Situation: Submarino.com is a leading e-retailer in Latin America that offers products in multiple categories; Books‚ Rare and Imported Books‚ CDs‚ MP3s‚ Video and DVD’s‚ Toys and Games‚ Software and Computer Supplies‚ Cell Phones and Consumer Electronics (TVs‚ DVD Players‚ etc.). The company is headquartered in Brazil with virtual stores in Argentina‚ Mexico‚ Spain and Portugal. Submarino.com was launched in June 1999 by Antonio Bonchristiano. Bonchristiano obtained backing from GP Investments
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SABEER BHATIA : ‘The man behind HoTMaiL’ (Sabeer Bhatia@HoTMaiL.com / Sabeer Bhatia : India’s Computer Whiz) In this era of Information technology it is almost dubbed as a heinous crime if any person is devoid of an email address. It seems that if you are not on the ‘Web’ than your very existence in this world dubious. Have we ever thought of the person whom we should be grateful to for this revolutionary innovation!! He is Sabeer Bhatia‚ an icon for the juvenile and aspiring
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stated clearly. Why Amazon Being one of the largest online retail companies in the world (Forbes)‚ Amazon.com has clearly stated its position in the dominant market analogies. Emerging in the early 1990s (the era of .com boom) the firm was one of its own kinds of innovation. The firm sells everything from books‚ DVDs to kitchen appliances and jewellery. The firm ’s other operations are: providing content production and computing services to various firms. So‚ all
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Boo hoo – Learning from the largest European dot-com failure Context “Unless we raise $20 million by midnight‚ boo.com is dead”. So said boo.com CEO Ernst Malmsten‚ on May 18th 2000. Half the investment was raised‚ but this was too little‚ too late‚ and at midnight‚ less than a year after its launch‚ Boo.com closed. The headlines in the Financial Times‚ the next day read: “Boo.com collapses as Investors refuse funds. Online Sports retailer becomes Europe’s first big Internet casualty”. The boo
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Two Sample SAT Essays—Up Close Below is our sample essay question‚ which is designed to be as close as possible to an essay question that might appear on the SAT. You’ll recognize that it’s based on the great philosopher Moses Pelingus’s assertion‚ “There’s no success like failure‚” which we have referred to throughout this chapter. This particular essay topic presents you with a very broad idea and then asks you to explain your view and back it up with concrete examples. Not every SAT essay topic
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the institutions and intermediaries discussed in the case for the effective functioning of capital markets? Overall the role of intermediaries is to close the information gap between investors and companies. Investors usually do not have enough information or expertise to determine the good investments from the bad ones. And companies do not usually have the infrastructure and know-how to directly receive capital from investors. Therefore‚ both parties rely on intermediaries to help them make these
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Intermediaries – companies or individual that act as brokers or middlemen between the tourists and the suppliers Tour Operator - Organize package tour together & offer for sale to the public Inclusive Tour – at least two elements are offer for sale at inclusive sale price and involve a stay of more than 24 hours in overnight accommodation Nature of tour packages sold by the tourism industry divided into two types: •Use of traditional charter flight •Use of scheduled flight The
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INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES DURING STOCK PRICE BUBBLES Table of contents 1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………… 2. The movements of stock prices……………………………………………………………….. 3. The existence of stock price bubbles………………………………………………………….. 4. The limitations to arbitrage……………………………………………………………………. 5. Heterogeneities among rational arbitrageurs................................................................................ 6. Stock bubble trading
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Hong Kong and Beijing and employs almost 300. China is the focus of aggressive expansion plans in 2001‚ with offices in Shenzhen and Shanghai opening soon. Mr Ngai ’s first foray into the new economy was the founding of online auction company Campus24.com in Boston. It was a pioneer in a burgeoning market before eBay became a household name and made its mark through selling services. "The concept was that through an auction you can find the right price for everything‚" he said. "For example‚ who goes
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Valuation : * Price earnings ratio : DESCRIPTION | Mar-12 | Mar-11 | Mar-10 | Mar-09 | Mar-08 | Price-earnings ratio | 23.04 | 24.23 | 12.71 | 7.25 | 12.17 | This ratio reflects the following factors : growth prospects‚ risk characteristics ‚shareholder orientation ‚corporate image and the degree of liquidity.It indicates company performance and forecast future performance.Ratio is decreasing and it is good sign because investors will get high earnings.But risk will
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