Handstar Inc. Handstar Inc. was created a little over four years ago by two college roommates to develop software applications for handheld computing devices. It has since grown to ten employees with annual sales approaching $1.5 million. Handstar’s original product was an expense report application that allowed users to record expenses on their handheld computers and then import these expenses into a spreadsheet that then create an expense report in one of five standard formats. Based on the success
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Nike Inc.: Cost of Capital The Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) is the overall required rate of return on a firm as a whole. It is important to calculate a firm’s cost of capital in order to determine the feasibility of a particular investment for a firm. I do not agree with Joanna Cohen’s WACC calculation. She calculated value of equity‚ value of debt‚ cost of equity‚ and cost of debt all incorrectly. For value of equity‚ Joanna simply used the number stated on the balance sheet instead
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SureCut Shears Case Write-up The issues presented in this case are mainly due to incorrect assumptions about the market for sales in 1995 and the subsequent retail downturn that followed. More specifically‚ Mr. Fischer (CEO of SureCut Shears) assumed sales and demand in 1996 would be consistent with the prior year. However‚ as noted in the actual financial statements for 1996‚ inventories grew‚ reflecting that demand for its products was not as anticipated beforehand. In addition‚ sales declined
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merging the two funds into what is now known as the Pag-IBIG Fund. On December 14‚ 1980‚ Presidential Decree 1530 was amended by PD 1752‚ making the Pag-IBIG Fund a corporation independent from the NHMFC. The Fund’s rule-making power was vested in the Board of Trustees. PD 1752 likewise made Pag-IBIG membership mandatory for all SSS and GSIS member-employees. Months after the assumption to power of former President Corazon C. Aquino‚ Pag-IBIG contributions were suspended from May to July 1986
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INTRODUCTION OF PFIZER INC Pfizer‚ Inc. Type Public (NYSE: PFE) Founded Brooklyn‚ New York‚ USA (1849) Headquarters New York City‚ New York‚ USA Key people Jeff Kindler‚ CEO David Shedlarz‚ VC Ian Read‚ Pres. of Pharma. Martin Mackay‚ Pres. of R&D Industry Health Care Products Accupril® Lipitor® Viagra® Revenue ▲$48.613 billion USD (2007) Net income ▲$8.298 billion USD (2007) Employees 106‚000 (2005) Slogan Working for a healthier world™ Website www
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The first known use of the word in biological text was in 1961 when employed to describe the breakdown of material into the base components of carbon‚ hydrogen‚ and oxygen by microorganisms. Now biodegradable is commonly associated with environmentally friendly products that are part of the earth’s innate cycle and capable of decomposing back into natural elements. Biodegradation is the chemical dissolution of materials by bacteria or other biological means. Biodegradable matter is generally organic
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winner-take-all business? For the case of Google‚ we can conclude that the search business of Google has become more dominated and concentrated. In terms of the companies‚ they do not expect the search business to be dominated by only fewer firms. Because the search business earned large revenues from the corporates’ advertisement and the fee is very high. If the companies want to advertise on the website of search business‚ they have no more choice to reduce the cost and to barging. From individual
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Case 5 Magrec‚ Inc. 1. I would let a day pass and then request another meeting with Dinah indicating a sincere desire to work through the matter and the need to come to an understanding and agreement of how to work together and with the team moving forward. At that meeting‚ I would start off and thank Dinah for bringing the Partco matter to my attention. I would communicate with Dinah that I respect her strong feelings and beliefs behind her actions regarding the Partco matter but indicate
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Optical Distortion‚ Inc. Case Analysis Mengyuan(Myra) Xu A20266661 2011-12-08 2011-12-05 MC 510 Optical Distortion‚ Inc. Case Meangyuan (Myra) Xu CONTENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................................... 2 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 2 ANALYSIS ............................................
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chocolate. She bought manufacturing machines. In Africa‚ she learnt the principles of cocoa. Making chocolate is true alchemy. To work chocolate‚ it needs to be slightly below body temperature. At over 37 degrees centigrade it loses its gloss and its qualities. Nevertheless‚ little by little‚ Marie-Anne became an expert. The chocolates she made were increasingly popular. They became the accepted corporate gift‚ the small offering that diplomats give to their foreign guests. They had to leave Congo with
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