Case Study 2: Hacking into Harvard Naugie Pratt Unit 2 October 2‚ 2012 Case Study 2: Hacking into Harvard Summary of Events: This case involves students who have applied to MBA programs‚ who stumbled across an opportunity to learn of their results early‚ information that had been obtained via message board. Anyone who has ever applied for admission to a prestigious college‚ or who has been interview for a desired job knows the feeling of playing the “wait game”. However in this case
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International Business Strategy Case: Wal-Mart Members of the group: Marie Wemaere Liying Shi Adolfo Mac Consultant Group F 10‚ Champs Elysees Paris‚ France Rennes‚ 15th March 2006 Board of Directors of Wal-Mart Dear Sir/Madam‚ As a consultant group hired to analyse the current situation in your company‚ we have prepared a report on the problems it is facing‚ different viable alternatives and the description of the strategy that‚ we think‚ is going to help to overcome
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CASE ANALYSIS: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AT WAL-MART INTRODUCTION Wal-mart Stores Inc was the world’s largest retailer and was started by Sam Walton in 1962 who named it as “Wal-Mart Discount City”. However before Wal-mart; Sam Walton owned a number of Ben Franklin Store Chains. Due to this prior experience of owning smaller variety stores and dealing with its franchised supply chain‚ he learnt various business concepts and also was able to selectively purchase merchandise in bulk from new suppliers
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Case 2-2: 1. With respect to the adjustments related to goodwill‚ answer the following: a. Why does the adjustment for goodwill amortization increase net income under Country A GAAP but decrease net income under Country B GAAP? The adjustment for goodwill amortization increases net income under Country A GAAP but decrease net income under Country B GAAP because of how SKD amortizes goodwill for a period of 20 years while for Country B goodwill is only amortized for a period of 5 years. This leads
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Case Study 2 The Case of...Kevin Mueller‚ the Cautious Pilot 1) Why would Captain Mueller and his copilot sit in darkness before taking off on a night flight? Captain Mueller and his co-pilot sat in the dark cockpit to get their eyes adjusted to the night time‚ so that their eyes would produce more rods which aid in seeing in dim light. 2) Why would the mysterious object have first appeared to Mueller in his peripheral vision? The ‘rods’ are thin‚ cylindrical receptor cells in the retina that
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Introduction Aim: Provide a detailed retail audit containing market entry strategies‚ competition and the market place and a retail strategy plan that will allow Save a Lot to secure a bank loan in support of their Australian Franchise Context: Save- A- Lot is a discount retailer seeking to expand into the Australian market place targeting high discount and low price seeking consumers. Their market entry strategy is to franchise their brand and use a market expansion strategy when moving to the
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with independent company in Asia to manufacture all of its footwear production. However‚ the conditions are to follow human rights production standards namely: (1) Non-discrimination‚ (2) Working hour or over time‚ (3) Force or compulsory labor‚ (4) Fair wages‚ (5) Child labor‚ (6) Freedom of association‚ (7) Save and healthy work environment. What is your opinion of Reebok production standard of human right for its suppliers? What would Milton Friedman says? Contrast his view with Carroll view
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Wal-Mart is the world’s largest retailer‚ but controversy surrounds their operating practices (Ferrell‚ Fraedrich‚ & Ferrell‚ 2013). The company known for significant sales profits‚ a large employee base‚ and the everyday low price provided to consumers is clouded by the pressure applied to suppliers requiring continuous reduction in pricing (Smith & Young‚ 2004). The small startup company that has grown to a multitude of stores across several countries does have some positive impact‚ but is it overshadowed
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| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | Exit | Previous year | (1) Store associate | 0.43 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.51 | | (2) Shift leader | 0.00 | 0.54 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.30 | | (3) Department manager | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.64 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.30 | | (4) Assistant store manager | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.52 | 0.08 | 0.34 | | (5) Store manager | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.66 | 0.34 | | | Forecast of availabilities | Next year (projected) | | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
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Finance Theory I – Case 2 Tracy Hsiao‚ Baltic Ocean Evaluation of AQR Momentum Funds Date: Dec. 5th‚ 201r Past performance of momentum strategies – CAPM & Fama‐French MOM 4 factors model In Table 1‚ we could evaluate the past performance of momentum strategy‚ Short Decile 1 and Long Decile 10‚ a.k.a. L/S (10‐1). Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) E(R) = α + Rf + β (RM - Rf) + By applying to CAPM‚ we got a β that is almost zero (-0.08) showing the strategy could effectively diversify and reduce
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