INTRODUCTION Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford in 1903‚ in Dearborn‚ Michigan. It is one of three leading automotive manufacturing companies in United Sates and grew to reach revenue of more than $144 billion with 370‚000 employees and operation spanned 200 countries. In the 1970’s‚ the automobile market for the major auto-makers‚ General Motors (GM)‚ Ford and Chrysler was crunched by competition from foreign manufacturers such as Toyota and Honda. The automakers faced the need to continue
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sales forecast ought to be based on clearly stated assumptions about future economic conditions. Next‚ they should prepare pro forma financial statements by either assuming that the key items vary proportionately with sales or remain constant (as the case may be). Based on their asset utilization rate‚ they would be able to determine the asset requirements for growth. Some of the funds required to finance growth would be raised from spontaneous sources such as accounts payables and accruals and from
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Citations: “Scotts Miracle-Gro: The Spreader Sourcing Decision‚” Harvard Business Review‚ Case Study. “Climate in Temecula‚ California‚” http://www.bestplaces.net/climate/city/ca/temecula. “Sunshine State‚” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_State.
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restaurant broke even the co-owner‚ Bruce Melhuish‚ is not content as there is a lack of efficiency with the staff and a high demand of customers. Queue lines to be seated and at the cooking station are causing Sunset-at-Blue to lose profits. This case study analyses how Sunset-at-Blue can improve service efficiency‚ increase seating capacity and future profits. Sunset-at-Blue‚ a franchise of Sunset Grill is located in Ontario‚ Toronto and is co-owned by Bruce Melhuish whom was an executive for
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1. Introduction 1.1 Background The Hong Kong airport had been removed from Kowloon City to Chek Lap Kok on 6 July 1998. The New Airport‚ which costs around HK$70.2 billion‚ consists of passenger terminal buildings‚ centralized terminal processing buildings‚ runways and taxiways‚ attached and satellite terminal concourses‚ aircraft parking positions‚ road bridges‚ aircraft maintenance facilities and support and ancillary facilities. This project was deemed critical to the public because any
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million households. Most of the time buying and owning a laptop in particular is an investment‚ as they don’t come cheap. To protect this investment it is common for consumers to use a protective outer case. The younger generation however‚ does not particularly like the look of these bulky‚ bland cases. Instead‚
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Mini Case 3 The Merger between Youku and Tudou Basic Information of Tudou Items | Data | Yield on US long-term government bonds | 3.50% | Risk premium | 7.50% | Beta of Tudou | 1.35 | Required return rate of equity | 13.62500% | Required return rate of debt | 7.50% | Leverage ratio | 0.2 | Weighting of debt | 0.2 | Weighting of equity | 0.8 | Marginal tax rate | 25% | Growth rate | 6% | WACC | 12.025% | Number of shares | 91 | The required return rate of equity:
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Contents Introduction1 Fundamental Analysis1 Prospect Analysis3 Financial Analysis4 Investment Analysis4 Operating Policy7 Conclusion8 Appendix Introduction Ocean Carrier Inc. owned and operated cape-size dry bulk carriers worldwide. Major Cargo type is iron ore and coal. Vessel sizes are 80‚000 DWT to 210‚000 DWT. Cape-size carriers travel around Cape Horn rather than the Panama Canal due to size constraints. The cargo operations include maintenance‚ repairs‚ insurance‚ supplying of
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finance that growth internally by its efficient use of working capital and its profitability. Dell’s Competitive Advantage: The extent of Dell’s working capital advantage over its competitors can be assessed using data contained in Table A of the case on days sales of inventory (DSI) for Dell and its competitors. In 1994 and 1995‚ Dell’s DSI was about half the level of its competitors. In January 1996‚ for example‚ Dell had inventory to cover 32 days of sales while Compaq Computer had inventory
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Executive Summary Aircraft Solutions (AS) is a recognized leader in the design and fabrication of component products and services for companies in the electronics‚ commercial‚ defense‚ and aerospace industry. The mission of AS is to provide customer success through machined products and related services‚ and to meet cost‚ quality‚ and schedule requirements. Company Overview The main company strategy of Aircraft Solutions is to provide low cost design and computer-aided modeling packages to customers
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