Carstensen Term Papers Samples For Students

BUSINESS STRATEGY MODEL

- Introduction
Panera Bread Company is a national bakery-café chain and one of the leading US food service companies. Having more than 1,700 outlets and franchises across 45 states, the District of Columbia and Canada, Panera Bread offers their consumers a great variety of fresh baked goods of high quality and excellent customer service (‘Panera Bread Company’ 2014). Operating in a competitive environment, Panera Bread Company succeeds and has substantial financial revenues. However, in 2013 the sales growth has slightly decreased and was twice less than previous year increase (‘Panera Bread Company’ 2014). In general, Panera’s gross sales, which ...

6.9% of adult population suffers from diabetes in the US. However, the percentage of African American population with diabetes is almost double. According to the National health interview survey almost 13% of all African American over the age of 18 have diabetes (minority.health.hhs.gov). Additionally, as opposed to other population groups, more African Americans suffer from diabetes related serious complications. It has been documented that a well developed educational intervention program improves patient’s understanding of disease, self management proficiency and disease outcome. However, there is a need for development of novel and potent intervention strategies especially adapted for racial/ethnic minority and ...