finance that growth internally by its efficient use of working capital and its profitability. Dell’s Competitive Advantage: The extent of Dell’s working capital advantage over its competitors can be assessed using data contained in Table A of the case on days sales of inventory (DSI) for Dell and its competitors. In 1994 and 1995‚ Dell’s DSI was about half the level of its competitors. In January 1996‚ for example‚ Dell had inventory to cover 32 days of sales while Compaq Computer had inventory
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Nitish @ Solutions Unlimited 1. Introduction Nitish (B.Tech and M.Tech ‚ IIT Madras and M.B.A from XLRI‚ Jamshedpur) was working with a consultancy firm for two years where he showed great promise. He was well liked by all and appreciated by his boss. He had gained sound knowledge of preparing business plans and had also gained insights into the intricacies of collecting and analysing data while in the consultancy firm. To further expand his career horizon‚ on the recommendation of his friend
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Philips versus Matsushita Case summary of Philips: The company has built its success on worldwide portfolio of responsive national organizations (NO). The company was established by Gerard Philips and his father opened a small light bulb factory in Eindhoven‚ Holland in 1892.The company faced a tough fall. Gerald then recruited his brother Anton‚ a salesman and manager. In 1900 it became the 3rd largest producer of light-bulb in Europe and in 1912 Philips
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Case 2 – The Chrysler Takeover Attempt 1. Evaluate Chrysler’s financial and operating performance between 1980 and 1992. What financial and investment policies did they pursue and why? How successful were they? During the early 1980s Chrysler recovered from a severe enterprise crisis in 1978. Vehicle sales grew stable from 1980 to 1986 (with a small stagnation in 1982). In 1983 they grew much stronger than the U.S.-vehicle market and their competitors. This reflected in a steady earnings growth
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1. Use historical exchange rate information available on the Internet at www.oanda.com to find interbank exchange rates between the U.S. dollars and each foreign currency for period December 15‚ 2009‚ to January 15‚ 2010. Currency | Foreign Currency Account Payable | Exchange Rate on 12/15/09 | U.S. Dollar Value on 12/15/09 | Exchange Rate on 12/31/09 | U.S. Dollar Value on 12/31/09 | Foreign Exchange Gain (Loss) at year end | Brazilian reals (BRL) | 55‚000 | 0.5697 | $31‚333.50 | 0.5716 | $31
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1. How could an understanding of the stages of group development assist Christine in leadership situations such as this one? Christine’s leadership abilities could benefit by having knowledge of the stages of group development. Even though for the first meeting Mike was not able to be present and participate with the other group members. As a leader‚ Christine could have motivated Mike should have told him the importance of being present for all the group meetings so he can be part of the team.
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In this case we see how Henry Tam and other Russian founders of the MGI came together I one after the other meeting. Each one of them had experience in one or the other skill. But somehow all the members wer different from each other‚ Sasha was very unfocussed
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prove the need for an automated yard management system wherein most processes which are now done manually are automated. The hardware infrastructure requirements of such a system can be satisfied by a good RTLS. The efficiency of the yard management solution lies in the YMS used for the purpose. This report gives a snapshot of the best technologies that can be used to aid in yard management. The market prospects of YMS are promising as presented in the later part of the report with 51% of the target
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non-segmental defects quite in agreement with a previous study. In this study‚ the inferior reader confidence or lack of clarity in lung perfusion (Q) Planar and SPECT interpretation is in agreement with the fact that only 89.5% and 94.7% respectively of cases can be resolved by lung perfusion (Q) planar and SPECT scintigraphy. This study elucidated that despite the similar performance of these projections of lung perfusion (Q) Planar‚ SPECT and SPECT-CT‚ that lung perfusion (Q) SPECT-CT has a higher and
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of‚ as the title might suggest‚ how the idea of God was created and how it has been altered by religious groups and people throughout history. The author‚ Karen Armstrong‚ does this by starting with the first Jews and their belief in pagan gods‚ and going as far as questioning wether God has a place in modern society at all. Mrs. Armstrong was a part of a devout Roman Catholic family‚ but often she found that hell seemed a more potent reality than God and that had created fear in her and left her
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