Case Analysis: Optical Fiber Corporation Introduction Optical Fiber Corporation (OFC) is a financially successful‚ albeit relatively small manufacturer of multimode optical fibers. The company was founded in 1990. The founders were able to enter the market largely on the basis of acquiring patent licenses from larger optical fiber firms. These licenses restricted competition between the entities and provided OFC with instant access to optical fiber technology. In return‚ OFC’s customer
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7 Mar. 2011. . Fortuna‚ Alex Jubak‚ Jim. "What ’s Killing Citigroup—Slowly." MoneyShow. 27 Apr. 2010. Web. 7 Mar. 2011. . Lipman‚ I.A Neilson‚ Leighann C‚ and Megha Chadha. "International marketing strategy in the retail banking industry: The case of ICICI Bank in Canada." Journal of Financial Services Marketing 13.3 (2008): 204-220. Business Source Premier. EBSCO. Web. 8 Mar. 2011. Scott‚ Jonathan A.‚ and William C. Dunkelberg. "Competition for small firm banking business: Bank actions versus
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5-47 ABC and TOC Discuss the similarities and differences between activity-based costing and the theory of constraints‚ as well as situations in which one approach might be preferable to the other. 5-48 Cycle time efficiency and JIT Walker Brothers Company is considering installing a JIT manufacturing system in the hope that it will improve its overall processing cycle efficiency. Data from the traditional system and estimates for the JIT system are presented here for their Nosun Product:
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research and development team and its worldwide network of distributors and strategic partners. AES is committed to penetrating international markets‚ specifically in developing or emerging economies‚ and constantly improving on product development. The case states that AES believes their competitive advantage is a result of its "agility or speed and its ability to commit to corporate equity and to arrange complex financial transactions." Structure AES is operating in a network structure. In this structure
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Summary ABC Learning Centres Limited (ABC) has recently came into limelight in the childcare industry. It went into receivership on 6 Nov 2008 and Australian Government has announced to assist ABC to continue operation till end of 2008 by injecting $22 million. An analysis has been done on ABC on why the company has landed itself into receivership by analysing its annual Income Statement‚ Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement. Reading and analysing of news and articles in relation to ABC has been
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Difference between ABC Costing and the Time Driven ABC Costing Activity Based Costing (ABC)‚ is a method used to gather an estimation of the cost of a product or service. It was proposed by Robert S. Kaplan and W. Bruns. It helps to assign costs to products and services‚ of an activity along with the resources‚ based on the consumption that takes place by each product or service. The model helps companies in deciding that which products are not rightly priced and which products are actually costing
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Appex Corporation Under the leadership of Shikhar Ghosh‚ Appex Corporation has undergone several significant structural changes in order to cater to its rapid growth in the past three years. Each of these structural changes just generally improved the operating performance of Appex Corporation for a short period of time‚ ultimately each different structure has generated a new set of barriers and problems that constrained the innovation‚ performance and growth of the company. Based on the changes
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Harvard Business School 9-289-047 Rev. April 1‚ 1998 Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital (Abridged) In April 1988‚ Dan Cohrs‚ vice president of project finance at the Marriott Corporation‚ was preparing his annual recommendations for the hurdle rates at each of the firm’s three divisions.部门 要求报酬率 Investment projects at Marriott were selected by discounting the appropriate cash flows by the appropriate hurdle rate for each division. In 1987‚ Marriott’s sales grew by 24% and its return on equity
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and value proposition have evidently helped build the company into one of the leading retailers today. Strategic Planning “Financial success often depends on marketing ability” (Kotler & Keller‚ 2009). Nothing could be truer in Target’s case. From its humble beginnings in Roseville‚ Minnesota‚ the company has grown into one of the largest retailers in the U.S. through organic growth and strategic acquisitions. Target differentiates itself from competitors by providing customers with high-quality
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PS 375-1 these are the kids I deal with that come in foster care * Number of factors can contribute to teen substance abuse. Contributing factors include individual characteristics such as aggressive behavior‚ poor social skills and mental illness. Families who provide inadequate parental supervision or have a history of parental substance abuse or criminal behavior increase the likelihood of teen substance abuse. Additionally‚ community factors include readily available drugs and poverty
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