Case 1 IKEA: Design and Pricing Submitted by Roger Manning Prepared for Jeff Peterson BUSN 6110 Fall II‚ 2008 Webster University 10/14/2008 CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORSHIP: I certify that I am the author. I have cited all sources from which I used data‚ ideas‚ or words‚ either quoted directly or paraphrased. I also certify that this paper was prepared by me specifically for this course. ______________________________________________ Signature
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Cost of Capital Definition: cost of capital is the rate of return that a company must earn on its project investments to maintain its market value and attract funds. The cost of capital to a company is the minimum rate of return that is must earn on its investments in order to satisfy the various categories of investors‚ who have made investments in the form of shares ‚ debentures and loans. The cost of capital in operational terms refers to the discount rate that would be used in determining the
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Pricing Simulation During twelve months‚ starting in October‚ we were responsible for setting the pricing strategy of Universal Rental Car Company‚ as the district manager for the Florida region of Orlando. It was a big role as Florida was the company’s worst performing region and had two major problems: “Stock outs”‚ which used to occur during demand peaks‚ and “unsold inventory”‚ which occurred in demand valleys. Furthermore‚ we had to deal with the competitor in an intense price war‚ as the customers
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I. Point of View We consider Ms. Bea Lim’s perspective‚ the Marketing Assistant of Prime Meat‚ Inc. as our point of view. She is the one envisioning on the pricing strategy formulation that would have a long-term beneficial effect to the company. II. Market Situation Analysis A. Opportunities-Threat Analysis 1. Opportunities Strategic Location - The location of Prime Meat‚ Inc. is Santo Tomas‚ the town next to the capital city. Large Market Potential - For tocino (89.312 metric tons per month)
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Blockbuster Video | Pricing Strategy | Tejas V 1114054 | Executive Summary – Blockbuster Video Blockbuster Inc. is an American chain of rental stores that offers movies‚ video games‚ and other forms of media entertainment on a subscription or a rental basis to consumers. The case highlights the implications of a revenue sharing business model in the Video Rental Industry where the Movie Studios are the upstream players (Suppliers) and the Video Rental Stores
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Cost Classification Introduction: In this assignment I will be discussing how costs incurred in any organization may be classified in a number of different ways for a number of different purposes. I will also be looking to find companies that use a variety of different costing techniques and methods. I will also be discussing the comparisons between marginal and absorption costing and how the concept of activity based costing can also be compared with these. To complete the assignment I will
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Discuss the concepts of limit and predatory pricing. Explain how imperfect knowledge of other firms’ costs or financial conditions can lead to limit or predatory pricing. Limit pricing is when an incumbent firm sets a “low price with the purpose of deterring entry”. Predatory pricing is when an incumbent sets an “‘irrationally’ low price [possibly below cost] so other firms can’t compete” forcing existing firms to exit the market. Both pricing strategies require at least two periods: the first to
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Dickens decided to change from a traditional volume-based system to an activity-based costing (ABC) system after reading about the two-stage procedure to assign overhead cots to products. Chuck questioned if the current cost-management system was providing the management with accurate data about product costs. In a traditional‚ volume-based product-costing system‚ only a single predetermine overhead rate is used. All manufacturing-overhead costs are combined into one cost pool‚ a grouping of individual
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under efficient operating conditions absorption costing all manufacturing costs are assigned to products: direct material‚ direct labour‚ variable and fixed manufacturing overhead acceptable quality level (AQL) the defect rate at which total quality costs are minimised account classification method (or account analysis) the process in which managers use their judgement to classify costs as fixed‚ variable or semivariable costs accounting rate of return (or simple rate of return‚ rate of return on assets
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Basic Cost Concepts Learning Objectives • To understand the meaning of different costing terms to understand different costing methods • To have a basic idea of different costing techniques • To understand the meaning of cost sheet In order to determine and take a dispassionate view about what lies beneath the surface of accounting figures‚ a financial analyst has to make use of different management accounting techniques. Cost techniques have a precedence over the other techniques
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