ASSIGNMENT OF BUSINESS TO BUSINESS “MICROSOFT CORPORATION – THE DESIGN OF MICROSOFT SUPPORT NETWORK 1.0” BY KUNAL CHAKRABARTI‚ EPGP-03-042 SABYASACHI MAHAPATRA‚ EPGP-03-072 SOURAV MISHRA‚ EPGP-03-237 BACKGROUND: Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS) is the group who answers the phone when you call technical support for help. When you call PSS‚ the tech support representative will ask you how you’re going to pay for the call. Rates vary depending on whether you
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Case: AMERICAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION 1. Executive Summary Dixon‚ an American specialty chemical producer‚ wants to buy Collinsville plant from American Chemical Corporation‚ another typical chemical company in 1979. Dixon wants to diversify its product line buy acquiring the aforesaid plant‚ which produces sodium-chlorate to supply to paper producers in Southeastern part of the US. This plant initially cost 12 mln. USD and additional 2‚25 mln. USD needed to buy laminate technology to increase efficiency
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BUFN 750 Question Sheet: Congoleum Corporation Prof. Dalida Kadyrzhanova Spring 2013 In this case‚ you have to evaluate the LBO proposal and decide whether the $38 per share o¤er price is appropriate. You will combine the valuation principles and methods discussed in the course to evaluate a complex transaction from the perspectives of the various participants. Your write-up should address and defend the assumptions that underlie the inputs to your analysis before you proceed to present your
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Marriott corporation Group -1 Akasha.J Dhivya Priya.R Gayathri.P.A Sadhana.S Srikumaran.M.A Components of Marriott’s Financial Strategy Growth Objective: Is to become the preferred employer and provider in lodging‚ contract services and restaurants‚ and to be the most profitable company in the industry. 1. Manage rather than own hotel assets: Lowers accounting assets on the books thereby increasing the ROA. Sharing of risk that comes from the properties and provide Marriott to operate with
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1. Read the footnotes carefully. Identify four accounting policy changes and accounting estimates that Harnischfeger made during 1984 and estimate as accurately as possible the effect of these changes on the company’s 1984 reported profits? One accounting change that Harnischfeger made was that they were going to include products purchased from Kobe Steel in their net sales. Before November 1‚ 1983 only the gross margin on Kobe products was included in their net sales. Harnischfeger was also
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Case 1 Atlantic Corporation Maastricht University School of Business and Economics Corporate Governance and Restructuring 1. Is the acquisition of Royal’s linerboard mill and box plants a sound strategic move? Consider the short- as well as long-term outlook for linerboard prices and the profitability of the linerboard industry. Furthermore‚ what basis‚ if any‚ is there for expecting AtlanticRoyal’s combined linerboard and box mill operations to do better/worse than the industry overall?
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Whirlpool Corporation’s Global Strategy We want to be able to take the best capabilities we have and leverage them in all our companies worldwide. David Whitman‚ Whirlpool CEO‚ 1994 Quoted in the Harvard Business Review In 1989‚ Whirlpool Corporation (Whirlpool) embarked on an ambitious global expansion with the objective of becoming the world market leader in home appliances. Beginning with the purchase of a majority stake in an appliance company owned by Philips‚ the Dutch electronics firm
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Case 11-1: Polluter Corp Polluter Corporation is a manufacturing firm in the United States registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Polluter Corp. operates three facilities manufacturing various household cleaning products. These products produced are sold to retail customers. The United States government funded their company with emission allowances (EAs). An emission allowance is an authorization to emit a fixed amount of a pollutant. An emissions allowance is sometimes also
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Xerox Corporation 1. Leadership through Quality was a strategy developed by Xerox as a result of competitors being financially strong‚ technologically advanced and having excellent customer relations. Xerox Corporation through its strategy tries to meet its customer requirements. The strategy is viable as Xerox through this strategy tries ensuring that definition of Quality is meeting the customer requirements all the time. The three major components of LTQ are Employee Involvement that stresses
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Q 1 If I was the marketing manager of Drypers Corporation I would select Market Challenger (runner-up) Strategies The market challengers’ strategic objective is to gain market share (to achieve profits and economics of scale) and to become the leader eventually. I will choose this strategy because there are market leaders which are: 1-Kimberly-Clark (Huggies) 2- Procter&Gamble (Pampers) These two brands achieved more than 70% of dollar market share for disposable diapers and training pants
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