Week 9 case study ING Direct Question 1: what level of the product hierarchy has ING Direct leveraged and how does this create value for both customers and the shareholders of ING Direct? ING Direct has leveraged the product from basic product to augmented product. Basic product from a bank industry is simply providing bank service through branch or call centre‚ which has meet core need of their target customer. The introduction of virtual Internet banking‚ which has exceeded the customer expect
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Budget Constraint of De La Salle University – Dasmariñas CBAA Students pertaining to Food and Transportation Fare ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The researchers would like to express their warmest appreciation to the following that‚ in one way or another‚ have helped to finish this research paper. To God Almighty‚ for giving the knowledge‚ guidance‚ intelligence‚ patience‚ wisdom and strength every day to make a good and successful research. To the considerate professor in Microeconomics‚ Dr. Alice
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spending; all of the budget cuts‚ raised taxes‚ and our slow descent into a never-ending debt. Americans‚ like myself‚ are so outspoken about the government’s wrongdoings and everyone seems to think that a solution is simple. In all actuality‚ the solution is anything but simple. I initially believed that a solution to the United States budget was easy and the government just was not trying hard enough. It was not until I was put in the position to actually solve America’s budget issue on the interactive
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politics‚ many of these young people took lead roles in a great deal of the political turmoil that swept over much of the world. This political conflict often ended in violence‚ which was a growing and disturbing issue of the 60’s. Another social aspect that coincides with the 60’s is the many civil rights movements and protests. By 1960‚ many people hoped and prayed for the equality of races in America‚ but still‚ as 1960 began‚ Jim Crow remained the law of the land. As a result of mass frustration
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From: Candidate Subject: New Look Jackets Variance Analyses and Draft Operating Budget Introduction The following report explains the significance and reasons for the variances in New Look Jacket’s 2012 detailed variance report and provides a draft operating budget for 2013. Analysis of Variances The sales price variance is zero‚ meaning the average price New Look Jackets sold products was the same as the budgeted sales price. The sales mix variance is unfavourable for Nylon Jackets and favourable
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Limitations of using variance analysis for performance evaluation Variance analysis is the process of examining in detail each variance between actual and standard costs to determine the reasons why budgeted results were not met. Despite the advantages highlighted above‚ there are several limitations that may result in the use of variance analysis for performance evaluation. I. The Barnes Scuba Diving business as a whole The analysis of the results might be imprecise due to overlooking other vital
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The Capital Budget Instructor: Dr. Joseph McCue Public Budgeting and Finance - PAD 505 August 11‚ 2013 The Oklahoma City budget includes the addition of 40 new police officer positions‚ bringing the total number of uniform police positions to 1‚116. Eleven more positions were added in other City departments. Total City positions will increase 1.1 percent to 4‚580. The budget also includes an additional $1 million for METRO Transit bus service enhancements. The City hired
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Assignment 7: Mean-Variance Portfolio Theory ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form 1 . Consider‚ as in Lecture 7.1‚ a portfolio of two risky assets‚ with expected returns rˉ1‚rˉ2‚ variances σ21‚σ22 and covariance σ1‚2. No other assets are available. You have to allocate $1 mln of investment in the portfolio of the two assets in order to minimize total portfolio variance. What is the optimal amount of investment in asset 1 (in mln dollars)? Assume expected returns are
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1. The direct materials quantity standard should A) exclude unavoidable waste. B) exclude quality considerations. C) allow for normal spoilage. D) always be expressed as an ideal standard. Use the following to answer questions 2-4: Stiner Company has a materials price standard of $2.00 per pound. Five thousand pounds of materials were purchased at $2.20 a pound. The actual quantity of materials used was 5‚000 pounds‚ although the standard quantity allowed for the output
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Direct Marketing consists of connecting directly with carefully targeted consumers‚ often on a one-to-one‚ interactive basis. Using detailed databases‚ companies tailor their marketing offers and communications to the needs of narrowly defined segments or individual buyers. Beyond brand and relationship building‚ direct marketers usually seek a direct‚ immediate and measurable consumer response. The New Direct Marketing Model Early direct marketers-- catalog companies‚ direct mailers‚ and telemarketers--
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