ALL ANSWERS ASSUME A TAX RATE OF 35% Even though the tax rate appears to be 1720 / 6725 = 25.57% In answering the following questions‚ please refer to the financial statements of Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) and the relevant Notes to these statements at the end of this write-up. 1. What could be the cause(s) for the shift in LIFO-based inventory from 70% at December 31‚ 2010 to 65% at December 31‚ 2011? A decrease in the replacement cost for Cat’s inventories‚ or an increase
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Caterpillar 1. What were some of the key steps that led to Caterpillar’s becoming the industry leader in earth-moving machinery? Caterpillar produced over 300 different kind of machinery for sales around the world. Its products give solution to eight industries such as residential‚ nonresidential‚ industrial‚ infrastructure‚ mining and quarrying‚ energy‚ waste and also forestry. Besides that‚ the use of Caterpillar’s trademark farm treads on the Army tank in World War 1 and World War 2. The
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Market Diversification Bangladeshi RMG products are mainly destined to the US and EU. Back in 1996-97‚Bangladesh was the 7th and 5th largest apparel exporter to the USA and European Unionrespectively. The industry was successful in exploring the opportunities in markets awayfrom EU and US. In FY07‚ a successful turnaround was observed in exports to thirdcountries‚ which having a negative growth in FY06 rose three-fold in FY07‚ whichhelped to record 23.1 percent overall export growth in the RMG sector
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mass market‚ it usually faces a positioning dilemma - should it play on its ’low price’ avatar and risk losing its brand image‚ or does sticking to its snob value jeopardise its market expansion plans? Our ad tries to overcome this through a dual strategy. First‚ we have attempted to retain Apple’s classy style of communication through the minimalistic poster. The white background is reminiscent of Apple’s earlier print ads. Secondly‚ we deliberately excluded any mention of the price‚ and just
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MGMT 479 - STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT Case Study #1: "The Comeback of Caterpillar‚ 1985-2002." Synopsis: In the early 1900 ’s the heavy steam tractors of farmers of the delta in the San Joaquin Valley‚ California‚ consistently sunk into the moist soil. Their attempts at bigger wheel to solve the problem proved futile. Benjamin Holt‚ a combine maker‚ replaced the tractor wheels with tracks‚ distributing the tractor ’s weight more evenly over a broader surface that gave the tractors more traction
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INTERNATIONAL DIVERSIFICATION There is a basic principle in finance and portfolio management‚ and this is‚ to obtain the greatest benefits with the resources available‚ this principle leads to a fundamental problem‚ which is to determine which assets should be invested to maximize the profitability of the capital available. Previously was limited when it comes to investing insight‚ which consisted of single and only an investment in domestic assets‚ today the borders of investment have expanded
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PepsiCo ’s Diversification Strategy in 2008 PepsiCo was the world ’s largest snack and beverage company‚ with 2007 net revenues of approximately $39.5 billion. The company ’s portfolio of businesses in 2008 included Frito-Lay salty snacks‚ Quaker Chewy granola bars‚ Pepsi soft drink products‚ Tropicana orange juice‚ Lipton Brisk tea‚ Gatorade‚ Propel‚ SoBe‚ Quaker Oatmeal‚ Cap ’n Crunch‚ Aquafina‚ Rice-A-Roni‚ Aunt Jemima pancake mix‚ and many other regularly consumed products. Company History
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Introduction Diversification is a method of investing that been shown to increase portfolio return while reducing portfolio risk as measured by standard deviation. This method specifically increases the efficient frontier for investors. The challenge to an investing firm is an appetite by its customers for an ever increasing efficient frontier. One area to explore to obtain this increase is through further diversifying through international diversification. International portfolio diversification gives
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Chapter Three Steps toward Export Diversification 3.1 Formation of Product and Service specific Business Promotion Councils: 3.1.1 Ministry of Commerce has formed Several sector/ product and service specific Business Promotion Councils as a joint initiative of the government and the private sector within the scope of the Company Act 1994 for diversifying export‚ improving and ensuring the quality of products‚ acquiring appropriate technologies‚ fulfilling compliance requirements‚ marketing
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It is important For Caterpillar to develop new products for the same reason all other companies produce new products‚ to try to stay ahead of the competition. Times change and equipment needs to change with them. New methods are developed that require new machines‚ and you don’t want to let your competitors meet those needs instead of you. Another reason is‚ people change and what they want or need is different. New products also offer innovation (Page 393). It is important to test your new equipment
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