Student Name‚ EMBA 17 Fall2010 All information for this case study was taken from “Aqualisa Quartz: Simply a Better Shower‚” HBS 9-502-030; Rev July 10‚ 2006 Problem ID: Aqualisa hopes to grow the brand through the introduction of a new line‚ the Quartz shower. Initial launch results have been disappointing‚ and the managing director of Aqualisa would like to breathe new life into the launch through a new marketing strategy. The intended result is higher sales‚ wider brand recognition and a
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Memorandum Date: 2/18/13 Re: HealthSouth Accounting Scandal HealthSouth Corp.‚ one of the nation’s largest healthcare services providers in the United States was involved in one of the largest accounting scandals in United States history. HealthSouth Corp and its officials overstated earnings in order to meet Wall Street earnings expectations. This memorandum will describe who was involved‚ how the operation was carried out‚ as well as a timeline documenting the resulting damages of the scandal
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DS Information Systems Corporation Memo To: From: Date: December 1‚ 2013 Subject: Funding Request for Business Writing Course As a Network System Administrator‚ I often send e-mails to various organizations at Nellis AFB and I am frequently asked to write memos‚ official letters‚ reports and briefings on the various projects our company is involved with. Currently‚ all of this work has to get reviewed by our site lead to ensure that it is error free‚ which sometimes causes massive overhead
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choose for your dental coverage. Quality Care will continue their dental coverage for our employees. A new dental carrier‚ Health Alliance will be a new option for our employees for their dental insurance needs. Baxter Company has arranged a day for a Human Resource representative to come in to answer any questions regarding the benefit changes for the year. The benefit meeting scheduled for 2014 will be Monday‚ April 15th‚ 2013. Please attend any and all benefit meetings in the East Lounge
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To: Kim Ford Date: 2/13/13 Subject: Nike’s Cost of Capital I agree with Ms. Ford’s estimate of Nike’s Cost of Capital at 8.4% The WACC is the appropriate method for valuing Nike’s capital. The WACC takes your cost of debt x the percent of capital + CAPM x equity percent of capital and it tells the rate of return the company needs to return based on its capital structure. In my opinion Ms. Ford has correctly assumed Nikes cost of debt and cost of equity. Her projection for cost of debt uses
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depict a specific location that maybe available. This creates back drafts of students entering parking garages and parking lots‚ searching for available parking spots‚ only to find that the lot or garage is completely full. At certain times of the day‚ traffic is congested and there is no certainty which parking spots are available. This predicament might have been over looked and should be revised to enhance the driving experience at FIU. Proposing Systematical Solution There are several ways to
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MEMO DATE: November 11‚ 2012 TO: Dr. Cheryl Powers‚ Instructor Business Communications‚ Minnesota School of Business FROM: Rhonda DeRosa Melissa Gelder Sherry Stevens Kayla Huberty Scott Miller Virtual Team‚ Business Communications SUBJECT: Unit 5 Assignment—Virtual Team Project Proposal Memo Our team met via conference call‚ this week‚ to discuss how we will successfully complete our project and resolve any conflicts that might arise. We also discussed which
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known for selling items in bulk in order to maintain profitability‚ but not only do they sell a lot‚ they sell it fast. Their inventory turnover is at 12.24‚ the fastest out of all of its competitors. They also have a Cash Conversion Cycle of around 3 days‚ a record low in industry comparison. This shows that they are getting inventory in and out as quickly as possible‚ while receiving the payment for such in a timely manner. This has helped them to keep up profitability as they can sell more than competitors
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Thailand which are categorised below and developing strategies accordingly. Macroeconomic political risks As a result of civil unrest Thailand’s economy has experienced slower growth as “the stock market fell almost 10 per cent over the first two days‚ and car sales and consumer confidence are down” (Snowdon 2014). This will directly affect our revenue. Civil unrest prompting violent actions also raises doubt in Thailand’s rule of law‚ as “Thailand has consistently lacked law and order since as
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& English-2 A Levels in Business and Information Technology | – BA (Hons) Business & Foreign Languages-4 A Levels in Japanese‚ Arabic‚ Business & Economics | Experience | -Events Senior Administrator-Event’s Organizer- Marketing Executive-19 years experience-1 country : UK | -Assistant Events Manager- Event Organizer- IT Assistant-21 years experience-2 countries: UK & UAE | -Events Senior Administrator-Events Organizer- Marketing Executive-21 years experience-2 countries: UK &
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