Federal Express – delivering the goods Kevan Scholes This case study looks at how new business models can create vast improvements in competitiveness. However‚ the models must be suited to the business environment at the time and will have a ‘shelf-life’ as the business environment changes. The case study looks at one on the world’s most successful adopters of a new business model that transformed the airfreight and package delivery sectors worldwide. But the advent of the internet in the mid-1990s
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Methods of Brand Valuation The various methods of brand valuation can be placed into four categories: (1) cost-based approaches; (2) market-based approaches; (3) income-based approaches; and (4) formulary approaches incorporating future benefits or comparative advantages. Cost-based Approaches This method considers the costs involved in creating the brand through the stages of research and development of the product concept‚ market testing‚ continued promotion during commercialization
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strong brand offers many advantages for marketers including: Brands provide multiple sensory stimuli to enhance customer recognition. For example‚ a brand can be visually recognizable from its packaging‚ logo‚ shape‚ etc. It can also be recognizable via sound‚ such as hearing the name on a radio advertisement or talking with someone who mentions the product. Customers who are frequent and enthusiastic purchasers of a particular brand are likely to become Brand Loyal. Cultivating brand loyalty
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Debt/Equity Ratio What Does Debt/Equity Ratio Mean? A measure of a company’s financial leverage calculated by dividing its total liabilities by its stockholders’ equity; it indicates what proportion of equity and debt the company is using to finance its assets. http://financial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/debt%2Fequity+ratio ’Debt/Equity Ratio’ A high debt/equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings
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Private Equity in Nigeria An Overview of Nigerian Venture Capital and Private Equity Private Equity in Nigeria Page 2 CONTENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 NIGERIA COUNTRY ANALYSIS 5 TABLES AND EXHIBITS 7 Private Equity in Nigeria Page 3 Executive Summary1 Nigeria is facing an uncertain future as outbreaks of ethnic and religious violence continue to place strains on Africa’s most populated country. With the 2003 elections approaching‚ the continuing battle amongst incumbent politicians
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MASTERS OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION EQUITY RESEARCH: CIMPOR TOMÁS LAVIN PEIXE 152110052 ADVISOR: PROF. JOSÉ TUDELA MARTINS Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of International MSC in Business Administration‚ at Universidade Católica Portuguesa‚ September‚ 2012 I. Preface The goal of this dissertation is to value Cimentos de Portugal‚ SGPS‚ S.A‚ hereon stated as Cimpor. In order to do that‚ the main
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. Debt and Equity Financing Debt Versus Equity Financing ACC400/University of Phoenix June 13‚ 2011 Debt Versus Equity Financing In the accounting industry financing is an important concept. Many companies would not be operable without acquiring some for of financing options. Although there are many types of financing‚ the two that will be discussed in this paper are debt financing and equity financing. Also this paper will give two examples of each type of financing and discuss which
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PAL Express From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia It has been suggested that Airphil Express be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since September 2013. PAL Express PAL Express logo.svg IATA 2P ICAO GAP Callsign AIRPHIL Founded 10 April 2008 Hubs Mactan-Cebu International Airport Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Manila) Francisco Bangoy International Airport (Davao) Zamboanga International Airport Frequent-flyer program Mabuhay Miles Airport lounge Mabuhay Lounge
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Private Equity? some of us reading this stories‚ the word private equity may seems a little bit unfamiliar. The definition of private equity by the famous Investopedia is as follows‚ “Equity capital that is not quoted on a public exchange.” Simple isn’t it? Example of private equity in Indonesia is the Orang Tua group. So now we understand about private equity‚ but what’s in it for us finance students? The answer is the Private Equity Firm who specializes in dealing about the private equity. A
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Designing a Brand Hierarchy We all know the recession has drastically impacted consumer behaviors‚ but we may often overlook its direct impact on brands themselves. The recession has changed the way marketers manage their brand portfolios as they try to do more with less. As such‚ marketers are taking a closer look at how then can stretch existing brand equity across a greater number of products‚ often taking a parent brand/sub-brand approach. We generally see four different sub-brand approaches
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