BLAINE KITCHENWARE INC. Blaine Kitchenware was a mid-sized producer of small appliances primarily used in residential kitchens. By 2006‚ the company’s products consisted of a wide range of small kitchen appliances including deep fryers‚ griddles‚ toasters‚ ovens etc. Blaine had just under 10% of the $2.3 billion U.S. market for small kitchen appliances. For the period 2003 to 2006‚ the industry posted modest annual unit sales growth of 2%. In 2006‚ 65% of its revenue was generated from shipments
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Q4) what are the advantages and disadvantages to a firm of operating on a large scale? Economies of scale fall under microeconomics and are the cost advantages a business obtains due to expansion. As scale is increased they cause a producers average cost per unit to fall. Microeconomics (from Greek prefix micro- meaning "small" and "economics") is a branch of economics in which you study the behaviour of how the individual firms make decisions to allocate limited resources. Normally‚ it applies
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CHAPTER 14: DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS: DIVIDENDS AND SHARE REPURCHASES 1. The optimal distribution policy strikes that balance between current dividends and capital gains that maximizes the firm’s stock price. a. True b. False ANSWER: True 2. Other things held constant‚ the higher a firm’s target payout ratio‚ the higher its expected growth rate should be. a. True b. False ANSWER: False RATIONALE: The higher the payout ratio‚ the less of its earnings the firm reinvests in the business
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Nowadays‚ many students prefer to work in a large corporation compared to starting their own business. This is because if they want to create their own business‚ they required experience and a lot of bankroll to control their business. Although there are many students who prefer working in a large corporation‚ somehow there are still advantages and disadvantage working in such corporation. First of all‚ work in a large corporation will give us a great working experience. In fact‚ such experience
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CHAPTER 14 DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS: DIVIDENDS AND SHARE REPURCHASES (Difficulty: E = Easy‚ M = Medium‚ and T = Tough) Multiple Choice: Conceptual Easy: Dividends versus capital gains Answer: d Diff: E [i]. Myron Gordon and John Lintner believe that the required return on equity increases as the dividend payout ratio is decreased. Their argument is based on the assumption that a. Investors are indifferent between dividends and capital gains. b. Investors
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FIN475 Spring 2011 Group Assignment 3 “Blaine Kitchenware‚ Inc.: Capital Structure” Due: Thursday‚ March 24‚ 2011 Instructions: • This is a group assignment. • Prepare a memo from your group to address the items found below. Please limit your memo to no more than three pages of text. You may use as many pages of exhibits as you deem necessary. However‚ you will only want to provide exhibits that you discuss in your memo. • Presentation counts. Make sure to proof you memo for spelling
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LUEHRMAN JOEL HEILPRIN Blaine Kitchenware‚ Inc.: Capital Structure On April 27‚ 2007‚ Victor Dubinski‚ CEO of Blaine Kitchenware‚ Inc. (BKI)‚ sat in his office reflecting on a meeting he had had with an investment banker earlier in the week. The banker‚ whom Dubinski had known for years‚ asked for the meeting after a group of private equity investors made discreet inquiries about a possible acquisition of Blaine. Although Blaine was a public company‚ a majority of its shares were controlled by family
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ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF PRIVATISATION Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 2.0 ADVANTAGES OF PUBLIC SECTOR PRIVATISATION 2 2.1 Improving Efficiencies 2 2.2 Reduction in Government Cost and Spending 3 2.3 Focusing on Core Competences 3 2.4 Streamlining Businesses to Allow Productive Job Creations 4 2.5 Obtaining Goal Congruences 4 2.6 Effective Utilization of Taxpayers’ Money 5 2.7 Generate Income Tax Revenue 5 2.8 Improving Government Financing 6 2.9 Reorganisation or Restructuring
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[pic] Medical – Health & Family Welfare‚ Education 1. Motive : To provide the Medical related facilities and prevention of Health to each and every‚ last person of the Nation. 2. Reason : As per present scenario Government Medical Institutions are able to serve/treat only 20% of the Indian population. Rest 80% have to depend upon private sector. 3. Source : Co-operative or Private Public Partnership (Where Management is private while Government place a supportive role). 4. Content : a.
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PROFESSOR: STEVE JONES 11/10/2013 MEMORANDUM To: Victor Dubinski‚ CEO of Blaine Kitchenware‚ Inc. From: Zhangkai Zhou Kelley School of Business MSA student Subject: Is it a good idea for BKI to repurchase its own stocks? Date: Nov 19‚ 2013 There is a banker pointed out that BKI is currently highly over-liquid and under-levered. He suggested to borrow money and to buy back own shares. In detail‚ the proposal is involves that borrowing another $50 million
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