Cox Communications Applied Corporate Finance Contents Executive Summary Background Gannett and other acquisitions: possibilities and constraints of financing Feline PRIDES securities: benefits and costs for Cox Communications Valuation of Gannett’s acquisition Conclusions and recommendations Appendix Executive Summary The main purpose of this report is to evaluate an appropriate financing strategy for Cox Communications
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Strategic Planning BA 411 Case Study IKEA IKEA is profiting from global expansion by way of exporting and franchising. IKEA focused its global standardization strategy by keeping the cost of their furniture low‚ thus gaining profitability. The essence of IKEA’s strategy for creating value by expanding internationally was to strategically place the stores in areas the company felt would attract customers. Once in the store
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Personal Statement "Business is the way of the world. Shopping‚ buying‚ selling‚ promoting‚ discounting‚ are all business activities and we as individuals are involved with in it some way‚ every day. It’s a field that I am greatly interested in‚ and wish to learn more about. Although I have a broad range of interests‚ I have always been drawn to business management because to me it’s a very exciting environment with lots of demands and challenges. However the thing that excites me the most about
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Introduction and Background Faced with sales growth stagnation in the late 1980s‚ MEM Company has to develop a strategy to remain competitive in the toiletries industry. As of 1980‚ there were as many as 60 companies and 200 brands in the industry highlighting the highly competitive rivalry in the market and the abundance of substitutes due to lowly differentiated products . Faced‚ with two options either to introduce a new brand‚ Cambridge‚ or to expand distribution into food stores. We have decided
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property lowered entry cost. Suppliers: 1) For raw material‚ suppliers such as chemical factories should have more bargaining power. Mold suppliers have more power than the company‚ if mold was not manufactured by Lego itself. 2) As Inferred from the case‚ Lego should have certain power over plastic injection - molding machine suppliers‚ as the business grows. Buyers: Buyers have strong power over Lego products. 1) Retailers would have more power than Lego if Lego decided to cooperate with retailers
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Problem Faced with 5 years of declining sales‚ should Levi’s sell a brand to mass discount retailer‚ Wal-Mart? Executive Summary Quick! Name the first company that comes to mind for the following products: facial tissue‚ photocopiers‚ and jeans. Did you answer Kleenex‚ Xerox‚ and Levi’s? I bet you did. The #1 apparel brand for brand awareness and recognition‚ “Levi’s” is virtually synonymous with “jeans.” In the past several years however this strong brand recognition has failed to translate
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CASE STUDIES Innocent case study Strategies for building brand loyalty Reference Code: CSCM0132 Publication Date: August 2007 DATAMONITOR VIEW CATALYST Innocent is the leading smoothie maker in the UK‚ selling around a million fruit smoothies a week. The company has grown fast due to its successful marketing and brand positioning‚ which focuses on conveying product quality and personal connections to drive consumer loyalty to the brand. SUMMARY • Consumers have responded warmly
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activity is concerned with human activity and so is business. From this perspective bad ethics is bad business – customers‚ suppliers and employees ultimately all leave. Ethical business would consider the following issues while pursuing business strategy; involvement in the community‚ honesty‚ truthfulness and fairness in marketing‚ use of animals in product testing‚ agricultural practices e.g. intensive farming‚ the degree of safety built into product design‚ donation to good causes‚ the extent
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management and operations strategy are two very important undertakings for any company that is involved in the production of products and services. This is because operations management ensures that raw materials are successfully converted to finished goods‚ while operations strategy makes sure that whichever goods or services produced have a competitive advantage over similar products offered by rival companies. It is from the business strategy that the operations strategy is derived‚ but all the
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Checkpoint: Evaluating Communication Strategies Resources: pp. 195–210‚ 214–220‚ & 223–226 in Ch. 5 of Human Services in Contemporary America Answer the following questions in 200 to 300 words: • What would you need to learn or know about each of your clients in order to communicate effectively with them? The text explains that culture/religion should be on a human service workers list of things to know. There are many different types of cultures and beliefs that go along with those cultures
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