1. With which of the international competitors listed in the case is it most interesting to compare Inditex’s financial results? What do comparisons indicate about Inditex’s relative operating economics? Its relative capital efficiency? Even though H&M follows a strategy which differs significantly from Inditex’s approach it is the closest competitor from the financial point of view. H&M differs from Zara because it outsources all of the production‚ it is more price oriented and spends
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customer focus and trust. Further‚ it is seen that ‘spoke’ stores tend to break even in 2 years while ‘hub’ stores take 3 years. In addition to increasing sales‚ variable and fixed costs must be controlled. Increased competition must be tackled. Solutions must be found to hasten operational breakeven without losing customer focus. Options: Modify the hub/spoke model. Add more spokes so that there is greater market penetration. At the same time‚ there must be some hubs and distribution centre set
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Internet Case for Chapter 2: Operations Strategy in a Global Environment Johannsen Steel Company Johannsen Steel Company (JSC) was established by three Johannsen brothers in 1928 in Pittsfield‚ Rhode Island. The brothers began JSC by concentrating on high-quality‚ high-carbon‚ high-margin steel wire. Products included "music wire" for instruments such as pianos and violins; copper‚ tin‚ and other coated wires; and high tensile-wire for the newly emerging aircraft industry. JSC even pioneered
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UNITS‚ PHYSICAL QUANTITIES AND VECTORS 1 1.1. IDENTIFY: Convert units from mi to km and from km to ft. SET UP: 1 in. = 2.54 cm ‚ 1 km = 1000 m ‚ 12 in. = 1 ft ‚ 1 mi = 5280 ft . ⎛ 5280 ft ⎞⎛ 12 in. ⎞⎛ 2.54 cm ⎞⎛ 1 m ⎞⎛ 1 km ⎞ EXECUTE: (a) 1.00 mi = (1.00 mi) ⎜ ⎟⎜ ⎟⎜ ⎟⎜ 2 ⎟⎜ 3 ⎟ = 1.61 km ⎝ 1 mi ⎠⎝ 1 ft ⎠⎝ 1 in. ⎠⎝ 10 cm ⎠⎝ 10 m ⎠ 1.2. ⎛ 103 m ⎞⎛ 102 cm ⎞ ⎛ 1 in. ⎞⎛ 1 ft ⎞ 3 (b) 1.00 km = (1.00 km) ⎜ ⎟⎜ ⎟⎜ ⎟⎜ ⎟ = 3.28 × 10 ft 1 km ⎠⎝ 1 m ⎠ ⎝ 2.54 cm ⎠⎝ 12 in. ⎠ ⎝ EVALUATE: A mile is
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c) Compare and contrast Current ratio is the ratio of the current assets and current liabilities‚ it show that whether the company is able to meet its short-term obligation or not. The table above shows that all the current ratio of the two company in each year have the ratio over 1. It means that they have enough current assets to settle the current liabilities. Parkson Holding Berhad achieved the highest current ratio which is 1.79 in the year of 2014 among the three years. While it achieve the
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20+12+8]/4 %=8% (Assumption: In this calculation‚ the growth rates significantly higher than 20% and negative figure have been ignored.) C8: Using CAPM: KE’=3.2%+0.91*5.5%=8.21% C9: Using DGM formula: P’=D1/ (KE’-g) =1.06*(1+8%)/(8.21%-8%)=$545 In Nike’s case‚ when Joanna Cohen calculated the WACC of Nike‚ she made several mistakes and led to a wrong estimate of the cost of capital. The first mistake comes to the book value of equity used in calculating WD. Nike became a publicly traded company since December
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HSM/220 Human Services Administration: So You Want To Help People 08/18/2013 Scenario Solution As more and more students drop out of schools is important to put money together in order to open up more programs that will help them gain the educational skills that will ensure that students learn the skills they need to obtain a job and be able to accomplish their tasks successfully. Making this happen will take close attention and a lot of work‚ understanding‚ and conversation. To define
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Answer Questions: 1. Was the suspension fair? The suspension was fair. -joan has acted improperly many a time. -joan has not arranged alternatives for repeated personal problems. ----------------------------------- 2. Did Joan act responsibly? -joan has not acted responsibily many a time. ------------------------------------- 3. Should she be fired? -this is a commercial business house ‚ who have a responsibility to the customers and stakeholders. Hence joan
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Scenario Solution Jennifer Hinkley HSM/220 November 20‚ 2011 Ruth Anne Ristow Axia College of University of Phoenix More and more students are dropping out of high school each year. The need to obtain the funds to open up programs that will make sure that these former students can gain the educational skills they need for their future careers. Having an education will ensure that careers is kept. The plan will take a lot of work‚ understanding‚ and communication from all parties. The students
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provided the followings: An officer including a director of a corporation shall be duty bound to act with honesty of intentions as well as actions while exercising his powers vested while discharging his duties. This has been well documented in the case of Australian Growth ResourcesCorporation Pty Ltd v. Van Reesma (1988) 13 ACLR 261.Arthur who has already acquired stakes in Weaves Pty Limited should have disclosed his position to the Board of directors of Chance ltd. He was in a position to influence
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