fridays. The company is owned by Barbara Carlson Gage and Marilyn Carlson Nelson, daughters of the founder, Curt Carlson. Enhancing the welfare and interests of the communities being served is one of the responsibilities that every organization has in any given the environment that it establishes itself. A consideration of expanding luxury Regency accommodations and services, in 2006, to Costa Rica is a decision that would put Carlson Companies in a d...

  Profit & Solutions Management Research Publication Series Researched & Written by Deb (Debadip) Bandyopadhyay   Starbucks Corporation is an American multinational chain of coffeehouses and roastery reserves headquartered in Seattle, Washington. As the world's largest coffeehouse chain, Starbucks is seen to be the main representation of the United States' second wave of coffee culture. As of early 2020, the company operates over 30,000 locations worldwide in more than 70 countries. Starbucks locations serve hot and cold drinks, whole-bean coffee, microground instant coffee known as VIA, espresso, caffe latte, full- and loose-leaf teas including Teavana tea products, Evolution Fresh juices, Frappuccino beverages, La Boulange pastries, and snacks including items such as chips and crackers; some offerings (including their annual fall launch of the Pumpkin Spice Latte) are seasonal or specific to the locality of the store. Headquartered in the Starbucks Center, the compan...

  Profit & Solutions Management Research Publication Series Researched & Written by Deb (Debadip) Bandyopadhyay Eli Lilly and Company is an American  pharmaceutical  company headquartered in  Indianapolis, Indiana , with offices in 18 countries. Its products are sold in approximately 125 countries. The company was founded in 1876 by, and named after, Col.  Eli Lilly , a pharmaceutical  chemist  and veteran of the  American Civil War . Lilly's notable achievements include being the first company to mass-produce the  polio vaccine  developed by  Jonas Salk , and  insulin . It was one of the first  pharmaceutical  companies to produce human  insulin  using  recombinant DNA  including Humulin ( insulin medication ), Humalog ( insulin lispro ), and the first approved  biosimilar  insulin product in the US, Basaglar ( insulin glargine ). Lilly is currently the largest manuf...