1. What is the evolution of the industry structure over time and its implication for strategic positioning? PC buyers can be classified in to home‚small- and medium-sized business (SMB)‚corporate‚ education‚ and government. Home consumers represented the biggest segment‚ accounting for nearly half of the worldwide shipments. Evolution : Though the first commercial computer (UNIVAC) was released in 1951 the credit of mass marketization of computers should be given to Apple-I computer in 1976
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MANAGEMENT CASE describes a real-life situation faced‚ a decision or action taken by an individual manager or by an organization at the strategic‚ functional or operational levels Castrol India Limited: Managing in Challenging Times Manoj Anand Executive Summary ifficult times have their own merits. This is as much true for an individual as it is for an organization. These are the times when the entire organization gets an opportunity to display its resilience through its innovative skills
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CASE QUESTIONS Cash Flows and Value. Cost of Capital Case 1: Hop-In Food Stores‚ Inc. 1. Determine the correct price for this particular IPO. Use several methods to do this and compare them. 2. What extra information would you try to acquire in a real life situation? Case 2: Chem-Cal Corporation 1. How do you calculate the WACC for this firm? 2. What is the cost of capital of the debt‚ preferred stock‚ and common stock (assume the equity beta is 1.22)? 3. Calculate the WACC. How can a WACC be used
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reports: example of the net assets overstatements. 4. Bad financial management: fraud ? ALPHATEC ELECTRONICS PLC. CASE STUDY Low transparency: employees were not informed of the financial situation Disconnection between the BoD and the operations: Charn was the only one allowed to interact with directors‚ and because of their lack of knowledge in electronic industry (6 bankers out of the 11 directors)‚ they were only relying on Charn advices. Moreover‚ each company was supposed to
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9-511-016 REV: JANUARY 7‚ 2011 JOHN A. QUELCH CARIN-ISABEL KNOOP RYAN JOHNSON Toy yota Re ecalls (A): Hit tting th Skids he Th past few we he eeks … have m made clear tha Toyota has not lived up to the high s at standards we s for set ourselves. More imp portant‚ we hav not lived up to the high standards you have come to e ve p expect from us I am s. deeply disappointed by that and ap y pologize. oda‚ Presiden of Toyota M nt Motor Corpor ration‚ — Akio Toyo February
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evaluate whether Unocal was right‚ or what suggested a course of suitable actions for all parties in this case. Introduction Unocal Oil Company of California or Unocal was established in 1890. Its main business was to develop oil fields around Los Angeles and other parts of California. After 100 years of operations and development‚ Unocal had expanded into different aspects of the oil industry (Velasquez‚ 2006‚ p. 119). This was not only a challenge but also an opportunity for Unocal as most of
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Contents Case Question #1 3 Conclusion 3 Overview: 3 Contractual operational risk management/mitigation arrangements 3 Case Question #2 4 Conclusion 4 More accurate analysis of political risk 4 Involvement of a local partner 5 Better Dealing of MOU & PPA 5 Case Question #3 5 Conclusion 5 Mitigating political risks 5 Mitigating economical risks 6 ENRON: DABHOL POWER PROJECT Case Question #1 Critically analyze and comment on the contractual operational risk management/mitigation arrangements
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company which is today a fast growing multinational corporation. We can say without any doubt that they are digital and internet visionaries and that their visionary sense.. 1. Case Study The rise of Google‚ now a $6.1 billion company‚ has been fast and fierce. Founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page met in 1995 as Stanford University graduate students. They created a search engine that combined the technologies of Page ’s PageRank system‚ which evaluates a page ’s importance based on the external
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Introduction to Case Study by Winston Tellis+ The Qualitative Report‚ Volume 3‚ Number 2‚ July‚ 1997 (http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR3-2/tellis1.html) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract This paper is the first of a series of three articles relating to a case study conducted at Fairfield University to assess aspects of the rapid introduction of Information Technology at the institution. This article deals with the nature of the problem
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BMW CASE: Globalizing Manufacturing Operations INTRODUCTION This case focus on the dilemma that the president of BMW Manufacturing Corp.‚ Al Kinzer‚ faced in 1995 in relation to BMW’s new plant at Spartanburg‚ South Carolina and a dramatically increased demand in the U.S. market for the Z3 model. To study the BMW case‚ the background information and role of new plant at Spartanburg will be described at the beginning. Secondly‚ the 3 alternatives options will be analyzed and compared accordingly
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