Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Ice Cream Inc: Keeping the Mission(s) Alive A Written Case Analysis by Mr. Aristotle Metin CASE BACKGROUND The U.S. Ice Cream Industry The total retail value of ice cream and related products in the United States was about $9.8 billion in 1990. The superpremium ice cream market held about 9.5% of the ice cream industry in the US. By 1990‚ Ben & Jerry’s was a strong # 2 in the superpremium ice cream market and the fifth largest ice cream maker of any type
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Investment Analysis and Lockheed Tri Star (Submission-1) by WMP 08009 Davinder Singh WMP 08022 Manish Kumar Singh WMP08035 Rahul Yadav WMP08036 Rajesh Ganvir A report submitted in fulfillment of the assignments for Financial management WMP 2015 Indian Institute of Management‚ Lucknow Noida Campus Date: 30.03.13 1. Rainbow Products | : | | | | | | | | Scenario 1 : Purchase of Paint- Mixing machine to reduce labor cost | |
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As stated on Page 13 of the case‚ Bunge has several options in how to participate in the biofuels market. First‚ they could be more active in sugarcane-based ethanol. Advantages to the company include: a large amount of land in Brazil for the growth of sugarcane as well as relatively cheap labor; however‚ there is a substantial investment of $200 million. Second‚ they could produce more palm oil in Asia‚ which also requires significant investment in production facilities. Both methods result
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CASE STUDY ‚ Au Bon Pain This is a company which has achieved great success and soon had become the leader on the market. If we could describe them by only one word that word would be: Quality. Very quickly they became recognizable. Despite that they gained a lot of competition in the market they were still trying to develop. The company began to develop so quickly that they had to make some changes. They stopped and focused their attention on the structure of the company‚ the company inside.
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The Governance Structure of International Joint Ventures Property Rights and Transaction Cost Explanations Sonja Horvath (Remetic) Doctorate candidate Center for Business Studies University of Vienna Brünner Str. 72 A-1210 Vienna‚ Austria Sonja.Remetic@gmail.com November‚ 2011 Abstract This paper explores the determinants of ownership and residual decision rights in international joint ventures (IJVs) by developing a theoretical framework based on the property right and transaction
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Starbucks We take Coffee seriously! Starbucks Problem Statement • Is this best possible way to grow? • How much to extend in the quest for growth? • How do tap / react the opportunities? About Starbucks • Speciality coffee company – Arabica beans • CEO – Howard Schultz • 1000 retail locations in 32 markets throughout North America and 2 stores in Tokyo About Starbucks Channels • Retail Outlets – Bread and Butter – An experience store (Third Place) – Contribution to revenue: 86% –
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Blockbuster became the dominant movie rental firm for a number of reasons. First and foremost in the early years‚ they were invested in by Wayne Huizeinga who infused the company with $18.5 million dollars and for a span of 7 years grew the company’s market capitalization at an annual growth rate of 118%. Once it started becoming large‚ it efficiently used economies of scale. It also had the most power to negotiate favorable deals with movie studios as opposed to mom and pop shops. Blockbuster
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CASE 3: APPLICHEM 1. Compare the performance of Applichem’s 4 Release-ease plants. Competitive environment Applichem is a company that offers high product customization. Indeed‚ they provide solutions to specific customer problems‚ and then refine the product and process to arrive at a product with broader application. They created a product that was widely used: Release-ease. This product enabled the customers to clean easily the mold at the end of the process‚ which was a bottleneck
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rating. Thus‚ I am assuming that any bonds they have issued have a BB rating. The long-term bond yield for BB bonds is 11.44%. The case does not provide any information regarding the required return on equity. However‚ by imputing the data from Exhibit 8c into a spreadsheet we can calculate Beta for comparable companies. I calculate the Beta for Ben & Jerry’s to be 1.5994. I calculate Beta for Dreyer’s to be 1.2524. This averages out to 1.4259‚ which is the Beta I estimate for Eskimo Pie.
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MBA 240 Individual Case #2 11/2/2011 Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty I. Executive Summary The Dove brand has been revitalized with the success of their “Real Beauty” campaign. Dove’s main goals are to continue to improve their brand image and gain market share. The key challenges facing top management to accomplish these goals are; building on the momentum the ‘Real Beauty’ campaign has generated‚ differentiating from their competition and modernizing their brand image. I am recommending
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