The Case Interview • What is a case interview? The Case Interview • What specific skills does it assess? • How to prepare for a case interview? • An interactive example. What is a “Case Interview” anyway? The Case Interview Simulation of a business problem. Similar to what our associates encounter every day. Series of open-ended questions. They’re designed to stimulate your conceptual‚ quantitative‚ analytical and – most importantly – creative abilities. The Case Interview There are
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Dell working capital case Dell’s build to order system created a very different balance sheet. We want to assess their competitive advantage in working capital at the time of the case‚ evaluate how they funded growth at the time (1996) and evaluate potential ways to fund projected sales growth of 50% in 1997 through use of internal funds. 1. Calculate their working capital advantage. To do this calculate days sales of inventory‚ payable days and receivables days to find their cash conversion
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BUDGETING AND BUDGETARY CONTROL . Budget A plan quantified in monetary terms and approved prior to a defined period of time‚ usually showing planned income to be generated and for expenditure to be incurred during that period‚ to attain a given objective. The preparation of budgets is not something that can be carried out by accountants alone. It requires the participation of many managers and other personnel to ensure that the plans for the forthcoming period are translated
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Ameritrade’s Cost of Capital Harvard Case Study 1. What factors should Ameritrade management consider when evaluating the proposed advertising program and technology upgrades? Why? One factor that is significant and pertinent to this case is determining the cost of capital that should be employed for Ameritrade. An appropriate discount rate is required to derive the net present value of the advertising program and technology upgrades. With that said‚ estimating future cash flows
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Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of budgeting as a system of organisational control. A budget is a short-term financial plan of income and expenses expected over a certain period of time (usually one year) used to achieve a businesses objective. Budgeting can be useful for exercising control over a business because of its nature as a representation of a plan. Control is generally viewed as making events conform to a plan. As a budget is represented as a plan‚ allowing events to conform
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Performance based budgeting The budget remains the single most important issue facing the courts. Since the financial crisis of 2008‚ the budgets for the federal judiciary have been decreased roughly 8 percent‚ i.e. $555 million from $7 billion a year. The judiciary reduced its overall workforce through layoffs by 5‚400 court staff‚ which is roughly one quarter of its total workforce. Unfortunately‚ the organization has to follow the budgets. Budget cuts are gradually harming court system and
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Budgeting System Paper The performance budgeting system determines the programs output performance measures‚ the programs total costs and the costs per output or costs per unit of service. Advantages of the performance budgeting systems are that it provides information on the amount of service that is provided by a human service program and the attendant costs includes determining the cost per output or cost per unit of service and that they raise the level of debate from line-items to programs
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INTRODUCTION 4 PROCUREMENT AT METRO CASH AND CARRY 5 Product’s Need Identification 5 Searching For Reliable Sources/Suppliers 5 Negotiation 5 Ordering the Inventory 6 Receiving 6 GOODS RECEIVING PROCEDURE 6 IMPORTANT DOCUMENTATIONS 7 DISTRIBUTION OF GR NUMBERS 8 SAMPLE OF GR NUMBER 8 LOGISTICS: 9 SERVICE AND QUALITY 10 Conditions for Goods Acceptance 11 Temperature control 11 Delivery checks 11 GOODS RECEIVING AREA 11 FLOW OF GOODS AT METRO CASH AND CARRY 12 Deliveries
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Social Accountability Stocktaking Exercise FOR AFRICA GENDER BUDGETING INITIATIVE (GBI)‚ TANZANIA GENDER NETWOKING PROGRAMME (TGNP) TANZANIA |Methodology Type |Specify whether (i) PB‚ (ii) IBA‚ (iii) BPET‚ or (iv) PPM (can select more than one option as some SA | | |initiatives do not fit neatly into these categories) | |
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Capital One Case Study Read the Capital One Case materials. 1. What is Capital One’s business and who are their competitors? Capital One’s business deals with a bank financial servicing company. They specialize specifically in banking‚ credit cards‚ home loans‚ auto loans and savings products. Capital One was founded by Richard Fairbank and Nigel Morris in 1988. Fairbank highly focused on the marketing and customization of credit card use and information. The company is very analytical
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