In the fall of 1977, Michael Stephens, sole proprietor of Stephens Construction, asked Warren Sanders, a local real estate broker, to find a large piece of land that would be suitable for development into a single family residential project. Sanders located several parcels and found a homestead staked and owned by Robert and Arlene Cross. Sanders contacted and met with Robert Cross in February of 1978 and stated that he was looking for land for a developer and had asked Cross to sign a listing agreement, but he refused. In September of 1978, Anders contacted Cross again and showed an offer from Stephens. Cross rejected this and two following offers.…
I think that the owner does need to know a medium amount of knowledge because he needs to be able to handle things wisely. What you know is what you can do.…
Through the use of lighting, color scheme, and orientation Casey Baugh has convinced the art client to enjoy and possibly buy his painting “Illumination”.…
Managers are most likely to step across ethical and legal boundaries when the pressure to perform is great. Pressure can be healthy but companies that set high-performance targets and grant large rewards for achieving these must have strong control systems to ensure that people are not tempted to cross boundaries. What are the four important control systems? Please identify each control by name.…
2. Evaluate Jefferies pricing considerations for the upgrade. Are there other pricing factors that Jefferies might consider?…
The case is about Lake Eola Charter School (LECS) in downtown Orlando, Florida, Ronnie DeNoia is the principal of this school, who completed a course on nonprofit branding at the Philanthropy & Nonproft Leadership Center at the local college. She done this course to shore up her understanding of planning and managing a non profit organisation. She wanted to apply her new learning to evaluate the school’s competitive position, so there is need for environmental analysis, for this full understanding of the school’s internal environment and external competitors is necessary in order to improve the position of the school. And also the case talks about the challenges that had been faced by LECS from its initial stage till 2009 and the benefits that they will provide not only to the children but also to their parents (through their involvement that contributed in creating the family like culture in the school). And also about how DeNoia decided to make certain changes for the 2010 academic year of the school. For this purpose she employed a MBA intern to help her in developing the environmental scanning for the school. Both primary and secondary data is collected for the study. Firstly focus group and survey data collected from LECS students, employees and parents. The survey showed the high level of satisfaction with the school. The success of the school which is revealed by the survey responses, emanated from the strong mission and vision that kept all staff focused on the same gaol and also feedback received from survey is quite satisfactory. DeNoia instructed her intern to collect and organize information on LECS. She had given her the idea what worked and what did not but she wanted the intern to synthesize the data collected and combine it with information available from the state and popular press in a usable fashion. So with the help of SWOT analysis the comparison with…
The Auditor 's Report Volume 23, No. 2, Winter 2002 – An Update on Auditor Independence by Douglas F. Prawitt, Brigham Young University http://www.accounting.rutgers.edu/raw/aaa/audit/Pubs/Audrep/00winter/item04.htm…
Assignment: Your team’s task is to recommend to the Board of Blaine Kitchenware (BKI) whether the firm should undertake the leveraged recap. In doing so, please address the four questions below. Teams 1-6: your task is to recommend for a leveraged recap with quantitative and qualitative support Teams 7-13: your task is to recommend against a leveraged recap with quantitative and qualitative support Along with a signed copy of the Marshall Honor Code, submit a hard copy case report of one-page, single-spaced executive summary, summarizing your analysis and recommendation(s), followed by up to five-page legible appendices of supporting calculations, analyses and reference. Note: An excel file with case exhibits 1-4 has been posted on Blackboard. You can only use this file (which contains copyrighted materials) for our class purposes and you may not copy or post the file on any other medium. Objective: This case is designed to provide you with the opportunity to apply financial analysis to critical financial decisions. We will apply various capital structure and payout theories to a leveraged recap decision by 1) examining issues involved in determining the appropriate capital structure, especially as it applies to enterprise and equity valuation; 2) analyzing the impact of the leverage on the weighted average cost of capital of the firm. You might find Chapters 3, 4, 7, 12 and 14-16 of our text useful. Possible concepts used: EFN, growth rates, financial ratios, financial leverage, MM propositions and tradeoff theory, pecking order theory, agency cost theory, share repurchase, special cash dividends, enterprise value, debt and equity value, WACC, cost of debt, cost of equity as well as the CAPM. Questions: 1. Is Blaine Kitchenware, Inc. financially sound? In particular, is the firm profitable? What is the firm’s sustainable growth rate? How is the company currently…
This heavily disguised case is set in the "mature" woodstoves business in 1986. It is not…
The atmosphere in a Trident nuclear submarine is generally calm and quiet. Even pipe joints are cushioned to prevent noise that might tip off a pursuer. The Trident ranks among the world's most dangerous weaponsCswift, silent, armed with 24 long‑range missiles carrying 192 nuclear warheads. Trident crews are the cream of the Navy crop, and even the sailors who fix the plumbing exhibit a white‑collar decorum. The culture aboard ship is a low‑key, collegial one in which sailors learn to speak softly and share close quarters with an ever‑changing roster of shipmates. Being subject to strict security restrictions enhances a sense of elitism and pride. To move up and take charge of a Trident submarine is an extraordinary feat in the NavyCfewer than half the officers qualified for such commands ever get them. When Michael Alfonso took charge of the USS Florida, the crew welcomed his arrival. They knew he was one of themCa career Navy man who joined up as a teenager and moved up through the ranks. Past shipmates remembered him as basically a loner, who could be brusque but generally pleasant enough. Neighbors on shore found Alfonso to be an unfailingly polite man who kept mostly to himself.…
Sara Lee Corporation uses primarily a related diversification strategy. Note that questions 5 and 6 will be discussion only; no written answers required.…
They have made advertisements waging product wars against Ivory in a stiff competition to take over the personal care market…
This case is about a company that goes by the name of Northern Insurance . Who makes a large investment on Technical Underwriting Financial System which goes by a short name (TUFS) . This was the largest investment Northern Insurance put in to their technical team . It was suppose to help “streamlining the underwriting process and providing strategic e-business capabilities” .( pg 67 ) Also it was to suppose to help save underwrites money . Months after the system was introduce it began to cost the company money spending around $4 million on it . Causing the CIO Martin job to be put on the line because of how bad the system was in the price that it was costing the company . Which lead to a meet with CFO melissa Freeman to figure out why the TUFS was not providing the benefits it was supposed to. An how the company can benefit from the system . Also rather not to keep investing time and money into the system .…
In 1960, Caltex launched their "Caltex Hooded Pump Contest", which called for participants to estimate the actual number of liters a hooded gas pump at each Caltex station will dispense during a specified period .Participants were not required consideration nor pay a fee. No purchase of Caltex products were also required to be made. Entry forms were to be made available upon request at each Caltex station where a sealed can would be provided for the deposit of accomplished entry stubs.…