KTM – Ready to race Case study Group 1: Kristina Misha Vladislava Adamenková Alina Schön Miro Verdel Introduction KTM Sportmotorcycle AG is an Austrian motorcycle‚ bicycle and moped manufacturer. The company was founded in 1934 by engineer Hans Trunkenpolz in Mattighofen. It started out as a metal working shop named “Kraftfahrzeuge Trunkenpolz Mattighofen” and in 1954 the company began producing motorcycles. KTM‚ primarily a producer of premium off-road sports motorcycles
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MOR 469 Smartix Case - Vivek wanted one more partnership‚ and he remembered a presentation by David Checketts (CEO of MSG)‚ where he expressed interest in online ticketing initiatives. Later‚ a HBS professor connected the Smartix team with Checketts. - Smartix wanted to refine the presentation before approaching the top five VCs‚ so they started with trial VCs. First‚ Kirill knew someone who worked at Divisidero Farley‚ and he
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strategic initiatives such as investment initiatives in re-imaging and remodeling. Furthermore‚ a franchise’s bankruptcy could have a huge negative impact on the company’s revenue from that restaurant‚ as the franchisee agreement can be cancelled in case of bankruptcy with no further royalty payments. Lastly‚ in times of difficult economic conditions‚ franchises can reduce the royalty rates. 3. Core Competencies: Burger King’s core competencies are promoting sales in the US and Canada
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§ Submit a one-page single-spaced printed copy of individual write ups (Honda A‚ B) at the beginning of next class. §Read 1.Book Chapter 1 2.Honda(A)‚ HBS Case #384049 3.Honda(B)‚ HBS Case #384050 4.Appendix 2 in Syllabus (re-read) §Questions to prep (Honda A‚B) : 1.What caused Honda’s success? 2.What role did “good management” play in Honda’s success? 3.How do you define “good management” in #2? Research and development Sales volume Forestall tech obsolescence‚ Honda stay abreast of tech developments
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Case Analysis Assignment Globalizing the Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting at AES (HBS Case# 204109-PDF-ENG) Obtain the Globalizing the Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting at AES from Harvard Business Publishing. After individually reading the case‚ you are expected to have online group discussion sessions with your team members and to submit a group case analysis write-up after the case analysis task is assigned. Please refer to the “Guidelines for Case Analysis” for the guidelines‚ writing
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CASE 4: RUDI GASSNER & THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF BMG INTERNATIONAL (A) & (B) Note: only the (A) case has been included in the case collection; notes on the (B) case have been included as background material for the instructor. Case Summary BMG International was the international music subsidiary of the German media conglomerate‚ Bertelsmann‚ the second largest media enterprise in the world. In May 1993‚ CEO Rudi Gassner and the executive committee were gathered for one of their quarterly meetings
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Financial Management 2013 Case 1: Laurinburg Precision Engineering HBS 9-193-098 1. The face value of each bond is $1000‚ to be paid in 5 years time. The effective rate of the bonds is 10% p/a‚ as dictated by the investor’s willingness to pay. The face value needs to be discounted to its present value‚ according to this effective rate (5% semi-annually for 10 6 month periods). The market value (present value) of each $1000 bond is $613.91. 2. Period | Date | Principal Due | Next Period Interest
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Case 2: Health Development Corporation HBS 9-200-049 1. Did the purchase of the Lexington Club real estate increase the value of Heatlh Development Corporation (HDC)? Calculate the NPV of the purchase. • Use pre-tax cashflows. • Assume the revenues of the Lexington Club grow by 5% per year. • Assume that the appropriate discount rate for real estate cashflows was 10%. • Assume a 20 year life of the facility. (Hint: In calculating the NPV of the decision to buy the real estate‚ you only
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"My children never realised their father was a hero." It took Tata by surprise‚ as he expected to encounter anger and sorrow. The above anecdote is narrated by Rohit Deshpande‚ professor at Harvard Business School (HBS)‚ who was interviewing Tata for a five-part video case study on crisis management at the Taj during 26/11. Deshpande started to teach the course at Harvard from October 2010. His students‚ especially non-Indians‚ were transfixed by the topic and were incredulous why employees
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Marketing Management‚ 4th edition (ISBN #: 978-0-13-602660-0 or 0-13-602660-5). Required Harvard Business School (HBS) Cases: • The following cases can be purchased at the Campus Bookstore or the Harvard Business School Online Publishing (http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/hbsp/case_studies.jsp). o Mattel and the Toy Recall (A) (#9B08M010‚ Ivey School Case) o Heineken N.V.: Global Branding and Advertising (#9-596-015) o Strategic Inflection: TiVo in 2005 (#9-706-421)
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