Memorandum To: Blaine Kitchenware Inc. Board of Directors CC: Mr. Victor Dubinski From: Date: 1/13/2013 Re: BKI stocks repurchase To review Blaine Kitchenware Inc.’s (BKI) current debt‚ equity and leverage levels with respect to the highly advisable repurchase of 14 million shares of stock at $18.50 per share and the related‚ necessary financing. BKI is currently highly over-liquid and under-levered. The firm can anticipate elevated tax rates due to the lack of debt held. BKI has also
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Shimano Inc. Case Questions: 1. Does Shimano’s home base fit Porter’s definition of an advantaged location? 2. Did the advantages or disadvantages of its location change over time? If so‚ how did Shimano respond - does it fit Porter’s framework of a global strategy? 3. Would you recommend that Shimano develop additional functions in North America (besides sales and service) as it has in Asia and in Europe? Why or why not? November 16‚ 2011 International Business MBAD 6244 Professor
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Question One: Do manufacturers of products for children have special responsibilities to consumers and society? What are these responsibilities and how well has Mattel met them? Provide evidence of Mattel’s strengths and weaknesses in this area. Yes. As Mattel’s products are designed primarily for children‚ it must be sensitive to societal concerns about children’s rights. Strengths Responsibility towards the community * Mattel recognizes international environment‚ different legal systems
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Dell Inc. in 2008 Can it overtake Hewlett-Packard as the world leader in personal computers? By Georges Bali 1 Brief History of the company Vision and Mission statement Answers to questions: Outline Question 1: Evaluation of Michael Dell’s performance Question 2: Elements of Dell’s strategy Question 3: Expansion into IT products evaluation Question 4: Financial Assessment of Dell in the years 2000 through 2008 Question 5: SWOT analysis Question 6: Competition with HP
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Part I. The fundamental information of Walt Disney The Walt Disney Company‚ a diversified international company operated entertainment and recreational complexes‚ produced motion picture and television features‚ developed community real estate projects‚ and sold consumer products. The company was founded in 1938 as a successor to the animated motion picture business established by Walt and Roy Disney in 1923. The company operated the Disneyland amusement theme park in Anaheim‚ California‚ and
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Introduction The history of electricity development in Nigeria can be traced back to the end of the 19th century when the first generating power plant was installed in the city of Lagos in 1898. From then until 1950‚ the pattern of electricity development was in the form of individual electricity power undertaking scattered all over the towns. Some of the few undertaking were Federal Government bodies under the Public Works Department‚ some by the Native Authorities and others by the Municipal Authorities
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ADAMAC Inc. An Analysis of Production and Cost Theory Group III Osvald Ronald David Tjahjo Agenda • • • • Company’s Overview Current Issues Case Analysis Recommendation 2 Overview of Adamac Inc. • Provide services of jet cutting (laser‚ water jet‚ wire) built by Ryan Olliver and Ben Watts‚ previously worked for Perts • Adamac was built with an objective to provide more efficient and higher customer service • Adamac had started with used water jet‚ used laser cut machine‚ and wire cutter machine
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Case # 144-C06-A-U Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship January 2006 Babson Park‚ MA Phone: 781-239-4420 02457-0310 Fax: 781-239-4178 URL: http://www.babson.edu/eship CardSmith‚ Inc. Taran Lent‚ co-founder of CardSmith‚ Inc.‚ leaned into his laptop as he tapped out a response to his partner some 300 miles to the South in New Jersey. Soon‚ two other members of their dispersed team had joined the instant messaging strategy session. As developers of a business that was pioneering online
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1. INTRODUCTION Nigeria is committed to a national environmental policy that will ensure sustainable development based on proper management of the environment. This demands positive and realistic planning that balances human needs against the carrying capacity of the environment. This requires that a number of complementary policies‚ strategies and management approaches are put in place which should ensure‚ among others‚ that: * * * environmental concerns are integrated into major
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Financial Problem: In November 1985 Paperco was presented with the critical business decision of replacing its existing mechanical drying equipment that had been originally placed into service in 1979 with more efficient equipment provided by Pressco‚ Inc. The consequences of this decision would have far reaching consequences as replacing the equipment could result in cost savings up to $560‚000 annually. However‚ there were other critical factors to address before moving forward with the project. One
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