Borders Group Inc. Professor: Simon Dekker Student: Yanhui Zheng Student ID: 021244231 Date: 02- -2010 Introduction Borders Group Inc. is one of leading and well-known retailers of books‚ CD‚ and other educational items. Its idea is “To create richer‚ more satisfying lives through knowledge and entertainment.” In order to accomplish its mission‚ Borders provide additional services to make its customer enjoy spending in the store. Borders’ store is not just a bookstore that people go in‚ buy books
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Case 1-1: Ribbons an’ Bows‚ Inc. Note: This case is unchanged from the Twelfth Edition. Approach This is an introductory case and it should be taught as an introductory case. There will be plenty of time in the course for the students to learn the correct form of financial statements and details of accounting standards. In short‚ the instructor should be prepared to allow a variety of formats for the financial statements and tolerate some “not quite correct” accounting. The instructor
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Alcoa Inc. For the quarter ended 30th September 2015‚ Alcoa Inc. reported revenue of $ 5.6 billion which was 11 % below that reported for the same period last year. The main reason behind this decline in revenue was the divestiture and closure of low margin business and the dent that aluminium price have continued to take in the most recently ended quarter. The net income was $ 44 million down from $ 149 million of third quarter 2014. Adjusted net income was $ 109 million translating into an EPS
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1. Todman exercised leadership relying on his ability to fully understanding the situation‚ analyzing problems faced and accordingly to make the right decisions. This appears clear when he leads Whirlpool to be survived in the financial crisis by completing the integration between Maytag and Whirlpool and focused more on revamping the product line to make the company more successful by closing costly plants and concentrated more in educating the entire staff on both companies before introducing
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of its segments share the same general risk and growth factors‚ aside from their non-Nike brand lines. However‚ they only comprise 4.5% of company revenues and are relatively insignificant. One of the first errors regarding the analysis in the case is that the employee calculated equity as a portion of total capital based on the company book value of $3‚494.5. It is more appropriate to value the equity based on current market value. The current market value of the firm as shown in the analysis
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Markets by “Peter Lattman” Wall Street Journal Nov 7‚ 2006 (C1-C5). The case of Le Nature Inc was an indication of the fragility of the debt markets. On Tuesday November 7‚ 2006 in its section “Money & Investing” Wall street Journal reported the collapse of Le Nature Inc. Founded in 1989 by “Gregory Podlucky” this closely held beverage company specialized in producing and selling drinks: flavored water‚ vitamin juice. Le Nature Inc went to bankruptcy under the allegations of financial wrongdoing such
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Experiment 3 Method of Flow Measurement Objective To demonstrate typical flow measurement devices for incompressible fluids: (1) venturi meter‚ (2) orifice plate and (3) rotameter. To compare the difference in flow rate incurred by each of these device. Overview In engineering and industrial practice‚ fluid measurement of many of the variables and properties‚ such as density‚ viscosity‚ pressure‚ velocity‚ flow rate and etc is one of the problems most frequently encountered by engineers
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University Of Phoenix Flowchart Assignment OPS 571 This assignment goal is to spend less time on a process that is performed daily. In addition‚ a suitable flowchart will be planned and designed. Process design factors will be discussed in addition to choosing one metric to measure the process. There are many thing in life that are done daily that we would love to spend less time doing. A flowchart is a helpful implement as it comes to evaluating and regulating
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SureCut Shears Case Write-up The issues presented in this case are mainly due to incorrect assumptions about the market for sales in 1995 and the subsequent retail downturn that followed. More specifically‚ Mr. Fischer (CEO of SureCut Shears) assumed sales and demand in 1996 would be consistent with the prior year. However‚ as noted in the actual financial statements for 1996‚ inventories grew‚ reflecting that demand for its products was not as anticipated beforehand. In addition‚ sales declined
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Contents Objectives 1 Company Background 2 Introduction of Supply-Chain-Management 2 Key Individuals and their Effectiveness 3 Companies Involved 5 Organizational Issues: 6 Business Processes Impacted 7 Management Takeaway 10 Areas of Agreement 10 Areas of Disagreement/Concerns 11 Recommendations: 12 Lessons Learnt 16 References 17 Objectives (What do you think the author is trying to demonstrate or bring out in the case?) * A company’s competitive position and
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