Case study: Rough Waters Ahead 1. Assuming Smooth Sailing uses US GAAP to prepare its financial statements‚ how should Smooth Sailings’ management perform the recoverability test for the cruise ship as of December 31‚ 2010? In addressing this question‚ consider: a. What assets and liabilities should be included in the asset group" for purposes of performing the recoverability test? Ans.: According to FAS 144.41‚ "Component of an entity" describes operations and cash flows that can be clearly
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Teenagers Ahead A difficult problem is happen when teenagers are driving. Driving age should not be lowered because teenagers are irresponsible when they are driving. Teenagers do not worry about the risk that they could suffer while they do no follow the law. Therefore‚ if driving age is lowered‚ teenagers could be expose a danger situations. Even though some believe that driving age should be lowered‚ I believe that it should not be lowered for three reasons. My first reason that I am an
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Case Study: Case of the Pricing Predicament This case study represents loyalty and integrity issue beyond fixed or variable prices. Scott‚ the salesman at Standard Machines has made a bid based upon the fix price established by his company at $429K. In this case‚ the company of Occidental Aerospace is taking bid from companies to earn the rights to their contract. Since Standard Machines was a loyal long time standing customer‚ Joan from Occidental Aerospace noticed that Scott’s bid was
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Determine price for each of the product of your choice based on the pricing strategies you have learnt. There are two type of new product pricing strategies which is skim pricing and penetrate pricing. Skim pricing A product pricing strategy by which a firm charges the highest initial price that customers will pay. As the demand of the first customers is satisfied‚ the firm lowers the price to attract another‚ more price-sensitive segment. * Used when * Demand for the product is
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Journal of Vacation Marketing http://jvm.sagepub.com/ Staying in the spa marketing game: Trends‚ challenges‚ strategies and techniques Kimberly R. McNeil and Edna J. Ragins Journal of Vacation Marketing 2005 11: 31 DOI: 10.1177/1356766705050841 The online version of this article can be found at: http://jvm.sagepub.com/content/11/1/31 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com Additional services and information for Journal of Vacation Marketing can be found at: Email Alerts: http://jvm
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The essay will firstly introduce the organisation easyJet. Secondly the essay will explain about how easyJet uses its operation strategies and its competitive priorities. Finally the essay will discuss the most important operation decision and explain it further in detail. easyJet is a well known low-cost airline which operates in several European countries and has been founded by serial entrepreneur Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou in 1995. easyJet undertook intensive research of a United States owned low-cost
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The technology of humans will continue to be more advanced and used frequently. After every new invention‚ the next best thing will be coming after that. As humans‚ it is something that we will continue to work on; however‚ it will never overtake us as humans. It is part of our instincts to have interaction with one another no matter what we do. That is why‚ regardless of the technology‚ is will never completely consume us. According to Smith‚ “some of the software currently shaping their generation
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"We are as gods‚ and we might as well get good at it." -Kevin Kelly‚ author and techno-utopian The most important technological advance of recent times is not the Internet‚ but rather the biotech revolution-which promises to give us unprecedented power to transform human nature. How should we use that power? A group of cutting-edge scientists‚ entrepreneurs‚ and intellectuals has a bold answer. This group-I call them the techno-utopians-argues that science will soon give us the means to straighten
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136 - Unit 2: Marketing Plan: Pricing Strategies Pricing Strategies There is no limit to the number of variations in pricing strategies and tactics. This wide variety of options is exactly what allows small business owners to be so creative. Pricing always plays a critical role in a firm’s overall strategy: pricing policies must be compatible with a company’s total marketing plan. Introducing a New Product Most small business owners approach setting the price of a new product with a great
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Activity 6- Pricing 1. Give an example of each major type of pricing objective: profit-oriented pricing‚ sales-oriented pricing and status quo pricing. Lamb/Hair/McDaniel (2012) mention that establishing realistic and measurable pricing objectives is a serious part of any firm’s marketing policy. Pricing objectives are usually categorized into three categories: profit oriented‚ sales oriented and status quo. In consistent with Lamb/Hair/McDaniel (2012) profit oriented pricing is based on profit
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