Assignment 4: Case 4-1 “Sears Goes Zwinky for Tweens and Teens” Sears Goes Zwinky for Tweens and Teens Prof. Karen Mountain Marketing 510 Consumer Behavior Feb 27 ‚ 2013 Introduction Consumer
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2.05 separating rock and pop • Many song lyrics during the 1960s reflected the social and political issues. Some songs were explicit protest songs against war‚ racial discrimination‚ and political corruption. In some ways‚ the inclusion of these concerns in music helped to create a separation between rock and pop music. With lighter‚ more carefree topics and themes‚ pop music was accessible to a wider range of the population than the rock songs that were promoting particular social or political
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Week 4 Discussion Questions • What are main elements in calculating the cost of capital? How does an increase in debt affect it? How do you identify an organization’s optimal cost of capital? • The main elements in calculating the cost of capital are cost of debt‚ cost of equity‚ preferred stock and common stock. • An increase in debt indicates a higher risk which can increase the required rate of return which raises the cost of capital. Higher debt can also accrue additional costs. • By mixing
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Case study 4 Bonuses can backfire 1. Yes‚ I may use bonuses regularly if I become a manager. Because it is obvious that people will be motivated by bonuses. Although pay is not a key factor driving job satisfaction‚ bonuses will keep employee’s satisfaction level up in the most of time. Work environment will be improved when rewarded‚ which will make the employee improve their job performance and efficiency. Reward may be back fire but it will motivate the employees work in the positive pace. As
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New Jersey Insurance Co. http://www.termpaperwarehouse.com/print/New-Jersey-... Group Case # 4: NEW JERSEY INSURANCE COMPANY Executive Summary John W. Montgomery‚ a member of the budget committee of the New Jersey Insurance Company‚ reviewed the Law division’s budget performance for the first half of 1987. The report showed an over budget and under budget performance for Individual Loans Section and Corporate Loans Section‚ respectively. Different control mechanisms were recommended to each division
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Week 4 – Assignment: Team Case Analysis L.E.S. Inc. Yenny Hardin‚ Christina Romano‚ Bubba Bartlett‚ & Joseph Nitchals University of Saint Mary Abstract Adithan‚ M. said about manufacturing process and planning‚ “an industrial undertaking‚ if it is to survive‚ must be of the latest developments brought about by continuous application of new technology and methods used in production. It must continuously strive for improvements in the efficiency of its production and must consistently aim at producing
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Case study 4-2 1)What rationale is offered by Ocean Spray in support of the idea of using a 3PL? Do you agree with the reasons cited for the interest in 3PL? Ocean Spray Cranberries‚ Inc. offered several reasons for using a 3PL for their transportation and logistics area. They looked at the transportation within the logistics chain and realized there was a lot of variability in this area. The company decided that it wants to centralize and bring all of it’s transportation logistics into uniformity
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QUESTION “Thirty–Five years ago‚ the young employees‚ we hired were ambitious‚ conscientious‚ hardworking and honest. Today’s young workers don’t have the same values. Do you agree or disagree with this manager’s comment? Support your position.” I’m very agree‚ nowadays young generation are really different from 30-35 years ago. Because of the society‚ the children are brought up very differently than before. They are not expected to do as much as the 30-35 years generation ago has done. Seems
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Tutorial 3 Making the Business Case Multiple Choice Questions 1. A mature‚ stable industry may need IS to ________ the current pace of operations‚ while a company in a newer‚ more volatile industry (i.e.‚ a cellular phone company) may find it more important to __________________ technology. a. reduce‚ outsource b. maintain‚ be on the leading edge of c. advance‚ reduce d. accelerate‚ maintain 2. Porter’s five forces include: a. competitors‚ new entrants‚ customers
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Question 1 0 out of 1 points Suppose a firm is collecting €1250 in total revenues and the total costs of its variable factors of production are €1000 at its current level of output. In the short run‚ one can predict that the firm will Selected Answer: earn a profit. Correct Answer: continue to operate. Question 2 1 out of 1 points Melissa is trying to decide how to divide her time between her jobs as a night-receptionist in the dormitory‚ which pays €9/hr for as many
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