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Lester Electronics Inc. Benchmarking
Stuart Palmer, Todd Summers, Jarred Turner,
Tabitha Purifoy
University of Phoenix
MBA/540
Maximizing Shareholder Wealth
Bill Stokes
October 2, 2008�
Lester Electronics Inc. Benchmarking
Corporate giants face unprecedented challenges on a domestic level, but those challenges are amplified when entering the status on an international level. The authors will show that when faced with dilemmas, the companies and stakeholders can suffer. On the other hand when there is leadership with a purpose, companies and stakeholders prosper by effectively maximizing shareholder wealth. The purpose of this paper is to provide benchmarking data in order to identify companies experiencing issues similar to Lester Electronics Inc. The authors conducted research on 8 companies and using the benchmarked companies, they will identify challenges they have faced and how they overcame them. The authors hope to apply the data to Lester Electronics Inc. in hopes of providing the company with potential solutions.
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