Case 1-1: Ribbons an’ Bows‚ Inc. Note: This case is unchanged from the Twelfth Edition. Approach This is an introductory case and it should be taught as an introductory case. There will be plenty of time in the course for the students to learn the correct form of financial statements and details of accounting standards. In short‚ the instructor should be prepared to allow a variety of formats for the financial statements and tolerate some “not quite correct” accounting. The instructor
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R&R Introduction of Case Study Bob Reiss in 1983 observed with interest the success in the Canadian market of new game board called “Trivial Pursuit”‚ The sale of the game in the US tended to be approximately ten times those of sales in Canada since “Trivial Pursuit” had sold 100‚000 copies .Now Reiss thought game make a boom in US market and this make a profitable opportunity for him. After Graduation from Harvard Business School in 1956 Bob Reiss started working for a company of stationary
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INTRODUCTION Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford in 1903‚ in Dearborn‚ Michigan. It is one of three leading automotive manufacturing companies in United Sates and grew to reach revenue of more than $144 billion with 370‚000 employees and operation spanned 200 countries. In the 1970’s‚ the automobile market for the major auto-makers‚ General Motors (GM)‚ Ford and Chrysler was crunched by competition from foreign manufacturers such as Toyota and Honda. The automakers faced the need to continue
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sales forecast ought to be based on clearly stated assumptions about future economic conditions. Next‚ they should prepare pro forma financial statements by either assuming that the key items vary proportionately with sales or remain constant (as the case may be). Based on their asset utilization rate‚ they would be able to determine the asset requirements for growth. Some of the funds required to finance growth would be raised from spontaneous sources such as accounts payables and accruals and from
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Citations: “Scotts Miracle-Gro: The Spreader Sourcing Decision‚” Harvard Business Review‚ Case Study. “Climate in Temecula‚ California‚” http://www.bestplaces.net/climate/city/ca/temecula. “Sunshine State‚” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_State.
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Company X would like to have a method to be able to quantitatively analyze if there’s a business case for creating production cells in the factory. The company currently operates in a job shop based manufacturing environment in which similar machines are grouped into functional departments. This means that the parts are moved from department to department through the manufacturing process. The company currently does not have any production cells‚ neither have they identified products which together
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million households. Most of the time buying and owning a laptop in particular is an investment‚ as they don’t come cheap. To protect this investment it is common for consumers to use a protective outer case. The younger generation however‚ does not particularly like the look of these bulky‚ bland cases. Instead‚
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Mini Case 3 The Merger between Youku and Tudou Basic Information of Tudou Items | Data | Yield on US long-term government bonds | 3.50% | Risk premium | 7.50% | Beta of Tudou | 1.35 | Required return rate of equity | 13.62500% | Required return rate of debt | 7.50% | Leverage ratio | 0.2 | Weighting of debt | 0.2 | Weighting of equity | 0.8 | Marginal tax rate | 25% | Growth rate | 6% | WACC | 12.025% | Number of shares | 91 | The required return rate of equity:
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Contents Introduction1 Fundamental Analysis1 Prospect Analysis3 Financial Analysis4 Investment Analysis4 Operating Policy7 Conclusion8 Appendix Introduction Ocean Carrier Inc. owned and operated cape-size dry bulk carriers worldwide. Major Cargo type is iron ore and coal. Vessel sizes are 80‚000 DWT to 210‚000 DWT. Cape-size carriers travel around Cape Horn rather than the Panama Canal due to size constraints. The cargo operations include maintenance‚ repairs‚ insurance‚ supplying of
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finance that growth internally by its efficient use of working capital and its profitability. Dell’s Competitive Advantage: The extent of Dell’s working capital advantage over its competitors can be assessed using data contained in Table A of the case on days sales of inventory (DSI) for Dell and its competitors. In 1994 and 1995‚ Dell’s DSI was about half the level of its competitors. In January 1996‚ for example‚ Dell had inventory to cover 32 days of sales while Compaq Computer had inventory
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