Case Summary Digital Semiconductor was a business unit of Digital Equipment Corporation. John Gavin‚ the DS group controller‚ wanted the finance department to find ways to add value and better support the division because the DS business strategy had many changes over the past five years and the division was still operating at a loss. History: The semiconductor division which was a part of Digital Equipment Corporation expanded rapidly in the 1970s. Digital was financially very successful in 1988
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Cervus Equipment Corporation‚ was found in the 1990s to manages and consolidate farm equipment dealerships. It is based in Calgary‚ Alberta. It is in partnership with original equipment manufacturers and has branched out into the construction and long haul manufacturing industries. It has also increased its geographic foot print by moving into New Zealand and Australia. The company has successfully grown through acquisition‚ and has grown its revenue from $56 million to $979 in a pace of 11 years
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A Capital Expenditure: A Pyxis Supply Station Kathleen Edwards HCS571- Financial Resource Management March 2‚ 2015 Ronald Sugar A Capital Expenditure: A Pyxis Supply Station A Pyxis Supply Station is a large capital purchase‚ however the benefits of this purchase strongly outweigh the cost. A Pyxis Supply Station is a large automated dispensing machine for patient supplies‚ much like a medication dispensing machine. Purchasing enough supply towers for each unit in the hospital will be
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about fastest growing ecommerce market in Europe Chapter 2: Key facts about the biggest auction site in Poland Chapter 3: Blueprint of successful and profitable business activity based on Allegro Chapter 4: Solution for intercultural problems. How to internationalize your web shop and start business in Allegro? Chapter 1: Key facts about polish ecommerce market Polish ecommerce market is fastest developing in Europe. Internet population is almost 25 milions of people and GDP per cap. of internet
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1. Using the Simple Sheet‚ what happens when Allegro cuts advertising and selling effort to 0$ and raises price to $500/unit? Comment. Setting advertising and selling efforts to $0 while raising the price to $500 has the following effects on the Simple Sheet: Projected Industry Sales‚ Company Market Share‚ and Sales Volume stay the same Projected Sales Revenue increases 100% to $34‚839‚064 Projected Gross Margin per Unit increases 250% to $350 Projected Net Contribution Margin increases
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------------------------------------------------- Office Equipment Company Case Study ------------------------------------------------- International Management CONTENTS I. SUMMARY II. THE PROBLEM III. ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS IV. BEST SOLUTION V. IMPLEMENTATION OF BEST SOLUTION I. Summary The Office Equipment Company OEC was a company that manufactured a wide variety of small office equipment in eight different countries. In one of the‚ El Salvador‚ they encountered the problem
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day and the following diagram shows the network of the system. From/To A R1 75 R2 40 R3 B 65 50 80 C 60 70 From/To D A 60 B 70 C E 45 55 70 F 45 90 From/To T D 120 E 190 F 130 The city water manager wants to determine a flow plan that will maximize the flow of water of the city. Formulate this problem as a max flow problem by identifying a source‚ a sink and transshipment nodes‚ and then drawing the complete network that shows the capacity of each arc. 2. The Quick Chip gravel company has received
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China 3 PESTEL Analysis of Investment Environment in China 4 1 Political Factors 4 2 Economic Factors 5 3 Social-cultural Factors 6 4 Technological Factors 7 5 Environmental Factors 7 6 Legal Factors 8 PESTEL Analysis of Investment Environment in Japan 8 1 Political Factors 8 2 Economic Factors 9 3 Socio-Cultural Factors 10 4 Technological Factors 10 5 Environmental Factors 10 6 Legal Factors 11 International Strategies Recommended 11 International Strategy
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E9-1 | | | | (Lower of Cost or Market) The inventory of Oheto Company on December 31‚ 2011‚ consists of the following items. | Part No. | Quantity | Cost per Unit | Cost to Replace per Unit | | 110 | | 600 | | $95 | | $100 | | | 111 | | 1‚000 | | 60 | | 52 | | | 112 | | 500 | | 80 | | 76 | | | 113 | | 200 | | 170 | | 180 | | | 120 | | 400 | | 205 | | 208 | | | a121 | | 1‚600 | | 16 | | 14 | | | 122 | | 300
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Indiana Building Supplies - Comment An analysis of these ratios shows that both Clemens and Willis are right. All of the profitability ratios for IBS are higher than the industry average. Thus‚ IBS seems to have done well. And indeed‚ it was done well for its shareholders in 2005. Note‚ however‚ that the current and quick ratios have generally been trending downward and are significantly lower than the industry averages as well as the stipulations in the loan covenants. Thus‚ liquidity is poor
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