1) How much business risk does AHP face? How much financial risk would AHP face at each of proposed level of debt? a) General risks: • Strategic risk from internal management structure change‚ due to Laporte was approaching retirement that will cause another big waive of change for the whole senior management team as well as the company’s strategy. • Market risk. Pharmacy had not reached the heavy competition yet during early 1980s‚ AHP was still the early adopter in the industry‚ however‚ the nature
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1. Why was Dakota’s existing pricing system inadequate for its current operating environment? - profits only when clients placed large orders for cartons - real drop of profit if many clients place small orders - wrong cost determination for individual customers - wrong cost determination for new services provided by DOP (to small charges for the “desktop” delivery‚ then the actual cost of it) 2. Develop an activity-base cost system for Dakota Office Products based on
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* Question 1 1 out of 1 points | | | According to the International Product Life Cycle Theory‚ the country(ies) most likely to manufacture a product that has been recently developed (one that is the result of a brand-new design and uses patented technology) and is in its first commercialization year‚ is (are) ___.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | a. the country of innovation only | | | | | * Question 2 1 out of 1 points | | | Argentina can produce one ton of
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1. What is your position on this issue? Provide two or three reasons to support your argument. 2. If you were an HR manager of a company‚ what pet policy would you set and how would you implement it? 3. How would you decide the case of Elizabeth Booth‚ and which laws would you base your decision on? Explain. I think that it is a good idea for pets to be allowed in some work places. I believe that so long as the pets are well trained and groomed this is something to consider. His work was focused
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disclaiming express or implied warranties. The invoices also had information in the event that there were defective equipment or parts. Claiming the products failed to work as promised and advertised‚ Transamerica filed suit which initially included a claim based on implied warranty. Issue What are the appropriate statute of limitations in this case and what specific warranties and disclaimers exist‚ if any‚ following the conversation between Brown and Spenser? Did the two parties
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1-5 Common Law. If the court applies the doctrine of stare decisis in the case where the members of AOL that got their information mistakenly made public are filing a suit again AOL then the court would not dismiss the suit. AOL is arguing that its forum-selection member agreement states that Virginia courts are the place where member’s disputes will be tried. However‚ according to the Supreme Court a forum-selection is basically irrelevant if it contravenes with a strong public policy. Stare decisis
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1. What are the physicians trying to accomplish through buying the same EHR product at their hospital? What are the pros and cons? The Physicians are trying to accomplish a way to make it easier to get all of the patient’s records when they are needed. The benefits of buying the same EHR product are that they can write orders from their practices for patients who are in the hospital. The other benefit is that if there is an emergency or the physician is covering the emergency room they will be
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Grant Nauta AHP Case Study Because American Home Products (AHP) currently operates with virtually no debt‚ their financial risk is very small. This shifts the burden heavily towards business risk. A porter’s five forces analysis is appropriate to determine the exact levels of business risk for American Home Products. First‚ the threat of substitutes is a risk that AHP cannot afford to ignore. Because they spend very little on Research and Development‚ and have to rely on their marketing to catch
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1. Why was Dakota’s existing pricing system inadequate for its current operating environment? DOP’s has chosen to use a traditional cost pricing system where direct and indirect costs are assigned and allocated to products and services delivered to clients. This system has proven beneficial for companies where production operations are high labor intensive and overhead costs are smaller part of total costs. Nowadays‚ when automation and technology are ubiquitous overhead costs make up much higher
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Answers 1.) The PHOSPHOLIPIDS form a lipid bilayer‚ which acts as a semipermeable membrane. A semipermeable membrane can transit some compounds but not others. “Some things can pass‚ others cannot!” shows this. 2.) The aquaporin’s allow the H2O molecules to go through the phospholipid bilayer. Aquaporin’s are a transmembrane protein that acts as a channel that allows H2O to pass through. H2O can also enter the cell by diffusion through the membrane but is not as sufficient. 3.) The transmembrane
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