industry (see Exhibit 1 for the definition of ratios used). Balance sheets and income statements for the most recent three years are provided for 10 compa- nies from 10 different industries. Common-sized balance sheets (all items scaled by total assets)‚ com- mon-sized income statements (all items scaled by net sales)‚ and selected financial ratios for the most recent three years are also provided. Since unusual deviation from target values may occur in any given year‚ the values for the items were averaged
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Morrissey Forgings‚ Inc. This heavily disguised case is set in the "mature" woodstoves business in 1986. It is not based on The Vermont Castings Company. The issue is product line strategy based on product line profitability. In early 1986‚ Tim Morrissey was reviewing the disappointing 1985 results of operations for his company (see Exhibit 1). The business had been founded in 1938 by Tim’s grandfather as a modernization of an older iron forge company which Tim’s great-great-grandfather had
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Wal-Mart Case Study Introduction 1. Brief History of Wal-Mart Wal-Mart is “the giant chain of discount stores‚ the second largest company in the world‚ with over $400 billion in revenue and 2.1 million associates.” (Philip and Kevin‚ p94) Wal-Mart began its business in 1962 when Sam Walton‚ the owner of Wal-Mart‚ opened up his first discount store in Rogers‚ Arkansas (Philip and Kevin‚ p94). In the next two decades‚ Wal-Mart expanding its scale rapidly. Since 1990s‚ Wal-Mart started to opened
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rP os t HKU978 NIKHIL CELLY op yo HAIER IN INDIA: BUILDING PRESENCE IN A MASS MARKET BEYOND CHINA In a short 25 years‚ Haier Inc had emerged from being a small refrigerator factory in northeast China to becoming the world’s biggest appliance seller by retail volume. It had exported to developed markets in the 1990s‚ set up factories overseas and created a global retail chain that made it an unmatched success in China. This company that made its name by exporting refrigerators
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HKU833 STEPHEN KO AIRASIA: FLYING LOW-COST WITH HIGH HOPES AirAsia started out as a Malaysian government-controlled‚ full-service regional airline that offered slightly lower fares than its number-one competitor‚ Malaysia Airlines (“MAS”). In December 2001‚ private entrepreneur Tony Fernandes took over the debt-ridden airline for the symbolic sum of US$0.26. Despite the air-travel downturn following the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks‚ Fernandes believed that the timing for entering
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Stock Case: Dow 30 Case How do you create a diversified stock portfolio? Introduction Our goal was to create an optimal diversified portfolio consisting of the Dow Jones Index. We used the modern portfolio theory which maximizes expected portfolio return for the amount of risk taken by taking the stock weights in to consideration. Our group consisted of risk averse investors; therefore we diversified our portfolio with all 30 Dow Jones stocks because we wanted to achieve an acceptable return
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I- TITLE THE BIG SQUEEZE ON WORKERS II- SUMMARY Spina says the downturn has force him to work even longer hours than he did during the boom-- about 15% more. The added hustling is one reason his team has racked up revenue gains of 46% this year in an abysmal ad market. “They’re working longer and harder.” says Spina. Although recessions usually bring slides in this efficiency measure‚ the fourth quarters outstanding 5% gain gave more credibility to the idea that technology has made the economy
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LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODEL TO OPTIMIZE THE WATER RESOURCE USE IN IRRIGATION PROJECTS: AN APPLICATION TO THE SENATOR NILO COELHO PROJECT J.A. FRIZZONE1‚4; R.D. COELHO1; D. DOURADO-NETO2‚4; R. SOLIANT3 1 Depto de Engenharia Rural-ESALQ/USP‚ CP. 9‚ CEP: 13418-900 - Piracicaba‚ SP-Brazil Depto. de Agricutura-ESALQ/USP‚ CP. 9‚ CEP: 13418-900 - Piracicaba‚ SP-Brazil Depto de Construção Civil-FEC/UNICAMP‚ CEP: 13083-970 - Campinas‚ SP-Brazil 4 Bolsista do CNPq 2 3 SUMMARY: The main objective
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a esisted‚ Goog quickly rai gle ised its offer t as much as $6 billion.1 to s Ind dustry expert and financ analysts were sharply divided on Google’s mo and Grou ts cial w y ove upon’s poten ntial value. “A multibillion A n-dollar valua ation for a com mpany that is in a busines with virtua no s ss ally barrie to entry an is younger than my tod ers nd r ddler is absurd Forrester Research reta analyst Su d‚” ail uchitra Mulpuru said blun 2 David Kirkpatrick‚ a former Fort ntly. K tune magazin columnist
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w rP os t S 910D05 OPERATIONS STRATEGY AT GALANZ op yo Dr. Stephen Ng and Barbara Li wrote this case under the supervision of Professors Xiande Zhao‚ Xuejun Xu and Yang Lei solely to provide material for class discussion. The authors do not intend to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a managerial situation. The authors may have disguised certain names and other identifying information to protect confidentiality. Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation
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